After a slew of releases the week before, last week was a quiet one on the economic front. This brief pause allowed us to absorb the data that we have before moving forward. Manufacturers have needed to reconcile the weaker-than-desired market in the first quarter of 2015 with a still-upbeat sales, output and labor market outlook for the coming months. 

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When considering an industrial vacuum cleaner, potential flammability issues must be addressed when the application requires the sweeping of fine powder coating residue from the floor, lights, booth walls, or other shop areas. Typical “shop type” vacuums can pose a static electric shock to workers, reducing productivity. VAC-U-MAX offers the industry’s only written static control guarantee, eliminating any shock, fire, or explosion hazard associated with electric or engine driven industrial vacuum cleaning units. 

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Archroma, a specialty chemicals maker, has announced that its novel halogen-free flame-retardant powder coating additive, Pekoflam HFC, has been o...

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Axalta Coating Systems, a manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, was named a “Supplier of the Year” by General Motors (GM) at its...

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  The 2015 Custom Coaters Forum—held at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, this past March 5-6, is the world’s only educational and ne...

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The Powder Coating Institute’s mission is to serve its members by promoting and communicating the benefits of powder coating technology. To ca...

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Throughout my career, delivering the message of powder coating technology has been a passion for me. My version of “Powder Coating 101&rdquo...

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  Dear Fellow PCI® Members, We’ve spent the last two years on “Return to Growth” and “Shaping the Future Together...

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This week marks the start of regular season baseball in the United States, an event I look forward to with anticipation every year. Somehow, the beginning of baseball seems to return life back to a normal, predicable cadence. Like the innings of a long game, we have seen a steady rise in nonfarm payrolls over the past year. This month, however, the labor market threw a curveball and upset the reliable recent progress in the labor market. 

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The trade journal Tire Business (3/31, Moore) reports that despite the looming expiration in May of the “$10.8 billion stopgap transportation funding bill” that President Obama enacted last summer, Congress has yet to authorize a multiyear transportation funding plan. 

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