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Electrocoating 6 Feb 2013

BASF building new automotive coatings plant in Shanghai

New production facility is scheduled to commence operation in early 2014; complements the company’s existing plant in Shanghai, which has been operating for more than 15 years.

Vacuum Vapor 1 Feb 2013

Why Vacuum Coating?

There is common interest among platers and vacuum coaters.

masking 1 Feb 2013

Those in the plating industry are continually working on the development of a process to recover valuable nickel from spent electroless nickel solutions. Now there is a two-stage method to do just that.

Vacuum Vapor 1 Feb 2013

Bringing You the Future of Coatings with PVD

Products Finishing partners with Society of Vacuum Coaters

Mechanical Finishing 1 Feb 2013

Microabrasive Precision Shot Peening

Precision shot peening brings an entirely new concept to the field of microabrasive blasting, and it is complementary to its larger cousin. Using glass bead media, several companies have been shot peening for years with microabrasive blasting technology.

Powder Coating 1 Feb 2013

PPG Also Wins $1.5 Million Through DoD’s SERDP

PPG will work with ARL to develop a powder topcoat that will meet military standards for ultraviolet durability, matte finish and resistance to chemical agents.

nasf 31 Jan 2013

Employment Inches Forward, Factory Production Rises

NASF Economist Ken Mayland says total nonfarm payrolls rose 155,000 for December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; the two previous months were revised a net 14,000 higher as the unemployment rate for the last month of the year stood at 7.8 percent.

Pollution Control 31 Jan 2013

New Chromium Electroplating Housekeeping Requirements

Alert for Platers: Your Deadline is March 19, 2013 as EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review for the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for hard and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks under 40 CFR Part 63

Powder Coating 31 Jan 2013

Painting Over Powder Coating

Can powder coating be used on top of another coating?

curing 28 Jan 2013

StandardAero Gets Certification for Protective Coatings

Eight of its aircraft paint technicians have completed the Embry Riddle Aeronautics University/Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) program in aircraft painting.