The new facility will complement Proven Industries' existing 45,000-square-foot operation in Palmetto, bringing total production space to 125,000 squa...

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The Sherwin-Williams General Industrial Coatings division announces the opening of a new facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The new 20,000 square fo...

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BASF and funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG), in partnership with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), have entered into a bindi...

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Corrosion has long been seen as an unavoidable cost of doing business, but a new global study reveals it’s fast becoming one of manufacturing&rs...

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The Sherwin-Williams Co. announced that its board of directors has elected Benjamin E. Meisenzahl to serve as the company's next chief financial offic...

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Frank Lowe, a manufacturer of custom packaging and protective solutions, has added Dwight Squires to its team as the new sales representative for its ...

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BASF announced that Jolen Stein, senior director, People Services at BASF’s Verbund site in Geismar, La., has been named as one of 12 outstandin...

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Powder coating has long been a craft shaped by experience. Operators learn the
quirks of guns, reciprocators, and electrostatics the hard way. When things go
wrong, the instinct is quite often the same: spray a little more powder and hope for
the best. CoatingAI’s Blueprint OS challenges that approach by blending physicsbased
modeling with adaptive machine learning, so powder lines behave like
precision engineered systems.

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artificial intelligence, powder booth, machine learning

In today’s powder coating operations, quality assurance is as critical as production.
Whether it’s finishing automotive parts, architectural components, or OEM products,
coating professionals need to demonstrate consistent coating thickness, proper
surface preparation, and controlled application conditions. Traditionally, this meant
inspectors with basic gages, clip boards, and hours of manual data entry. While the
methods served their purpose, they were often slow, fragmented, and prone to
human error.

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Powder Coating, inspection, coating thickness, surface prep

In the world of industrial finishing and coating, the demand for quality and efficiency
never stops. The products we use every day don’t achieve their flawless finishes by
accident—it takes hard work, precision, and skilled craftsmanship. Today, as
manufacturers strive to maintain that craftsmanship amid labor and production
pressures, automation is stepping in as a powerful ally.

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Powder Coating, robots, cobots, automation