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Taiwan Surface Finishing Industry Up 13% Last Year

Study shows market is NT$163.5 billion (about US$5 billion)

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Liquid Coating

Painting Plastics

We have been molding white plastic parts for a customer for some time, and now he wants the same parts in several additional colors. We would prefer molding in white and then painting the parts in the other colors to avoid downtime on our molding machines. What do you think?

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Liquid Coating

Painting Children’s Jewelry

I need a clear topcoat to give coated decorations on children's jewelry more durability.

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Electroplating

American Tinning and Galvanizing Co. Honored By Erie County

Metal finishing firm give back to the community, raising money for United Way

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Parts Cleaning

Zinc–Rich Primer Over Zinc Plating

Is it possible to replace a current process of zinc plating with a zinc paint process on a steel chassis? Also, can zinc paint be powder coated afterwards?

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Electrocoating

E-Coat Film Thickness Capabilities

What are the film thickness capabilities for an electrocoat? What are the maximum and minimum film thicknesses a system can obtain? What bath parameters can change the quantity of film deposited?

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Liquid Coating

PLC Holding acquires Wisconsin Oven

French firm also owns Elmetherm, Elino and Wistra

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Electrocoating

Low pH in E-Coat Bath

We are coating parts in a cathodic epoxy electrocoat with a very low pH. How can we increase the pH in our tank and improve the quality of our coating?

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The Keys To World-Class Finishing

What underperforming finishers don’t know (that good ones do)

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Powder Coating Pretreatment

How do you recommend we clean a paraffin wax die lube from a cast aluminum substrate?

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