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FANUC, the world’s leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINEs was named a top work place in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press for the ninth consecutive year.  

Saint Clair Systems in Washington, Michigan, announces their new company's formation in Kolhapur/ Maharashtra, India. Widely-recognized for their expertise in manufacturing equipment designed to control liquid viscosity and temperature, now St. Clair Systems India Private Limited will provide cost-effective equipment delivery to that region.

Three years after the successful launch of their new Abrasive Blast Equipment Division, Elcometer, is acquiring Sagola SA, a leading manufacturer and supplier of paint spray equipment to the automotive and industrial refinishing sectors.

FANUC, the world’s leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINEs has been named a Standards Recognition Entity (SRE) by the Department of Labor (DOL).

FANUC, the world’s leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINEs will launch its first virtual event called “Take Control”.  The event will debut Oct. 19-22, and include three distinct zones: Knowledge, Solutions and Exploration. 

BASF has released its 2020-2021 Automotive Color Trends collection with a variety of shades and effects that show the way of modern automotive coatings.

Most paints used in finishing operations are classified as either a flammable or combustible liquid. Under certain conditions, these liquids can produce vapors that may ignite, causing a fire or deflagration.

In 1997, a small business in Tempe, Arizona, started making golf tournament tee signs. That same company, bluemedia, now collaborates with Sherwin-Williams to create innovative, dynamic and experiential marketing displays for brands across the nation.

Uniform layer thicknesses are an important quality factor in industrial car painting. Until now, numerous test runs were necessary when launching new models to ensure the perfect painting results were achieved.

The integrity of protective coatings relies heavily on good chemistry. That’s why an independent finisher of agriculture and construction equipment was looking for better ways to keep precise component ratios in the solvent-borne urethane paint used to coat large agricultural and construction equipment.

Robby Harris has a big problem on his hands: the executive director of special processes at Steelville Manufacturing in Missouri is often having to turn away work at their facility, which makes and then coats over 8,500 discrete parts a year, most of which are in groups of 32 pieces or less.

Air Power, a leading distributor of industrial products and integrated solutions provider based in High Point, North Carolina, has acquired Zenmar Power Tool and Hoist Systems of Cockeysville, Maryland.

PPG has formed a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) for a research initiative aimed at developing energy-efficient coatings systems for the automotive industry.

Thom Bell has been around the finishing industry for a long time, and thought he had seen it all. He was wrong.

Editor’s note: Huzaifa Matawala is the president of Matawala Group of Industries, a paint recycling consultant at Regent Paints, and the CEO of the Paint Foundation in New York, a 501c3 that has an innovative approach to recycling paint waste and reusing paints in an environmentally-conscious way.

Automotive tier supplier Mahle Behr had a situation on its hands when only one certified paint company met its rigorous heavy truck specification for underhood black paint on aluminum, and the coating was increasingly difficult to work with. The search began for another paint supplier that could be certified to this demanding spec.