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Atotech Sold to The Carlyle Group for $3.2 billion

Carlyle, which also owns the Axalta Coating Systems brand, is a global alternative asset manager positioned in Asia, Europe and the United States through its significant range of investments.

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Electroplating

SRG Global Celebrates New World HQ with Opening Ceremony

The new facility, which opened this summer, is a 51,000-square-foot building currently housing more than 250 employees.

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PPG Inaugurates Electrocoat Primer Pilot System in France for Aerospace

This is PPG’s second significant investment for an Aerocron ecoat primer installation, increasing global application capability for customer education.

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Liquid Coating

Henkel Webinar Focuses on Paint Stripping

Within this crucial step in the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) process, it controls corrosion and weight, contributes to the appearance of the aircraft, and enhances the inspection process.

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Anodizing

Apple Launches iPhone 7 with New "Rotational 3D Polishing"

Watch Apple chief design officer Jony Ive's video at the event that highlights a new anodized finish demonstrating a polishing called "rotational 3D polishing."

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Powder Coating

Powder Clinic: Batch Cure Oven Noise Issue

What is that Noise from My Oven? Expert Rodger Talbert explains that it is difficult to be sure at all without seeing the oven and hearing the noise. However, he thinks it may be related to the pressure settings on the gas train.

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Liquid Coating

Value Proposition When Asking for a Raise

An employee adding more value to his or her company deserves a boost in pay. Columnist Matthew Kirchner discusses employee compensation reviews and when to adjust accordingly.

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Electroplating

Anodized Metal Maiden

Minnesota woman opens Premier Anodizing to complement her existing chain maille business and hoped to increase production of jump rings for jewelry to 1,000 a week. Now the business produces over a million a day.

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Parts Cleaning

80 Years of Being a Helping Hand

Products Finishing is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2016 and is looking back at eight decades since first publishing in 1936. How has PF helped your finishing career?

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Electrocoating

Solving the Ecoat Mysteries of the Deep

A diagnostic testing device, the Submersible Data Acquisition Unit, can measure and record AC voltage, DC voltage and current at specific points on a part during the electrocoat process.

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masking

CCAI Announces Two New Chapters

Georgia chapter president is Derek Dennis from Heraeus Noblelight; David Boone with Alabama Power is taking the reigns as the first president of the Alabama chapter

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medical

SVC TechCon Paper Abstracts Due Oct. 10

Organizers are accepting abstracts for symposia and technical sessions related to vacuum coating technology; conference also includes a symposium on coatings for healthcare, biometric monitoring, and bio-interfaces.

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