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This month’s article discusses how focusing on quality and eliminating waste can be a game changer in the finishing and coating industry.

The metal finishing industry has a multitude of different safety exposures, from physical hazards such as lifting and overhead cranes to the chemicals used in the processing of materials.

The 571st Commodities Maintenance Squadron Production Flight, Advanced Metal Finishing Facility with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex has helped the United States Navy Fleet Readiness Center East meet their helicopter mission requirements this year.

We chat with Hope Dollarhide, FANUC’s Project Engineer for Automotive Component and Industrial Paint, about the upcoming FABTECH show.

A massive, colorful, moving mural creatively conceals a newly opened, four-level, 520,000-square-foot parking garage for a global technology company in Mountain View, California.

A new liquid metal combination is shaping up as a potential secret weapon in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance, which is already rendering some antibiotic medications powerless against ‘superbugs.’

Was Mark Vaughn surprised? Did he worry about training the company’s newest hire, a deaf worker?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a ban on most uses of methylene chloride, a product used in some paint removal processes and cleaning.

To remind the world that ‘rust never sleeps,’ the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) will celebrate World Corrosion Awareness Day on April 24.

The 2023 U.S. Department of Defense Corrosion Prevention Technology and Innovation Symposium will be held Aug. 14-17 in Tucson, Arizona.

On February 22, 2023, EPA published revisions to the national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing (MCM), 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHHHH (“MCM NESHAP”) [88 Fed. Reg. 10842 (February 22, 2023)].

A University of Central Florida researcher has developed an alternative way to produce colored paint that is more natural, environmentally friendly and light weight.

Lugging heavy parts around coating operations can be time-consuming and often painful for the employees who have to do it.

Previously, coating caps for aerosol spray cans was the primary business for Coulter.

In any coating process there are four main requirements: careful surface preparation, the proper coating, a good application system, and a well-designed racking system.

Paint stripping is a crucial part of any coating process, and shops should have schedules, procedures, and policies in place to do it effectively.