economics
Finishing Index Moderates After Posting March All-Time High
Best Efforts to Increase Output Still Cannot Quell Rising Backlogs
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Rising Supplier Delivery Reading Sustains Expansionary Index Trend
Industry Signals Slowing Business Expansion Excluding Rocketing Supplier Delivery Activity
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Activity Broadly Rebounds at Start of 2021
Index Activity Broadly Improves After Weak 2020 Closing
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Finishing Index Ends Year Lower As New Orders Contract
GBI: Finishing reports a slight overall contraction in the finishing industry for December 2020 – largely due to a drop in new orders in the automotive and aerospace markets.
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Coating for RV Industry Comes at an Advantageous Time
The market for RVs is on the rise and these coatings can help improve output.
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Georgia Powder Coating Sponsors Personal Finance Curriculum
Georgia Powder Coating works to promote financial literacy and entrepreneurship foundations.
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Business Activity Growth Slows During November
Lackluster New Orders and Supplier Delivery Activity Challenges Stymie Finishers
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Nasmyth Appoints Leaders for Expanding Markets
Nasmyth Group has hired Patrick Carroll to expand its presence in the East Asian market – particularly in China and Japan – and tasked Scott Hudson to do so in Canada.
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GBI: Finishing Index Sets Another High in October
The October 2020 GBI: Finishing reports a 54.5, the highest reading since the fourth quarter of 2018. The is the Index’s third consecutive month of expansion.
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The Road to Recovery
The past few issues of Products Finishing have touched on how different market sectors have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. As we come to the end of the year, PF editor-in-chief Scott Francis takes time to reflect on the manufacturing industry’s response during the COVID era and to contemplate finishing’s role in the medical sector.
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