MMS Blog
Dr. Phil To The Rescue for Electroplaters
Techmetals’ president Phil Brockman is often the last electroplater that some customers visit on their search for solutions to persistent finishing issues or to plate unique parts. But it’s easy to see why most major aerospace, medical, defense, oil/gas, mold shops, and automotive manufacturers end up at Techmetals’ expansive facilities in Dayton, Ohio.
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Game Changer: Powder Coatings Get CARC Approval
In a normal R&D scenario, a coating specification is written and approved by a large customer or OEM, then followed by a race among suppliers to meet the spec and sell to the finishing masses. But that isn’t the case for most of the military and other finishes Hentzen Coatings of Milwaukee, Wisc., has developed over the years.
Read MoreFilm Build Control
Are you aware of any standards on powder coating film thickness on complex structures?
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Enthone Introduces Ankor Hydraulics Hard Chrome Process
Specially engineered for the hydraulics/fluid power market, the company says the process delivers exceptional corrosion resistance, while offering a more sustainable alternative versus other high efficiency, etch-free hard chrome processes currently available today.
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Wisconsin's Hartford Finishing Growing, Adding 94 Jobs
Governor Scott Walker joined company leaders to announce the addition of 94 new jobs at Hartford Finishing, Inc., a powder coating and painting firm, and its sister companies. The jobs announcement coincides with the opening of the company’s new paint line.
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Axalta Coating Systems Build Bikes for Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia
The event used a bike building exercise conducted by Odyssey to show Axalta participants how to work as a team and continually improve the customer experience.
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PPG Electrocoat Primer Qualified To Aerospace Specification
Aerocron electrocoat primer meets SAE International’s Aerospace Material Specification 3144 for anodic electrodeposition primer for aircraft applications.
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NASF West Coast Bright Design Winners Picked
Martin Francisco, Nicole Eng, Woosung Kim and Kasia Burzynska win scholarships from California NASF groups
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PPG Appoints Shelley Bausch VP Global Industrial Coatings
Bausch joins PPG from Dow Corning, where she began her career in 1988. Most recently she was business vice president, finished products, based in Midland, Mich.
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The State of the Global Coatings Industry
Orr & Boss estimates that in 2012 the global coatings industry was U.S. $110 billion on approximately 34 billion liters.
Read MoreNASF Raises Concerns over EPA Stormwater Discharge Rule
NASF has raised concerns over the proposed revisions, particularly related to the benchmark values that EPA and state agencies will be using for compliance.
Read MoreFrom Nitric Acid Dip Cleaning To Closed-Loop Solvent Cleaning
Superior Products in Ohio has reduced annual water consumption from two million gallons to zero, dropped daily cleaning labor from 15 hours to one per day, and has achieved better cleaning results.
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