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PPG recognized as John Deere Supplier of the Year
PPG selected in appreciation of its dedication to providing products and services of outstanding quality, its risk-minimizing Secure Launch Excellence process and its commitment to continuous improvement.
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George Koch Sons Acquiring Price Industries
Grand Rapids based company has more than 30 years experience in material handling systems for the aerospace, automotive, industrial, military and agriculture industries.
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Caterpillar Is Back on the Coatings Prowl
Caterpillar has been developing and applying advanced wear coatings to extend the service life and performance of its machine components, whether new or remanufactured, for decades. Now Caterpillar’s advanced wear coatings are available to others through Cat Remanufacturing, including turnkey coating and finishing.
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The Call of Heavy Duty Coatings
PPG renews its commitment to heavy-duty equipment coatings with Caterpillar as it is selected the company’s industrial coatings business as the sole heavy-duty equipment coatings supplier for a new motor grader assembly plant in North Little Rock, Ark.
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PPG Earns John Deere Recognition As A Partner-Level Supplier
Program created in 1991 to provide a supplier evaluation and feedback process that promotes continuous improvement.
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PPG will supply new Caterpillar plant in Arkansas
Motor grader assembly plant will be in North Little Rock
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Measuring the Surface Area of Fasteners
How do you measure the surface area of a threaded fastener? How much coating would you put on it? How thick of a coating? What about non-threaded fasteners? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, of all people, may have come up with the solution for those pondering how to coat sometimes-difficult small pieces using computer imaging and software to compute the area.
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Schools of Thought: More colleges offering programs in coatings
Employers such as 3M, Valspar, Bobcat, DuPont and Caterpillar routinely drop into classrooms at NDSU, scoping out a new hire to develop the next top coating compound or new corrosion-resistant material.
Read MorePainting Structural Steel
Question: Can I ask which is the best paint to use for painting heavy-gauge steel frame work in the construction industry?
Read MoreDeerest Memories
Though I'm sure that you've got a lot of work to do, I hope you'll take 10 minutes out of your day to read this month's cover story about The John Deere Des Moines Works.
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