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Finishing Index Falls Slightly, Still Near All-Time High

Accelerating New Orders and Limited Production Send Backlogs Higher

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Powder Coating

Mitigating Fish Eye Defects

Having trouble with fish eye defects in your powder coating? Verney Denerville of Tiger Drylac offers insights for avoiding and fixing this common coating defect.

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Electroplating

Bringing Diverse Areas of Manufacturing Together

Top Shops Expo + Conference creates unmatched learning and networking opportunity for manufacturing businesses.

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Finishers Beware: Higher Prices Are on the Way

Some dos and don'ts to prepare accordingly. 

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Liquid Coating

An Interview with Brett Smith, CAR

Brett Smith, director, technology, Center for Automotive Research, discusses his work in the propulsion side of the automotive industry and his thoughts about the future of electric vehicles. 

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editorial

Being the New Guy

Products Finishing editor-in-chief, Scott Francis, discusses digging into his first industry event after a year and a half on the job.

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Electroplating

Calculating Electroless Nickel Square Footage

Matthew Wojcik of Coventya Inc. offers advice for calculating the proper square footage of work that can be processed through an EN bath.

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Liquid Coating

Finishing the 2022 Bentley Flying Spur

When just a handful of exterior colors just isn’t enough. . . .

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photo finish

Measuring Up

Snapshots of the surface finishing industry.

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Liquid Coating

Controlling Temperature in Paint Process

Mike Bonner of Saint Clair Systems discusses using a temperature hierarchy to assess how to best control temperature in your paint process.

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economics

Finishing Index Ends Third Month Near All-Time High

Accelerating New Orders and Limited Production Send Backlogs Higher

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