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Powder Coated in the U.S.A.

A Florida manufacturer commits to making American products the old-fashioned way: by hand and from quality materials.  

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CCAI Chapters Brighten Holidays for Local Charities

The Southern California, Central States and Wisconsin chapters conducted toy drives, and the Twin Cities and Central States chapters made cash donations to local charities. 

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Vogel Paint's Powder Expansion Project Ahead of Schedule

The company says that Phase Three of a five-year, $29.3 million expansion plan for the powder coating operation located at its headquarters in Orange City, Iowa, will begin ahead of schedule. 

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Additive Manufacturing and Surface Finishing - The 53rd William Blum Lecture

This presentation is the 53rd William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 6, 2016. In this lecture, Dr. Melissa Klingenberg discusses additive manufacturing; that is, any manufacturing process capable of making 3D objects from a digital model, or building-up 3D features onto an existing object, layer-by-layer.  Cold spray, thermal spray, electroforming, structural plating and gaseous carbonyl deposition are covered.   

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Nickel: Science, Health and the Future - The 52nd William Blum Lecture

This presentation is the 52nd William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2015 in Rosemont, Illinois on June 8, 2015. In this lecture, Dr. Hudson Bates discusses the nickel research in his group at the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), which impact occupational health and environmental issues for nickel.  This includes nano-particulates, toxicity of mixtures, ambient air effects, and providing good science in regulatory matters.

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GE Aviation, Praxair Open Jet Engine Coatings Facility in Mississippi

PG Technologies is a joint venture between Praxair Surface Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Praxair Inc., and GE Aviation.

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Surface Finishing Sustainability: Technology Pathways - The 51st William Blum Lecture

This presentation is the 51st William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio on June 9, 2014. In this lecture, Dr. Yinlun Huang discusses the critical issue of sustainability in manufacturing with the primary focus on the surface finishing industry, and the technology directed toward addressing the issue.  

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Decorative Electroplating: Theory to Explain Rapid Corrosion Due to Calcium Chloride ‘Russian Mud’ - The 48th William Blum Lecture

This presentation is the 48th William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2010 in Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 14, 2010. In this lecture, Dr. Donald Snyder describes the phenomena behind a new challenge to decorative Cu-Ni-Cr plating, catastrophic corrosion failures involving the use of calcium chloride on Russian highways

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Mankiewicz Coatings Undergoes $30M Expansion at Charleston Facility

This expansion is quick, as the company only opened the initial $25 million, 90,000-square-foot facility in 2015.

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BASF Coatings Supplies New Belarus Auto Plant for BelGee

The BelGee Belarusian site currently has capacity to produce 60,000 car bodies a year, with the option to expand.

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Bus Maker to Invest $28M in New Facility, Coatings

The facility will include powder coating, as well as hose manufacturing, injection molding and thermoforming plastics, metal fabrication, and machining.

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CCAI Minnesota Paint and Powder Coating Expo Seeks Presenters

The Twin Cities Chapter of CCAI and the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program at the University of Minnesota are hosting the Minnesota Paint and Powder Coating Expo on March 15 at Century College in White Bear Lake near St. Paul.

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