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Watch the Video and See How to Take Part in National Surface Finishing Day

Watch Products Finishing contributor Tim Pennington show you how your shop can utilize National Surface Finishing Day on March 6 to help promote your facility and the surface finishing industry.

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Finishing for Warriors to Train Vets for Coating Industry

San Diego-based Workshops for Warriors will provide an industrial finishing certificate program for Workshop for Warriors students, called Finishing for Warriors, that will launch in 2019.

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Powder Coating

Workforce Development in the Finishing Industry

The January issue of Products Finishing takes a look at an issue which is affecting every job shop and OEM: how to develop and retain a qualified workforce. I had the chance to talk with several shop owners about the importance of certification and training in retention of employees, and discovered a new program that helps veterans enter the liquid and powder coating industry. Check out the issue here.

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Powder Coating

Using Strippable Protective Coatings in Paint Booths

Strippable paint booth coatings have become increasingly popular in the finishing world, and Steve Love from GFS explains why these are necessary,

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Liquid Coating

To Improve Auto Coatings, New Tests Do More Than Scratch the Surface

Researchers describe three versions of a fast, reliable laboratory method for simulating scratching processes on automobile clearcoats.

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Electroplating

It’s Time to Learn How to Win Again

As a new year begins, we will do well to evaluate the strategies that worked and those that did not.

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Liquid Coating

Elcometer Opens NA Headquarters, Training Center

The 22,000-square-foot facility not only provides office space for sales and technical support teams, but also accommodates their ISO 17025 test laboratory.

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Powder Coating

Robert Bryant Named Chief Executive Officer Of Axalta

The company also announced that Sean Lannon has been named chief financial officer.   

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Powder Coating

Jeff Kloes Joins Spray Systems to Lead Sales Efforts in Midwest

Kloes has more than 30 years of experience in the spray finishing industry, and will be based in Wisconsin.

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