Linetec has added a new truck route to better service its architectural and commercial customers in Missouri and Iowa. As one of the nation’s largest paint and anodize finishers, the company offers 35 weekly truck runs throughout the U.S.
Clariant is reorganizing the sales and distribution of its aluminum finishing activities in Europe. Effective April 1, 2007, the Swiss Omya group will be the exclusive distributor of the aluminum finishing products of Clariant’s Pigments & Additives Division.
The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal has purchased a new production facility in Fairfield, NJ, 10 miles from Protech’s current location in Parsippany, NJ.
Dörken MKS-Systeme GmbH, Herdecke, Germany, was recently honored with the 2006 German Material Efficiency Prize. Presented at the EuroMold trade fair and exhibition, the award was given to the firm in recognition of its DELTA-PROTEKT® KL 105 microlayer corrosion protection system - a chromium-free plating that reportedly reduces costs by up to 30% while retaining excellent corrosion protection levels and friction coefficients.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 7,151,123 covering Ecology Coatings, Inc.’s environmentally friendly, 100% solids UV-curable coating technology. The issued patent is the first of four recently allowed patents in the industrial coatings market.
Encore Automation, Auburn Hills, MI, has selected DELMIA Robotics from Dassault Systemes as its simulation tool used in the development of sophisticated robotic systems for the automotive industry, including a paint quality inspection system.
UV rays. Air pollution. Acid rain. These are just some of the conditions that conspire to undermine the integrity and beauty of structures such as high-rise office buildings, corporate headquarters, apartments, condominiums and home exteriors.
Powder coatings provide significant process and environmental benefits in MDF applications, including zero VOC emissions and the ability to coat complex 3D shapes and heat-sensitive substrates.
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