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Airflow Control
Powerful yet quick, multi-attachment tractor skid steers can spin on a dime and move heavy loads of material quickly. The multi-attachment tractors are sold to a variety of industries and many municipalities for use in construction, road and bridge building, landscaping, and agriculture applications. Many of these skid steers are designed and built by 700 employees in CNH Global NV’s 360,000-ft2 manufacturing facility in Wichita, KS. The CNH Wichita plant is a dual-branded manufacturing center that produces both the Case and New Holland brand skid steer loaders. Wichita is also home to the Skid Steer Loader Product Development Team, which partners with the manufacturing operation on the next generation of Skid Steer Loaders. Multiple brands are produced on the same production line. Constantly searching for improvement opportunities, CNH Wichita recently embarked on a project to improve the operational efficiency of its paint system by installing a new spray booth airflow control and filter management system…
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Columbia Chemical Expansion to Benefit Plating Industry
 Columbia Chemical will be opening the doors to a new headquarters and a new location in 2008. Ground was broken in August on a nearby four-acre land parcel in Brunswick, OH, and construction has begun on a new 44,000 square-foot building. The extra space will help the company handle increasing demand for its proprietary chemicals for the zinc
plating industry.
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Bain Capital Accepts PPGs Offer for SigmaKalon
Bain Capital has accepted PPG Industries’ offer to acquire SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide coatings producer. The total transaction value, including assumed debt, is approximately €2.2 billion.
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Victrex Opens New Polymer Manufacturing Plant
Victrex plc, a provider of high performance materials through the manufacture of VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer, has opened a new polymer manufacturing plant at its main production facility in Thornton Cleveleys in Lancashire, UK. The new facility, which represents a £32 million investment, has been built to support future demand for VICTREX PEEK polymer and VICTREX PEEK-based products, such as VICOTE® Coatings and APTIV™ Film.
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SSPC Launches New Applicator Training Program
The Society for Protective Coatings has launched a new Applicator Train-the-Trainer Program. The new course is designed to provide in-house coatings trainers and their staff with a standardized curriculum that can be delivered on-site in either a shop or jobsite at their convenience.
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Coil Coatings Solve Problem for U.S. Steel
Architects, building designers and structural engineers love to incorporate the rich, organic look of weathering steels, such as COR-TEN® Steel, in their work. As demand for these steels grew, United States Steel Corp. (U. S. Steel), headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, faced a challenge that was solved through a coil coating technique.
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Shanghai GM Honors BASF with Green Supply Chain Award
Shanghai General Motors has awarded BASF Shanghai Coatings Co., Ltd. with the Green Supply Chain Award for its long established partnership in environmentally-friendly technology, as well as for helping Shanghai General Motors become the first manufacturer in the Chinese automotive industry to spray waterborne basecoats in assembly production.
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FIN-X ’07 Deemed Successful
Attendees at the recent FIN-X Conference & Expo for Industrial Finishers, held September 17-20 in Indianapolis, IN, came from 42 U.S. states plus Washington, DC; four Canadian provinces and 12 foreign countries. Registered attendees plus exhibit personnel combined for a final registration count of 2,320.
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Tinius Olsen Creates Metal Testing Blog
Tinius Olsen, a Horsham, PA-based manufacturer of materials testing machines and software, has created a new blog about testing metals. Earl Ruth, Tinius Olsen’s director of technology, will provide the primary content.
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Jones and Yin Join Enviroline Group
 Enviroline Group, a manufacturer of industrial coatings and linings, has hired Ken Jones and Monica Yin. As financial analyst, Jones manages accounts receivables, various accounts payable functions and human resource issues for the company. As customer service specialist, Yin’s primary role is to coordinate all orders and customer requests, and work
with the Enviroline Shipping Department to ensure timely delivery.
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RPM Promotes Four Individuals to Vice President
RPM International Inc. has promoted four executives to vice president. Effective immediately, the promotions include: Russell L. Gordon to vice president – corporate planning; Janeen B. Kastner to vice president – corporate benefits and risk management; Randell McShepard to vice president – public affairs; and Thomas C. Sullivan, Jr. to vice president – corporate development.
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New Technology Makes Wood-Plastic Composites “Paintable”
 INFIN™ Coating Technology, a new process to coat wood plastic composites in virtually any color while enabling them to resist fading, heat retention, mold, mildew, stains and abrasion, was introduced at the 2007 Wood-Plastics and Natural Fiber Composites Show in Baltimore, MD, October 8 and 9. The technology was jointly developed by Inhance/Fluoro-Seal Ltd. and Finishes Unlimited.
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Datacolor Introduces Color Matching System for Wood Stains
Datacolor MATCH AFX™ was developed to reduce color development time and cost. According to the company, the system quickly delivers color formulas for pigmented wood stains, and the package easily integrates into any paint shop or laboratory with automated links to paint and colorant dispensers.
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ALMCO Publishes Spindle-Finishing Literature
New literature from ALMCO, Inc. describes the Model S2-30, a new high-production spindle-finishing machine for deburring small gears and machined parts. The machine requires just 15 ft2 of floor space, yet reportedly is capable of finishing up to 480 pieces per hour with extreme uniformity and consistency.
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Longevity Coatings Releases Capabilities Brochure
 Longevity Coatings has published a new four-page brochure describing its thermal spray capabilities and services. The new literature uses product and equipment photos to showcase the company’s expertise in applying protective coatings to industrial machine and wear parts.
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Cleveland
Coatings 2007 to be Held November 7
Cleveland Coatings 2007, which will be held at The Plaza Hotel in Middleburg Heights, OH, on November 7, will include 22 technical presentations on a wide range of topics along with hands-on lab demonstrations of new equipment.
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CLICK HERE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS.
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