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Electroplating

Michigan NASF Holding Detroit Auto Show Preview

Tickets include a lunch with a featured speaker and access to the NAIAS Industry Preview Week show at Cobo Hall.

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Electroplating

Ace Anodizing and Impregnating Expanding Operations

Plant expansion is underway with a projected move in date sometime in the first quarter of 2018. The addition will bring total plant square footage to upwards of 80,000 sq. ft.

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Liquid Coating

Scientists' High-Tech Paint Keeps Steel Beams from Melting

Callaghan Innovation’s team spent more than a year working with a paint firm to develop a fire-resistant coating known as intumescent.

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electronics

New Mirror-Coating Technology Promises Dramatic Improvements in Telescopes

At UC Santa Cruz, an electrical engineer has teamed up with astronomers to improve telescope mirrors using thin-film technology from the electronics industry

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Vacuum Vapor

Society of Vacuum Coaters Gains Affiliated Membership in the American Institute of Physics

As an AIP Affiliate, the SVC will be provided an opportunity to collaborate with complementary technical organizations and benchmark best practices as they strive to increase our value and relevance to our international base of stakeholders

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Powder Coating

Dürr Named Core Supplier of Groupe PSA

With its multiple automotive brands — Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel in Germany and Vauxhall in Great Britain — Groupe PSA has been a major customer of Durr’s for more than 20 years.

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Electroplating

Leveling the Field in Nickel Plating

Profilometry helps determine the leveling characteristics of Watts nickel baths.

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Powder Coating

Powder Coated in the U.S.A.

A Florida manufacturer commits to making American products the old-fashioned way: by hand and from quality materials.  

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Mastering Sanitary Stainless Steel Finishes

Here’s a primer on the types of finishes required for equipment used in sanitary applications.

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Liquid Coating

Using 3D to Design a Paint Shop

Laser scanning helps optimize planning in brownfield expansion projects.

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Liquid Coating

CCAI Chapters Brighten Holidays for Local Charities

The Southern California, Central States and Wisconsin chapters conducted toy drives, and the Twin Cities and Central States chapters made cash donations to local charities. 

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Liquid Coating

Vogel Paint's Powder Expansion Project Ahead of Schedule

The company says that Phase Three of a five-year, $29.3 million expansion plan for the powder coating operation located at its headquarters in Orange City, Iowa, will begin ahead of schedule. 

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