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A Conversation With … William Goughenour

William Goughenour debuts this month as the new paint expert for Products Finishing. He is the Senior Coatings Analyst for the National Center for Coatings Application, Research, and Education (C-Care) in Virginia, which provides one of the most advanced manufacturing laboratories in North America for coating and finishing related process engineering, applied research, training, and education.

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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.

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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 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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From 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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Parts Cleaning On Display in Germany

Show attracts nearly 5,000 visitors, 260 exhibitors

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Who Needs Precision Cleaning?

Development and selection of solvents for precision cleaning.

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Ultra Savings for UV-Cured Powder Coating

UV-Cured powder coatings are viable substitutes for solvent liquid coatings

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Coating by the Billions

A Raymond Tinnerman coats automotive parts fasteners and clips … a lot of them

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