In manufacturing, machining and surface finishing are often treated as sequential, separate disciplines—each critical to part performance, yet frequently disconnected in ...
James Simonelli’s appointment as executive director of the Metal Finishers Association of California isn’t just a change in leadership, but a natural continuation of a relationship decades in the ...
Jason Brassard grew his powder coating business the same way many others have: a small setup, a lot of trial and error, and a passion that quickly outgrew the ...
James DeDeus, President of JMD Industries in New Hampshire, says he didn’t need much time to decide whether acquiring Massachusetts’ Patriot Coatings made ...
In an industry often defined by specialization, Progressive Coatings has spent the last several years doing something few finishing companies are willing—or able—to attempt: expanding ...
In surface finishing operations, pumps and power supplies rarely grab attention, but they often determine whether a line runs smoothly or struggles with downtime, inefficiency, and escalating ...
Natalia Stephen thanks one special person for putting her in the position she is in: the owner of two finishing operations in Ontario, Canada, and a foremost expert in corrosion-prevention ...
Before Imran Shamsi joined his family’s finishing business in San Diego, he was working his way through the corporate ladder at a major U.S. company, where things were a bit different than where he ...
Bill Nelson is Vice President of Technology at UPA Technology, a U.S.-based worldwide supplier of coating and plating thickness measurement equipment and thickness ...
Owner Mark Morris differs from most metal finishers in that he has no inclination to add or change the services that J&M Plating in Rockford, Illinois, provides to its fastener ...
John Cutchin started Palmetto Plating in Easley, SC, in 1964 to provide metal finishing services to the textile industries, which were located in the upstate region of South ...
Stephen Ricci, PhD., CEO of 10X Engineered Materials talks about their upcoming webinar, "The Profitability Shift: From Labor Commodity to Finishing ...
