New Technology

The market for fastening parts is increasingly demanding high-strength materials, and special attention must be paid to possible hydrogen embrittlement when electroplating them.

Vantage will present new products at MRO Europe (Booth 1119) in Amsterdam, Netherlands on October 18–19.

Diamond Vogel held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of its Innovation Center in Orange City, Iowa, on September 13.

Finish Thompson has acquired Penguin Pumps, the parent company of Filter Pump Industries.

“Why should I change my cleaner to a liquid? There are more chemicals in a solid version.”

Hendor has entered into a partnership with OTMK-Group in Turkey to optimize the supply of high-quality chemical pumps and filters for the country’s surface finishing industry.

Ohio-based Greenkote is entering into a joint venture with Belgian coating company Duroc N.V. to make its coating capabilities available to the European Union and surrounding regions.

Hubbard-Hall acquired the assets of BioConversion Technology (BCT), a supplier of biologics and related chemistries for wastewater treatment.

The substitution of decorative hexavalent chromium plating systems with trivalent chromium-based equivalents will become a reality in Europe and many other global regions over the next few years.

Italy-based Tecnofirma says it has expanded into the U.S. market with the opening of Tecnofirma America Inc., a new branch based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

As Titan Abrasive Systems approaches its 70th birthday on August 1, President Brandon Acker has adopted an unofficial tagline that informs people of what the company does while also calling for a celebration of Titan’s seven decades in business: 

The mining industry has long been an important sector of the global economy, providing the raw materials necessary for various products, from electronics to infrastructure.

Castolin Eutectic has launched XupersoniClad, a new thermal spraying service that leverages supersonic spraying technology.

The challenge: a paint and coatings plant that produces both cationic pastes with pigments and cationic binders without pigments for truck shipment to automotive OEMs was experiencing difficulties when transferring the compounds from mobile tanks to trucks.

Total Finishing Solutions has added a new partnership with Tsunami Compressed Air Solutions, a manufacturer of superior air treatment products.

PPG announced the launch of PPG Enviro-Prime Epic 200R coatings, a suite of electrocoating (e-coat) products that cure at lower temperatures than competing technologies.