He says he knew how important it was that manufacturers produce a quality finished part for a lower bottom-line cost. Langlois' background in physical vapor deposition gave him a feel for trends in coatings. Bringing together varying technologies, Langlois developed a pretreatment process to make plastic more conductive as it is cleaned for powder coating. "We patented our proprietary ‘magic solution,'" says Langlois.
Pretreatment in hand, Langlois worked with Nordson (headquartered in Westlake, Ohio) and PPG (headquartered in Pittsburgh) to develop the rest of the solution in the Canadian laboratories of Nordson Corp., Markham, Ont.