A confluence of industry experts ranging from pretreatment chemists and resin scientists to powder formulators and equipment suppliers and instrumentation mavens converged at the PC Symposium October 13-14 in Columbus, Ohio. This was the first annual conference which was an evolution of the previously held PC Summit.  The Symposium was touted as an event for “the exchange of ideas on the next generation of coating technology.”

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CHEMARK Consulting announces its affiliation with Dan Adams and the AIM Institute (Advanced Innovation and Marketing), a well established management consulting company with several unique methods that have advanced many clients' profitable growth by guiding them safely along the path to become a company that consistently grows faster than the market within which it competes.

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The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) will hold its 14th Annual Business Breakfast on Friday, October 23, 2015, at 7:30 a.m., at the Stamford Hilton, 1 First Stamford Place. A panel discussion on Supplier Diversity Drives Your Bottom Line will be led by national and local industry leaders.  WBDC’s Breakfast is recognized as the signature women’s business summit in Connecticut.  The event brings together over 750 entrepreneurs, industry and community leaders, legislators, and other supporters of growing jobs and businesses in the state. 

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Nordson Corp., Amherst, Ohio, has hired Mackenzie Beyerle as powder systems specialist for its Industrial Coating Systems group.

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We received two disappointing reports last week about the current health of the manufacturing sector. First, the Institute for Supply Management reported essentially stagnant levels of new orders and employment growth in September, with the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index at its lowest level since May 2013.

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The global manufacturing sector continued to show signs of struggle in data released last week, with a number of headwinds dampening demand and production. This was true for a number of indicators, but most notable for China. 

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Listed alphabetically by state, the following companies are PCI® Custom Coater members as of August 15, 2015. Alabama Arlon Mechanical Service...

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Axalta Huajia Coatings, a jointventure of leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, Axalta Coating Systems and Huangshan Yongjia Group Co. Ltd., has developed a new warranty program for its Alesta™ architectural powder coatings premium line in China.

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Three months before the show opens, CCAI sold out its FABTECH FINISHING Pavilion with more than 210 exhibiting companies and is now offering space in exhibit Hall C in addition to its 50,000 square foot pavilion in the South Hall. This will be the largest FINISHING Pavilion in CCAI’s six years as a FABTECH partner. There is no doubt that the FINISHING Pavilion at FABTECH is now the premier event for finishing professionals in North America.

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AkzoNobel Performance Coatings, headquartered in Amsterdam, is investing around $3.4 million to expand its research and development facilities in Houston.

The upgraded facility will support the company’s Protective Coatings, Marine Coatings and Specialty Coatings businesses. Completion is due in early 2016.

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