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Every year, dozens of Oscar statuettes are awarded to the men and women of film in recognition of their contributions to cinema. But at Chicago-based R.S. Owens & Company—the company that manufactures the prestigious award—the employees are the real stars of the show...

One man's successful venture into powder coating....

Powder coating remains the fastest growing industrial finishing method in North America, currently representing about 15 percent of the total market. About 5,000 industrial finishers in North America apply powder to a countless array of products for a high quality and durable finish, resisting scratches, corrosion, abrasion, chemicals and detergents. The powder coating process also maximizes production, cuts costs, improves efficiency and offers maximum compliance with environmental regulations.

Powder coating remains the fastest growing industrial finishing method in North America, currently representing about 15% of the total industrial finishing market.

A review article originally printed as Plating & Surface Finishing, 71 (6), 64-70 (1984) on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the American Electroplaters Society.

Once again, the attendees - more than 100 participants and over 25 speakers - were given straight talk and found that the elections of 2010 had spawned a new climate in Washington, more receptive to promoting industry.

In the CASS testing of 1961 outside door handles plated in one of six exterior die-cast plating machines equipped for the dual chromium system at the Flint, Michigan plant of the Ternstedt Division of General Motors Corporation, 97% of the handles tested presented an appearance which it is felt would be acceptable to a car owner after one year's service.