Scott Francis

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Highlights from SUR/FIN 2023

Products Finishing offers a recap of some of the topics that were top of mind at the SUR/FIN 2023 finishing industry trade show. 

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Crossing the Streams

Products Finishing looks to its sister brands at Gardner Business Media for new ways to collaborate and provide deeper insights into the ways various manufacturing technologies touch today’s applications. 

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Industry 4.0

Episode 32: An Interview with Bobby Haggard, TrinSoft LLC

A wide variety of ERP systems are on the market ranging from off-the-shelf solutions to custom programs. What should finishing operations keep in mind when exploring a new ERP solution?

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Top Shop Emphasizes Dedication, Work Ethic

With a primary focus on aerospace and defense work, American Metaseal Corp. of Arbutus, Maryland, has qualified as a Top Shop on multiple occasions. 

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Finishing for the Big Screen

Leonhardt Plating Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio provides finishes for several components that make up the kettles and other parts in popcorn machines at your local cinema. 

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CARB to Consider Proposed ATCM Amendments for Chrome Platers, Anodizers

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will conduct an Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) for Chromium Electroplating and Chromic Acid Anodizing Operations public hearing on May 25, 2023, at 9 a.m.

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Take Advantage of Finishing Industry Educational Opportunities

Looking into training opportunities within the industry? Here’s some advice to help you seek out finishing industry education and make the most of it.

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Finishing High Reliability, Function Critical Parts

From safety critical automotive and aerospace components to lifesaving medical micro-components and implantable devices, Indiana-based Electro-Spec finishes applications that require zero failure rates. 

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Electroplating

Professional Plating Expands Zinc, Ecoat Offerings

Ever expanding, Professional Plating of Brillion, Wisc., has announced two capital investments: a second zinc line and an upgrade of its ecoat capabilities.

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Looking to the Future of Finishing

Products Finishing takes a look at some of the ways the finishing industry is investing in workforce development and educational initiatives.

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Episode 31: An Interview with Matthew Kirchner, LAB Midwest

PF columnist and host of the TechEd Podcast Matthew Kirchner, president of LAB Midwest, discusses the latest in workforce trends in the manufacturing and finishing industries.

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Electrocoating

ECOAT24 Issues Call for Speakers

Don't miss your chance to apply to speak at ECOAT24. Submit your abstract by June 26, 2023.

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