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Zinc Line Produces 60-120 Racks/Hr.

At Sur/Fin 2018, Fanta Equipment Co. will showcase its high-production, return-type automated zinc line, which is designed to produce 60 to 120 racks per hour.

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Metal Chem Plans $3.5M Expansion in South Carolina

The project will add new production space and R&D capabilities in Greer, South Carolina, and will include the company’s corporate offices and a customer training facility.

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Electroplating

Asterion to Host Certified Electroplater-Finisher Training

The course, to be presented by the AESF Foundation, will be held April 30-May 4, at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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How Not to Quit Your Job

Almost regardless of how miserable your experience might have been, shake your employer’s hand and thank him or her for the opportunity provided.

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Finishing as a Second Chance

Sheffield Platers has hired more than 40 graduates of Second Chance, a non-profit program that provides job training to former criminal offenders.

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Old School Ways for New Method Plating

Cadmium and die castings help a 86-year-old Massachusetts plating shop thrive.

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Liquid Coating

BASF Supports Young Spray Coaters as a WorldSkills Sponsor

The WorldSkills Competition took place in the Middle East for the first time, in Abu Dhabi, where about 1,200 young people demonstrated their skills in 51 individual competitions.

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Powder Coating

Axalta Forms Partnership with National Transportation Center

Axalta will provide its interactive, commercial transportation curriculum for use in NTC’s Heavy Truck Collision course, which focuses on training military veterans how to properly prepare substrates and successfully complete the truck refinishing process.

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University of Colorado Students Win Annual BASF Science Competition

The challenge for this year’s competition was to create a superior finish on carbon fiber composites, which is used in vehicles to improve fuel efficiency.

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Michigan Anodizer Hopes to Build New Facility, Add 90+ Jobs

The plant would be comprised of a 68,850-square-foot building on 27 acres in the Fort Custer Industrial Park and employ 50 workers in the initial two years, then 44 workers in the third year.

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