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The Science of Small Grows BIG
Nanotechnology is everywhere. It is even making advancements in the finishing market...
Read MoreChem Film Over A Black Anodized Coating
Question: We are working on some parts with the following customer specification: Black hardcoat anodize (Type III, class 2) to match #37038 (FED-STD-595), followed by a Class 3 chromate conversion coating over which we are to apply a primer and black paint to #37038.
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Striking Gold
In spite of fierce competition from China, a sour economy and a devastating fire, Klein Plating Works, Inc. has managed to remain competitive, thanks to a combination of tight process controls and successful customer relationships…
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Fair Conditions Forecast for the Finishing Industry
As the American economy entered 2004 with less anxiety than 2003, many in the manufacturing industry couldn’t stop worrying about the dark cloud that has loomed over it. While the finishing segment has weathered an especially long and severe storm for the past few years, Products Finishing’s 2004 Capital Spending Survey results indicate that the future seems to be clearing…
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UV-Curable Basecoats and Clearcoats for Automotive Lighting
With the influx of plastic into automotive lighting in the early 1980s, a fresh market for coatings quickly emerged.
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Color Matters
When it comes to color, automotive paint suppliers don't just forecast the next big trends...they create them.
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Hard Chrome Plating... Its Past, Present and Future
Providers of hard chrome electroplate, a relatively small but critical component of the overall chrome plating market, have endured tremendous stress and changing market forces in the past decade...
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2003 Coating Show Wrap-Up
Combination of Key Location, Improved Economy and New Technologies Result in a Successful Show...
Read MoreContinuing Crisis or New Hope for Manufacturing?
There have been numerous reports of late concerning the plight of the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy.
Read MorePowder Coating: Defining an Industry and Coloring a World
The growth of the powder coating industry during the last twenty years has been dramatic, with new applications continually being developed to ensure ever expanding market penetration in a wide range of industries.
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