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Powder Coating

Axalta Wins Elevation Award from Durability + Design Magazine

Axalta received an award for its partnership with DSI Spaceframes Inc. in contribution to the San Francisco Transbay Transit Center project.

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construction

George Koch Sons Acquires Jessup Engineering

Jessup is a Rochester Hills, Michigan-based company with more than 45 years experience providing automated finishing systems to the aerospace, automotive, industrial and agriculture industries.

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Electroplating

California's All Metals Processing Acquires Embee Processing

The Embee division generated revenues of approximately $42 million in Triumph Group’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. Embee Processing provides more than 70 metal finishing, inspection and testing processes.

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University of Colorado Students Win Annual BASF Science Competition

The challenge for this year’s competition was to create a superior finish on carbon fiber composites, which is used in vehicles to improve fuel efficiency.

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Electroplating

The Fine Art of Working With Metal

Fabtech’s Paley-James project aims to honor those who work with metal.

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Anodizing

Lean Manufacturing in Anodizing Operations

Here’s how one company applied lean manufacturing principles in its anodizing plant.

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Electroplating

Electroless Nickel Baths Get Simpler

How Michigan’s Classic Plating switched to a one-step process to get better brightness.

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Liquid Coating

Getting the Most from a Liquid Paint Line Audit

An audit of its liquid coating system led to more than $100,000 in savings for this Pennsylvania maker of steel storage drums.

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Electroplating

Medical Coatings That Fight Back

A University of Georgia researcher is developing technology that helps medical implants resist infection and clotting.

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Anodizing

How to Apply the 720 Rule to Current Density Anodizing

What can you tell me about the 720 Rule as it applies to current density anodizing? Plating expert Sjon Westre, Ph.D., from Chemeon, answers this question.

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Nordson, PCI Award BUILDS/PCI Scholarship

$5,000 Nordson BUILDS/PCI Scholarship to college student Benjamin Whipker, who attends the Rochester Institute of Technology and is studying electrical mechanical engineering technology.

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Combining 3D Printing and Electroplating for Replicable Experimentation

Andreas Osterwalder calls his office a museum: what looks like a collection of small machines are 3D printed and partially electroplated parts that the scientist has been creating for his experiments.

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