News Bits
Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Uni-Spray Systems, Waterloo,
Ont., maker of nozzles, risers and
other products for metal finishing,
appointed Christine Jordan to
the company’s engineering group.
Jordan will provide engineering
support to the company’s
pretreatment sales force.
A Wisconsin metal finishing facility
that allegedly failed to evacuate
workers during a natural gas leak
has been cited with 17 health and
safety violations, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA), Washington, D.C.,
announced. Badger Metal Finishing
Inc., St. Francis, Wis., is accused of
violating OSHA standards related to
fall, eye, and respiratory protection;
labeling of hazardous chemical
containers; and more, in addition to
failing to evacuate workers during a
gas leak. The citations, including 14
serious and three other-than-serious,
total $46,200 in proposed penalties.
Badger conducts metal polishing
and plating, powder coating,
and finishing applications for a
variety of industries, but primarily
the automotive and motorcycle
businesses. Badger Metal Finishing
has filed a notice to contest the
citations, an OSHA spokesperson
confirmed.
Minneapolis-based Valspar Corp.
has announced the commercial
introduction of Valde ECP, a patentpending
powder coating system that
delivers superior edge corrosion
protection in the most efficient and
cost effective manner possible. The
system consists of two specially
engineered powder coating layers
that are applied consecutively and
cured in a single oven cycle. Visit
valsparvaldeecp.com for more
information.