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Preventing Soil Contamination is Good Business For Witt Lining Systems

Manufactures flexible PVC liners used for corrosion resistance in process tanks, storage tanks, vats, sumps, pits and containment areas.

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CCAI Announces 2013 Award Winners

Jim Docken of DuBois Chemicals receives CCAI's highest honor, The James F. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Anodizing

Apple Wants Patent To Plate Aluminum Case With Magnetic Material

Could allow attachment of the MacBook to a number of different surfaces, including for example, refrigerators, metallic armbands, or even a wall mounted docking station.

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Anodizing

Oxford U. Researchers Win Prize With Solar Coatings

Develop a hi-tech coating with the potential to significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of new-generation solar photovoltaic cells.

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surfin

Wayne State Engineering Professor Wins NASF Award

Yinlun Huang awarded the 2013 National Association for Surface Finishing’s Scientific Achievement Award.

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Electroplating

Hardide Has Successful Hard Chrome Replacement Test

Second test phase expected to be completed by the end of 2013; coating will be approved for use on a specific AgustaWestland helicopter rotor blade component,

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Marko Duffy Wraps Up NAMF-NE Presidency

Duffy's last column for the NAMF-NE newsletter states the obvious: It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.

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Parts Cleaning

Guarding Against Counterfeit Parts

We have been doing a lot of defense work lately and are concerned about counterfeit parts. How can we protect ourselves?

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Powder Coating

GAME Changers

Phoenix company APSM builds and finishes gaming devices for the casino industry, including all electronics and harnesses.

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automotive

Shine & Dandy

SRG Global spans the globe plating automotive trim for nearly all the major car manufacturers, duplicating quality and control at all their plants around the world.

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Anodizing

DiamonDyze in the Rough

A pair of coaters—who are also racing enthusiasts—say they have made a significant advance in aluminum anodizing using ceramics to produce an extremely hard, corrosion- and wear-resistant anodic oxide coating.

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Parts Cleaning

PPG Aerospace Donates Coating For Restored Mystѐre 20

Basecoat/clearcoat recreates flight-test livery on historic first production aircraft

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