Film laminates can allow the same degree of part design flexibility and level of surface quality as painting without requiring a paint shop. But is the automotive industry ready to embrace them?
While numerous companies have succumbed to the challenges that have faced the industrial coatings industry over the past decade, others have found a way to survive and flourish. Environmental Coatings, Inc. is one of those companies.
Research on UV-curable coatings containing corrosion inhibiting compounds is showing promising results as an environmentally friendly replacement for chromated corrosion coatings.
DeFelsko Corp.'s PosiTector 200 coating thickness gage for wood, concrete, plastic and other non-metal substrates has been redesigned to include new features, new measurement ranges and new models.
Maxpro Technologies has appointed Charles (Charlie) Cheatom as general manager of Maxpro South. In his new position, Cheatom will be responsible for all aspects of the company's operations as a regional distributor of Maximator® power products.
The new BC40 TRU TEMP® finishing system from Birchwood Casey uses a seven tank process line and a patented two-step chemistry to produce a magnetite finish of .000020" thickness that is satin black in appearance and equal to that of conventional hot black oxide.
Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) Past President Richard M. Hille, vice president of operations for The Flood Co., Hudson, OH, has been named the 2006 recipient of the FSCT's George Baugh Heckel Award.
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