Tailgaters decked out in their team’s colors stream into the stadium, tickets in hand, ready for an action-packed afternoon. The air is thick with excitement and food vendor aromas. Impromptu team chants can be heard bouncing from the steel girders above as fans exit the tunnels, scan the field for a moment, and then begin to squeeze into seats seemingly designed for children.

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Arguably, sports are America’s favorite pastime. Whether you are a competitive athlete, weekend warrior, or an armchair spectator, odds are there is at least one sport that invokes your competitive spirit. Regardless of your sport of choice, it likely has a powder coating connection. Such is the case for three American favorites—soccer, golf, and football.

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Today, more manufacturers are making the switch to powder due to performance advantages like advanced corrosion protection, edge coverage and lower vo...

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You have questions, we have answers. In each issue of PCT, our extensive network of powder coating experts provides information to help you with your ...

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As a member of PCI, I largely benefit from the networking opportunities that it provides. Being on the younger side, there is a lot of catching up to ...

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Whether it’s your 10-year-old niece who can teach you a shortcut on your new smartphone or a chemist providing definitions for technical termino...

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The development of UV resins technology in the 1990s was designed to reduce high energy consumption and expand the area of powder coating applications. The high material and capital equipment costs coupled with complications in curing complex-shaped substrates made it challenging to convert potential end users.

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Plastics, the name many use for materials made from polymers, play a critical role in modern life and help meet many of the world’s largest challenges. Cell phones, computers, and many life-saving medical devices would not exist in the world today without polymers.

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You know how the powder coating process works. Charged powder particles are attracted to a metal part on a conveyor or rack, the parts are moved into an oven where the coating is cured. But have you thought about the powder particles that miss the part?

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A couple of months ago I was blessed with the news that I am becoming a grandmother. My very first grandbaby! I am exploding with happiness and my heart is full. And although I'm over the moon, I must confess that I’m also very concerned about the consequences of the world’s two biggest environmental crises, climate change and plastic pollution, and how they may affect my grandchildren, their children, and the generations beyond them.

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