MMS Blog

Anodizing 1 Oct 2016

Anodized Metal Maiden

Minnesota woman opens Premier Anodizing to complement her existing chain maille business and hoped to increase production of jump rings for jewelry to 1,000 a week. Now the business produces over a million a day.

Anodizing 1 Oct 2016

80 Years of Being a Helping Hand

Products Finishing is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2016 and is looking back at eight decades since first publishing in 1936. How has PF helped your finishing career?

Parts Cleaning 1 Oct 2016

Solving the Ecoat Mysteries of the Deep

A diagnostic testing device, the Submersible Data Acquisition Unit, can measure and record AC voltage, DC voltage and current at specific points on a part during the electrocoat process.

Powder Coating 28 Sep 2016

CCAI Announces Two New Chapters

Georgia chapter president is Derek Dennis from Heraeus Noblelight; David Boone with Alabama Power is taking the reigns as the first president of the Alabama chapter

medical 26 Sep 2016

SVC TechCon Paper Abstracts Due Oct. 10

Organizers are accepting abstracts for symposia and technical sessions related to vacuum coating technology; conference also includes a symposium on coatings for healthcare, biometric monitoring, and bio-interfaces.

Pollution Control 22 Sep 2016

Dörken USA Celebrates 15th Anniversary

The company hosted coating and plating licensees, and OEM equipment manufacturers to a two-day conference and seminar at the Manistee National Resort in Michigan,.

education 20 Sep 2016

Axalta Gives University of Michigan Students Look Under the Hood at Pure Michigan 400

Axalta/U-M partnership supports STEM and business education as students had rare, special access to industry leaders from Axalta, Hendrick Motorsports, Michigan International Speedway and NASCAR.

automotive 16 Sep 2016

Meridian General Acquires PCS PowderCoat Services

Founded in 1981, PCS serves a wide spectrum of industries including automotive, home improvement, consumer products, sports equipment, musical instruments, electronics, cleaning and sanitizing, and the military.

Mechanical Finishing 14 Sep 2016

How KVF Quad in East Moline Survives in a Dwindling Manufacturing Industry

Television station WQAD shows us that when companies like John Deere suffer, so too does KVF Quad Corporation, which does a lot of business related to the ag industry.

Anodizing 12 Sep 2016

Plating Pioneer Fred Nobel Passes at 98

Nobel was owner of LeaRonal, Inc. which developed and produced specialty chemical additives and other products used by the connector, printed circuit board, semiconductor, and metal-finishing industries.