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Nordson and the Powder Coating Institute Award the 2017 Nordson BUILDS/PCI Scholarship

Nordson Corporation, in partnership with the Powder Coating Institute (PCI), recently awarded a $5,000 Nordson BUILDS/PCI Scholarship to college student Benjamin Whipker... READ MORE

Axalta Adds Non-Slip Powder to Alesta® Line

Axalta Coating Systems introduces Alesta® Sure-Grip as its latest powder coating offering. This technology holds up to heavy traffic and harsh chemicals to prov... READ MORE

Hubbard-Hall Hires Newest Team Members

Hubbard-Hall Inc., Waterbury, Conn., announces two new additions to its team. READ MORE

The Powder Coating Research Group Expands into New Laboratory

The Powder Coating Research Group has relocated to a new facility in Columbus, Ohio. PCR Group, an independent research and development company, recently moved to 1823 O... READ MORE

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The Demand for Powder in the Appliance Industry: A Q&A

Since its founding in 1948, American Trim (known then as Lima Tool and Die) has achieved success by adding value to the parts it supplies to the appliance industry. The company’s first customer, a kitchen range manufacturer, fell in love with the stylish, chrome-plated handle that company owner Henry Hawk designed.
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The First Steps in Manufacturing Powder Coatings

Producing a powder coating is a multi-step process. It can be described as semicontinuous because it begins as a batch process (weighing and premixing) but evolves into a continuous process (extrusion and milling). READ MORE

CC Forum Roundtable: A Hub for Custom Coaters

Just like Indiana is the hub for several major Interstate highways to crisscross, so, too, was the CC Forum a place for custom coaters to cross paths and learn from on... READ MORE

Recipe For A Successful Powder Coating Line

It was roughly five years ago when JR Custom Metal Products (JRCMP) Inc. in Wichita, Kan., had been outsourcing so many parts for finishing that the company decided ... READ MORE

10 Tips for Selecting a Systems House

Purchasing a new powder coating line can cost from tens of thousands to millions of dollars. Making a mistake and buying a line that will not work properly can cost ev... READ MORE

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We are powder coating our cabinets with black powder and experience that the surface of the side cabinet is not equally black. It has a band of slightly white color on it, instead. The root cause we suspected was due to the heat distribution differentiation (after chemical washing oven process, just before entering powder coating process).

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