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A Match Made in Vegas

April 1, 2005
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Life, as you'd suspect, moves pretty fast in Las Vegas. The same holds true for the business climate. In such a rapidly growing city, it is often tough for powder coating contractors to finish jobs on time and within budget. The task only grows more difficult when the customer asks for a powder coating that nobody stocks, or in some cases, has never been created.
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On The Finishing Line

April 1, 2005
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IR for Wood Finishing How is infrared used in wood finishing applications? There is an established history of infrared (IR) in the wood industry, and many of the products manufactured
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NACE Launches New Logo

April 1, 2005
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Houston-based NACE International - The Corrosion Society, launched a new logo identity during its annual awards banquet at Corrosion/2005, in Houston, earlier this month.
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Using Light To Determine Quality

April 1, 2005
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Color is an ever present measure of quality, even in a subliminal sense. Whether it be automobiles, food or appliances, we perceive quality by the color of the product and how well the colors match. If an automobile is repaired after an accident, do we first judge the quality of the repair job by the structure of the new part or its metal composition, or do we judge it by how well the color of the fender was matched to the door and hood? Unless the fit is horrible, the vast majority of people will judge the color first.
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SICO Achieves ISO 14000 Certification

April 1, 2005
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SICO's environmental management system at its Longueuil (QC) facility has been certified to the ISO 14001 Standard by one of the North America leading management system registrars (QMI).
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Lansco Colors Acquires International Color & Chemical

April 1, 2005
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Lansco Colors, Montvale, N.J., acquired International Color & Chemical (ICC), South San Francisco, Calif., for an undisclosed sum of money. Lansco Colors is a 75-year-old privately held company with a range of organic and inorganic pigments, which are sold to the coatings, plastics and ink industries. Lansco Colors is a supplier of pigments from Asia to the NAFTA market.
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Product Innovations

April 1, 2005
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Wet Paint Solubilizer/Remover FO3011 is a solvent-based blend specifically formulated as a more user and environmentally friendly replacement for MEK and other highly hazardous and flammable ketones commonly used for
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BRIEFS

April 1, 2005
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Fischer Technology Inc. , Windsor, Conn., celebrates 25 years as an innovator of hand-held, bench top, and X-ray fluorescence coating thickness, material analysis and material testing instrumentation. In addition to
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Bayer Uses Own Coating Technology to Give HQ a Facelift

April 1, 2005
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Bayer employees do not have to go far to see the advantages of Bayer MaterialScience's latest coating technology. They can just look at the recent facelift performed on Building 8 at its corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh.
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Industry Forum: Working Smarter, Not Harder

April 1, 2005
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We all have traveled down many different paths in life, and in our travels we sometimes become misguided. We may have made mistakes and done things that we have regretted.
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