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Liquid Coating

Volvo Stops Throwing Away Caps and Profits

Keeping with the Volvo Group’s strong tradition of high-performance and environmental excellence, personnel at the company’s Motor Grader Assembly Line recently sought out ways to improve its masking operations...

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Electrolytic Metal Recovery

Question: I understand that an electrolytic metal recovery (EMR) process can remove up to 90% of metals from an industrial wastewater stream.

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ISO 14000: Environmental Management

What is it? What is required? Other companys' experiences...

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Breakthrough in Total Closed Loop Recycling

At Honeywell CPG Greenville, Total Closed Loop Recycling is not a dream or a concept anymore…it is a reality in the day-to-day plant process...

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automotive

Reality Check: It's the (Fuel) Economy, Stupid

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that the average fuel economy of the nation’s cars and trucks had reached a 22-year low.

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Environmental Concerns in Repainting

Question: I have some thoughts that I want to convey about Repainting Steam Locomotives that appeared in the November 7, 2002, issue of Painting Clinic.

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Paint Weathering Consultant

Question: I work for an environmental consulting firm in the DC area.

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Lead Removal

Question: Is it possible to remove the surface smear of lead from machined brass products?If so, what are the methods and the environmental concerns for disposal of the by-products?

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On My Mind: Disaster Recovery

During the last three to five years, one of the trends in the finishing industry has been for shops to automate as many of their processes as possible.

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The Environmental Benefits of Composite Electroless Nickel Coatings

Because of the negative environmental and health effects related to chromium, finishers are looking for a replacement. Composite electroless nickel coatings may be one solution…

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