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A Conversation with Rick Hunter, A.M. Metal Finishing

His shop has been a Products Finishing Top Shop for both plating and powder coating almost every year since the survey began. Hunter runs the Orlando, Florida, shop with his wife, Sloane.

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The Reluctant Award Winner

Sales awards make me uncomfortable because they recognize what is good for everyone except, perhaps, the most important people to any business: the customers.

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Optimizing and Maintaining Spray Patterns in a Wash System

When pretreatment systems perform optimally, water and chemistry are used efficiently, with little flowing to waste treatment.

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Options for Removing Paint from Part Racks

Traditionally, paint removal is achieved by either mechanical, thermal or chemical methods, and often it is contracted out.There are some key disadvantages to outsourcing your paint-removal requirements, however, explains Atotech’s Sylvain Masson.

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Preventing Electroplating Tank Catastrophes in Surface Finishing Operations

About 75 percent of process tank users have reported tank failures. Here’s how to avoid them.

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3 Ways Advances in Cleaning and Coatings Drive Medical Device Innovation

Jay Tourigny of MicroCare Medical says that advances in medical devices come with many benefits but also bring new challenges related to cleaning and coatings.

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Lincoln Industries Acquires Manufacturer SourceOne

SourceOne provides custom manufacturing, design services and tooling, powder coating and specialty machine-build services.

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Dürr Acquires Babcock & Wilcox's Environmental Business

Germany-based Dürr has completed the acquisition of the industrial environmental technology businesses of U.S. company Babcock & Wilcox, which provide air pollution and noise control technologies.

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How to Optimize Your Reverse Osmosis System for Surface Finishing

High-quality water is essential for a variety of industrial finishing processes, but is too often overlooked. Discover where reverse osmosis fits into your finishing operation, including what it is, how it works and how to get the most out it.

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Wade Hickam Joins Col-Met as Co-Owner

Hickam, who has 30 years’ experience in the finishing industry, will work alongside founder and CEO Eric Jones and the entire Col-Met team.

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