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Measure soluble salts on surfaces significantly faster with the new Elcometer 130 SSP Soluble Salt Profiler
Portable, hand-held gauge which accurately and reliably measures 4 Bresle equivalent readings in less than three minutes
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Perceptive Industries Partners With Ernst Reinhardt GmbH
German manufacturer of zinc flake coating systems, slush molding and industrial ovens, has formed a technical alliance with Perceptive Industries Inc. from Michigan.
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BASF Presents Winner of 2016 Fight Club of Automotive Design
Omar Gonzalez won the 2016 Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment, Detroit’s first-ever “Fight Club of Design."
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Akzo Nobel to buy BASF coatings
The transaction would include technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as securing supply to customers worldwide.
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Young Coater Wins Entrepreneur Award
Man Cave Metal Works specializes in laser engraving, plasma cutting, fabrication, LED lighting additions, and powder coating and paint work.
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Crown Group earns John Deere Supplier of the Year and Partner-level Supplier
Crown Group is a supplier of coating services to John Deere’s Tractor Cab and Assembly Operations in Waterloo, Iowa.
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Steel Manufacturer Hannibal Ind. Opens Houston Plant, Powder Coat Facility
110,000-square-foot facility will house the company's new powder-coating production line, an environmental room and additional office space.
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Praxair Surface Technologies and GE Aviation Form Joint Venture
The coatings will be tailored for GE Aviation’s and CFM International’s current and future engine models, including the GE9X and LEAP engines
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February’s Go-To Guy: Jose Lopez, Elite Finishing
Know a guy or gal in the industry who should be recognized? Email Jess Larkin at jlarkin@pfonline.com.
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Painting a Boeing 737: See The Video
The cost is between $100,000 to $200,000 to prep and paint each plane, depending on which colors are chosen, and how many colors.
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Axalta Celebrates 150 Years in Coatings
First products developed in Germany in 1866, and since has grown into one of the world’s leading manufacturers of liquid and powder coatings.
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