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The goal in every production process is to keep it simple. To do this there is a need to break the process down to simple steps. Steps that are easily documented can be consistently repeated and are easy to teach.

When it comes to masking, however, the reality is far from that. “We aren’t sure how to mask them as Joe normally does those,” “I’m not sure how we did that batch last time,” “Didn’t we…?”

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When it comes to metal fabrication, L&W Engineering in Middlebury, Ind., is said to be one of the best in the business. With humble beginnings in 1975, L&W has experienced significant growth in the past 40 years, now building quality parts for a multitude of unique customers and earning annual sales in the $40 million range. The company is able to assist customers in every stage of the process—from research and development (R&D) to packaging and delivery.

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On the television show “Chopped,” accomplished chefs compete by preparing meals using a mystery basket of unorthodox and difficult-to-work-with ingredients. The chefs’ experience and ingenuity is needed to whip up recipes when they don’t have access to a full pantry of ordinary items. Today’s pretreatment chemists face the same kind of challenge. How do they develop effective pretreatment using only a basket of strange new ingredients? Like chefs, these chemists’ years of experience and ingenuity allow them to create the perfect recipe. So, pull up a chair and learn about three specific avenues of research in the chemical pretreatment kitchen.

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Registration is now open for the Powder Coating Institute’s (PCI) 2016 POWDER COATING Technical Conference and Tabletop Exhibition from April 11-14 at the Georgia International Convention Center. The convention center is conveniently accessible via a SkyTrain just minutes from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. 

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Prime Powder Coating and Media Blasting cut the ribbon on their new 8200 square foot addition and state-of-the-art, 700 lineal foot powder coating line that features a three-stage washer, manual coating booth and digitally controlled dry-off and curing oven.

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Wagner Systems Inc., Elgin, Ill., announced that Martin Rola joined the organization, succeeding Matthias Koehler as general manager. Koehler has led Wagner for the past four years and will remain with the company until mid-2016, when he will be assuming a new leadership role in Germany. 

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Accuride Corporation, a supplier of components to the global commercial vehicle industry, has announced the launch of its proprietary EverSteel™ steel wheel technology at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week ’16 in Las Vegas. The new technology is the first of its kind in the commercial vehicle industry and comes with a five-year warranty against corrosion. EverSteel™ extends Accuride’s leadership in value-added steel wheel coating technology that began with its launch of Steel Armor™ in 2013.

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The PPG industrial coatings business has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2015 in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating.

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The Crown Group Waterloo Plant has been officially recognized as a John Deere Supplier of the Year for 2015.  The presentation of the award will take place during formal ceremonies in April. 

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Manufacturing leaders are grappling with how to interpret the financial market volatility seen in the first three weeks of 2016, much of which has stemmed from worries about a global economic slowdown and plummeting crude oil prices. Fortunately, markets recovered a little of the losses on Friday, but equities were down for the week as a whole, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average off 7.6 percent year-to-date. It had been down more than 11 percent at one point midweek.

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