Fischer Technology has been accredited ISO/IEC 17025:2005 by the American Association of Accreditation Laboratories. ISO 17025 is the benchmark standard for calibration labs and ensures the competency of the laboratory staff and the accuracy of the calibrations being performed.

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Ernie Green Industries (EGI) has partnered with The Powder Coating Research Group (PCR) to form a new joint venture, Matrix Powder Coatings. Located in a facility on the west side of Columbus, Matrix Powder Coatings produces and supplies unique custom powder coating technology

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If you are involved in powder coating or are looking at starting to use powder coating, you need to attend the Powder Coating Show on September 16-18 in Indianapolis. The industry is healthy and growing. Opportunities and new technologies abound. Your competitors will be there. In fact, this is the meeting place for professionals looking to get ahead in this multi-billion dollar industry.

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During the past 20 to 25 years, in an effort to achieve maximum profits, to keep product prices down and in some cases to remain in business, manufacturers have looked overseas—mainly to China—to move manufacturing production jobs. Now, both from experts and from anecdotal evidence, the number of factory jobs being created in the United States has matched the number of jobs leaving.

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Effective December 13, 2013, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) removed 1,3,5-triglycidyl-s-triazinetrione from the list of chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity for purposes of Proposition 65. Based on changes to certain federal regulations that affect the bases for the original listings, OEHHA referred these chemicals to the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DART IC) for reconsideration.

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NAM Senior Vice President and General Counsel Linda Kelly released this statement after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced plans to drop its proposed rules to govern tax-exempt social welfare organizations on candidate-related political activities:

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Powder Producers

American Powder Coatings, Inc.
St. Charles, IL • 630-762-0100
www.americanpowder.com

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The Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Company board of directors has approved an increase of Deere’s quarterly dividend to $.60 a share on common stock. The dividend is payable on August 1, 2014, to stockholders of record on June 30, 2014.

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The Jor-Mac Co., Lomira, Wis., though an affiliate entity, has purchased the assets of Empire Powder Coating, an established provider of custom powd...

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Jervis B. Webb Company, Farmington Hills, Mich., a subsidiary of Daifuku Webb Holding Co., hosted its 31st annual Unibilt/Unibeam conveyor distributor conference in early April in New Orleans. During the conference, Webb recognized its top ten conveyor chain distributors based on sales in 2013, and Therma-Tron-X (TTX), Sturgeon Bay, Wis., came in first place.

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