Jim Dockey is the director of sales and marketing for CENTRIA, a coil coater located Moon Township, PA. He is also vice president of the National Coil Coating Association. He can be reached at 412.299.8122 or jdockey@centria.com.
It’s a common fallacy that you can’t join prepainted metal. The truth is that many manufacturers in a variety of industries join prepainted metal every day with great success.
When you outsource your product painting to a coil coater before it’s formed, you are streamlining your processes significantly. The factory often begins running in a continuous workflow rather than in a batch processing method. With prepainted metal, the plant becomes more predictable.
As a member of the coil coating industry, I am pleased to see that the prepaint process continues to provide the flexibility to meet new manufacturing challenges and growing needs in the marketplace. It is fascinating to see the new colors, textures and patterns on the coil lines today.
