Northwestern University’s Forum for People Performance Management & Measurement has honored Nordson Corp. with its 2006 Performance Through People Award.
PowderCoat Services, Inc. (PCS), a custom powder coating job shop Anaheim, CA, recently celebrated its 25th year in business. Founded in 1981, the woman-owned business began with one production line in an 11,000 ft2 leased building and has grown to 68,000 with eight separate facilities.
Riley Industries, a U.K.-based reseller of used and refurbished surface finishing plants and equipment, has secured a large order for the redesign, refurbishment and supply of DC rectifiers from a leading U.S. supplier of titanium castings to the aerospace industry.
The Valspar Corp. has agreed to acquire the powder coatings business of H.B. Fuller Co. The business had net sales of approximately $75 million in 2005 and serves customers in 26 countries from manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and the U.K.
Metrix Corp. LLC., Watertown, SD, is expanding its Paint Division, a Class “A” production paint facility, to include additional powder and liquid applications. The company is a vertically integrated contract manufacturer specializing in low and mid-volume production of large and complex fabrications.
The most recent edition of Eurocoat was held in Barcelona, Spain, October 3-6, 2006. The International Convention Centre (CCIB) and the hotel AC hosted the congress, which included 370 exhibitors from 26 countries.
I just returned from my second visit to the People’s Republic of China. I was on assignment covering the ChinaCoat 2006 exhibition in Guangzhou. Never have I encountered such a throng at a coatings event.
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