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White Stays Atop the World’s Car Color Ranks
White/white pearl dominates the global automotive color popularity ranks for the second consecutive year, according to the 2012 DuPont Automotive Color Popularity Report. Black/black effect moves into second place
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A Conversation With ... Tim Pyznarski
Growing up in Chicago, Tim Pyznarski made a name for himself as a star high school baseball player, getting drafted by the Oakland As in 1981 and being named The Sporting News minor league player of the year and the Pacific Coast League MVP in 1986. He now owns Metal Finishing Solutions in Chicago, serving as a sales rep for numerous shops in the Midwest.
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The Reluctant Hero
Plater John Cutchin of Palmetto Plating in Easley, S.C., steps up to help, steps out of limelight with college scholarships to the best of the best in the community in the area of science
Read MoreMore Environmental Cases are Going Criminal
Surface finishers and others operating in industries highly regulated by federal, state and local environmental protection agencies have seen an increase in the number of violations that have escalated from administrative notices of violations and fines, or even civil penalties, to criminal prosecutions
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Waterborne painting process is a first at South Carolina BMW plant
PPG launched the first use of waterborne compact paint technology in a U.S. automotive manufacturing plant at the BMW assembly plant in Spartanburg, S.C. This painting process has turned out to be a 2012 award winner and has opened up a new way for auto manufacturers to go leaner and become more efficient in their operations.
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Just Peachy in South Carolina as Palmetto Plating thrives on ingenuity, automotives
More than 1 million of them pass through tanks each year at Palmetto, which specializes in anodizing, black oxide, chromate conversion coatings, decorative and hard chrome, electroless nickel, pickling, and passivation.
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Triumph Group Acquires Aerospace Finisher Embee Incorporated
Embee employs approximately 400 people, and offers high velocity oxy fuel, anodize/hard anodize, paint, chrome plating, shot peen and cadmium plating.
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Sifco Applied Surface Concepts Group Acquired by Norman Hay Group
Sifco ASC brand is one of the largest manufacturer and supplier of process equipment and associated chemicals for selective electroplating and anodizing. It also has its own subcontract process operations across the U.S. and Europe.
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SFCHINA2012 Attracts 10,000+ To Guangzhou
With China has become the world's biggest finishing market, organizers say the 25th edition of the China International Exhibition for Surface Finishing & Coating Products Nov 28-30 was well attended.
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NASF Bright Design Challenge Kicks Off Jan. 16
Kick off in Detroit is scheduled for January 16. The event is timed perfectly for the Detroit Auto Show, and the NASF Board will also be meeting in town to fully support the event.
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