Due to unprecedented raw material, energy and transportation cost increases, DuPont Powder Coatings has had to increase its prices up to 15 percent, effective May 1, on all decorative powder coatings.
As part of an agreement signed or endorsed by 45 state and local governments, the paint industry association, a major retailer, the association of painting contractors, and others, representatives have announced a plan to reduce the environmental impacts and cost of managing leftover latex and oil-based paint.
Stoelting has acquired the product lines of Trek Industries. This agreement was finalized effective Feb. 1 this year. Trek Industries, established in 1976 and located in Azusa, Calif., specializes in cleaning systems for electronic, medical, precision and industrial applications.
Columbus Industries Inc. has relocated its Rock Hill, S.C., nonwoven manufacturing facility to West Union, Ohio. This facility, located in Southeastern Ohio, is approximately 100 miles from the company's Carroll, Ohio, expanded paper paint overspray manufacturing facility.
At an inauguration ceremony held in early spring in Newport, Del., Ciba Specialty Chemicals reinforced its dedication to the coatings industry in the NAFTA region by opening a new technical center. The center specializes in enhanced effects for coatings, including coloration, stabilization and processing effects. The new laboratories are a key part of a network of Ciba facilities supporting customers and new product developments around the world.
The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Societies of Coatings Technology will be holding the 48th annual technical symposium "Sink or Swim, Waterborne and Innovative Coatings Program," at the University of Akron, student
An IR oven for dry-off, preheating, flashing, gelling (powder), and complete curing of your coating application often can save time, rework and energy. Inherently, this will lead to greater efficiencies and increased profits. Other times, however, a stand-alone IR system cannot achieve desired results due to the product geometry, mix of product in the oven, or the method in which the parts are presented in the oven. If these reasons have prevented you from using IR, then you might consider an IR booster oven in front of your convection oven, inside the convection oven, or even after the convection oven.
Fire Detection Do I need fire detection for my manual powder gun and booth? Every company must comply with the local authority having jurisdiction and follow the local codes and
A frequently repeated theme in business is avoidance of responsibility. Think of all the recent corporate scandals and try to think of any corporate officer who stood up and said, "It was my idea, I did it, and I am the one who is responsible." Or when we read of failures in Government it is never the leaders who acknowledge poor leadership, it is an isolated mistake in the lower echelon.
Chemical Coaters Association Intl. (CCAI) offers the third edition of its popular training manual, Paint Pretreatment, a 91-page softbound manual that compiles efforts by CCAI's corporate pretreatment members. This edition
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