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Cleaning Plastics
Question: We are a third tier automotive supplier for plastic parts like grills, hubcaps and other trim parts.
Read MoreUV Coating Heat Sensitive Substrates Can Expand Your Business
Today’s smart business owners are looking for ways to grow their businesses, or at least move into more lucrative markets that will provide better returns. The ability to coat heat-sensitive substrates can provide this opportunity. Ultraviolet (UV) coatings are often used on heat sensitive substrates because UV curing is an inherently low temperature process. Here’s a look at how UV coatings on heat sensitive substrates can be used to improve your business...
Read MoreResources for Chromium Plating
We need some basic information on both hexavalent and trivalent chromium plating.
Read MoreDealing with Employee Complaints
The knowledgeable supervisor sees a gripe for what it really is—a chance to be of help to an employee when that help is most wanted, a golden opportunity to prove to a worker that his problem is management’s problem.
Read MoreStroke of Genius
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a news item about the retirement of David Bradley, the “inventor” of Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
Read MoreEvaluating Radio Frequency Tags
Featuring a special White Paper from Manhatten Associates: "RFID: The UPC of the 21st Century
Read MoreC.I.L.—Where Tradition Meets Today
Even though the company has only been in business 10 years, it has more than 125 years of experience in the finishing industry...
Read MoreColor Matters
When it comes to color, automotive paint suppliers don't just forecast the next big trends...they create them.
Read MoreTreat Them Like Individuals
In 1927, the Western Electric Company conducted what it thought would prove a routine experiment.
Read MoreEfficient Electrocoat Tank Operation
To prosper in today’s economic climate, Electrocoaters must be dedicated to never-ending improvement in quality and productivity.
Read MoreBarrel Plating Blues
The following are barrel plating problems that have come up in the recent past...
Read MoreSecrets of Winning Employee Cooperation
Because employees are motivated by many of the same considerations as supervisors, winning their cooperation frequently requires giving them what you yourself want.
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