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Axalta Forms Partnership with National Transportation Center
Axalta will provide its interactive, commercial transportation curriculum for use in NTC’s Heavy Truck Collision course, which focuses on training military veterans how to properly prepare substrates and successfully complete the truck refinishing process.
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Roy Metal Finishing Plans $60M Expansion
RMF supplies parts to BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg, and Bosch and Daimler Chrysler - Sprinter Vans in the area. Pazdan says the company is also speaking with Volvo about suppling its parts and is looking to branch out into the aerospace industry as well.
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Axalta Wins Elevation Award from Durability + Design Magazine
Axalta received an award for its partnership with DSI Spaceframes Inc. in contribution to the San Francisco Transbay Transit Center project.
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George Koch Sons Acquires Jessup Engineering
Jessup is a Rochester Hills, Michigan-based company with more than 45 years experience providing automated finishing systems to the aerospace, automotive, industrial and agriculture industries.
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California's All Metals Processing Acquires Embee Processing
The Embee division generated revenues of approximately $42 million in Triumph Group’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. Embee Processing provides more than 70 metal finishing, inspection and testing processes.
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University of Colorado Students Win Annual BASF Science Competition
The challenge for this year’s competition was to create a superior finish on carbon fiber composites, which is used in vehicles to improve fuel efficiency.
Read MoreThe Fine Art of Working With Metal
Fabtech’s Paley-James project aims to honor those who work with metal.
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Lean Manufacturing in Anodizing Operations
Here’s how one company applied lean manufacturing principles in its anodizing plant.
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Electroless Nickel Baths Get Simpler
How Michigan’s Classic Plating switched to a one-step process to get better brightness.
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Getting the Most from a Liquid Paint Line Audit
An audit of its liquid coating system led to more than $100,000 in savings for this Pennsylvania maker of steel storage drums.
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Medical Coatings That Fight Back
A University of Georgia researcher is developing technology that helps medical implants resist infection and clotting.
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How to Apply the 720 Rule to Current Density Anodizing
What can you tell me about the 720 Rule as it applies to current density anodizing? Plating expert Sjon Westre, Ph.D., from Chemeon, answers this question.
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