Powder Coat

Hoffmann Family of Companies, a U.S.-based, family‑owned firm, acquired Naples Powder Coating in Florida.

The metal finishing industry has spent years talking about digital transformation.

In an era when many finishing operations struggle to find labor, maintain production capacity, or weather economic slowdowns, Crest Coating in Anaheim, California, has taken a decidedly different approach.

Winona Powder Coating in Etna Green and Elkhart, Indiana, recently shipped its millionth part to automotive-market Tier One supplier Autokiniton.

A few weeks ago I spent some time with a small, family-owned powder coating shop that opened its doors not all that long ago.

Selling your business is not a solo project, even though many may have run the place as one for years.

In an industry where many shop owners still guard their processes like state secrets, Dan Fitzpatrick has taken the opposite approach.

In this work, silver-free UV-curable powder coatings with antimicrobial properties were developed.

There is a word we use in this industry that’s always felt a little too small to me: vendor.

Former investment banker Jamie Visker had zero finishing experience when he bought Winona Powder Coating in 2002, which he thinks turned out to be a good thing.

Perfection Industrial Finishing’s two Arizona locations have been sold to Madison Lake Capital.

AkzoNobel says it has rejected a proposal from Nippon Paint and Sherwin-Williams to acquire the company, as it is in the midst of finalizing its acquisition of Axalta Coating Systems.

For Magnum Powder Coating owners Nancy and Steve Couturier and their son Matt, it was always the plan that their son would take over someday when the parents retired from their Comstock Park, Michigan, business, which they have owned for more than three decades.

Human capital. Headcount. Workforce. Talent. Every one of these terms makes my stomach turn, because not a single one of them sounds like a person.

PPG announced the installation of an advanced testing line for radiation-curable coatings at its R&D Center of Excellence in Marly, France.

In many industries, competitors guard their processes, their customers, and their knowledge with a fierce sense of protection.