Shortly before their wedding day in 1987, Jay and Shari Kaser put up Shari’s grey Honda Prelude as collateral, took out a small business loan, and ventured into the business of residential painting.
Kim Scott and her husband, Ross, own Maui Powder Works in Hawaii, which they started in 2004. She also hosts the “Powder Coater Podcast,” and blogs on the company’s website. We caught up with Kim recently to ask her 20 questions about all things coating and Hawaii.
Even though Roy Metal Finishing finishes millions of parts each year at its three facilities in South Carolina, it’s attention to small details that have made it one of the top finishing operations in North American, and certainly one of the largest.
Pison Stream Solutions says that its White Type III Topcoat powder coating meets the newest United States military specification approval for CARC (chemical agent resistant coating) powder topcoats.
Yardney Water Management Systems, an original equipment manufacturer of water filtration equipment based in Riverside, California, began their quest toward clean water solutions for irrigation and industrial applications in 1965.
Hack Wallace had $1,000 that he had borrowed, and a not-too-farfetched idea: he wanted to start a weekend painting business with his son, Terry. This was in 1990 in Francisco, Indiana, in the southwest corner of the state, where Hack thought he and his son could make a living painting pole barns and grain bins.
Automotive and motorcycle exteriors are exposed to extreme conditions over a long period of time due to heat, cold, moisture, stone chipping, road salt, UV radiation and much more. At the same time, no other industry makes such high demands on the appearance and feel of surfaces as the automobile and motorcycle manufacturers.
The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA), the Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI), Products Finishing magazine and Southern Company have teamed up to provide a comprehensive training course. The Powder Coating and Curing Processes Seminar is scheduled for October 20-21, 2020, at the Alabama Power Technology Application Center (TAC) in Calera, Alabama.
Robinson has increased its ability to pre-treat, paint and apply powder coatings to products ranging from small parts to large metal enclosures and tanks at its De Pere, Wisconsin, manufacturing campus. The investment covers nearly 90,000 square feet of production space.
Countersunk holes are everywhere, and they can be difficult to mask. Standard straight pull plugs don’t mask the angled face and tapered plugs are too long to mask the hole and the angled face completely. Thankfully there are plugs available that are specifically designed to mask countersunk holes.
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Chuck Zinke’s passion for coatings started many moons ago as a teenager, when he would rebuild cars and trucks in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. He utilized the only liquid and powder coating facility in the area, but wasn’t always happy with the results.
Spectrum Metal Finishing in Youngstown, Ohio, had a hand in helping build one of the newest skyscrapers in New York City, which also turns out to be one of the first skyscrapers to be finished in powder coating.
Profitability and first-pass transfer efficiency are vital to any finishing operation. Ground is critical and there is a huge difference between thinking you have a good ground and knowing it.
Trojan Powder Coating has added an additional lamination machine added to its Sarasota, FL facility, establishing them as the only third-party finishing company in the region to offer lamination services.
Not all caps are created equal. In addition to the differences in inside diameter and length, there are a number of materials that masking caps can be made from. It is now quite easy to find masking caps to suit your finishing process.
The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto is less than 10 miles (15km) away from The Metal Finishing Center in Toronto, but both places exhibit plenty of fine hardware to admire.
Maui Powder Works in Hawaii has launched a new podcast that focuses on the powder coating industry.
