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FTC Requires Graco to Sell ITW Liquid Finishing Equipment Businesses

The Federal Trade Commission will require Graco to sell the worldwide liquid finishing business of Illinois Tool Works and ITW Finishing under a proposed order as part of a settlement. It will resolve charges that its $650 million acquisition of several ITW businesses would have been anticompetitive and led to higher prices and reduced innovation for the North American manufacturers who rely on this equipment.

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PFOnline.com expands technology zone with White Paper and Research ... with no silly fees.

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Powder Coating

An Introduction to Cyclic Corrosion Testing

A more realistic way to perform salt spray tests.

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management

A Fight for the Future of Finishing Shops

The driving force of changes is often a generational battle, too.

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automotive

A Conversation With ... George Gallion, General Motors/Opel

George Gallion was a designer at General Motors in Detroit when he accepted the head design position at Opel in Rüsselsheim, Germany, in 1966. For decades, he was responsible for the appearance of new vehicle models at Opel, including the legendary Manta.

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Liquid Coating

President’s 2013 Budget Proposes Enhanced Tax Incentives

Finishing shop owners will be able to take advantage of most, if not all, of these proposed enhanced tax incentives.

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Liquid Coating

Co-Cure to the Rescue For A-Coat and Powder Coating

Henkel’s autodeposition protection technology is an alternative vehicle coating, as Android hopes to produce 9,000 vehicles this year for Florida-based Vehicle Production Group.

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Liquid Coating

Measuring Up On Coating Thickness

Fischer Technology’s DataCenter software eases measurement requirements, giving reasons why management guru W. Edwards Deming said: “If I had to reduce my message for management to just a few words, I’d say it all had to do with reducing variation.”

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Liquid Coating

PPG Aerospace Goes For Gold With British Airways’ Olympics Jet

Topcoats in gold, light grey and white celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Liquid Coating

Jerry Trostle Leaving Wagner Systems, PCI Board

Matthias Koehler, with more than 10 years of experience within Wagner-Group in Europe and internationally, will become new GM

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