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General Motors Names BASF as 2012 Supplier of the Year
BASF’s Coatings Division supports GM by combining modern paint processes with special effect pigments and technologies.
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Super Steel’s Grand E-Coat Re-Opening
Milwaukee-based contract manufacturer re-invigorates electrocoat line that symbolizes the revitalization of the company, which is celebrating its 90th birthday this year.
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A Conversation With … Bill Stock, President of Microfinish
What started out as a summer job for Bill Stock turned into a career and has made him a fixture at all the industry trade shows and events.
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GM Fairfax Breaks Ground On New Paint, E-Coat Shop
450,000-square-foot, bi-level paint shop at the Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant in Kansas City
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Birmingham's Max Coatings Adds Second Plant in Atlanta
New 95,000 square-foot facility adds to the 55,000 square-foot location on Industrial Parkway in Birmingham.
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Hentzen Coatings Acquires Florida's CrossLink Powder Coatings
CrossLink produces and sells powder coatings for the general industrial and architectural market segments, and has been in business since 1996.
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Cleaning Q&A: In-Line Cleaning Machine
A reader tells Parts Cleaning expert David Peterson that he is looking for in-line parts washing to put at his stamping press.
Read MoreTaking the (Oxide) Edge Off
Metal fabricators that laser-cut with oxygen take steps to prepare parts better for powder coating.
Read MoreA Conversation With ... Lanny Woods
Lanny Woods entered the surface finishing industry in 1974 and has never looked back. He started his own company, Pro-Kote Powder Coating, in Jackson, Tenn. Lanny’s friends know he enjoys fine cigars and great-tasting wine, and we caught up with him on an afternoon when he was enjoying a Dominican corona and a fine red.
Read MoreNanotechnologies Address Pipe Corrosion
The boom in the gas and oil business, both in the United States and globally, has refocused attention on efforts to reduce corrosion on the surfaces of pipes and equipment used in the industry.
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