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Achieving Coefficient of Friction Targets

Jennifer Geesey of Pavco Inc. offers advice for obtaining your desired coefficient of friction.

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Dodge Notes the “Last Call” with Power—and Paint

As the Dodge Charger and Challenger leave the lineup, the muscle car purveyor is putting out the final vehicles and offering paints from the cars’ performance past.

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Registration Opens for NASF's Online Zinc & Zinc Alloy Course

The goal of the course is to provide participants with information related to the metallurgy and corrosion behavior of zinc coatings.

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PPG, Glidden Name 2023 Color of the Year

PPG and Glidden’s color of choice is Vining Ivy, a blue-green hue that the company says can punctuate a home’s personality.

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Episode 23: An Interview With Brad Durkin, technical director for the Electroless Nickel Conference 2022

Electroless Nickel Conference 2022 will take place October 11-13 at the Omni Severin in Indianapolis, Indiana. Learn more about the event in this interview with ENC22 technical director Brad Durkin.

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Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority to Regulate GHG Emissions

The Supreme Court limits the scope of EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without action from Congress, but the agency is still able to set carbon emission limits for key sectors of the economy.

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Industry Files Legal Challenge of New Stringent Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals

A major legal challenge is underway targeting EPA’s new stringent drinking water lifetime health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS. Arguments include a flawed review process and the fact that the new levels are below detection limits for these chemicals in drinking water.  

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Finishing Activity: Growth Activity Slowed Again in July, Closes at 51.8

July is the third month of slowed expansion for Finishing this year, approaching a low reading Finishing has not seen since the end of 2020.

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EPA Readying Fall Nationwide PFAS Survey of Metal Finishing Industry to Inform New Water Discharge Rule

NASF continues discussions with US EPA on the agency’s plans for a nationwide survey of the metal finishing industry on its use of PFAS. NASF plans to review the draft survey and provide feedback to the agency prior to its distribution. Surveys will likely go to a wide range of job shop and captive operations and are scheduled to be sent out in the fall.

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Metal Finishing Facility Released Hexavalent Chromium into Huron River

Wastewater discharge of hexavalent chromium into Huron River results in “no contact” health advisory, sparking calls for more stringent pollution controls and automotive industry action to reduce hexavalent chromium uses.

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