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Sept. 20, Santa Barbara, CA

Bret A. Stone, Esq. will be making a presentation to the Aluminum Anodizer's Council which is previewed here. In a nutshell chances are good you had pollution insurance back then, but don't now; not taking the right steps in protecting those old documents could cost millions in coverage. Read the preview as an Acrobat pdf file.

 

Sept. 20, Warrendale, PA

Nadcap and the Chemical Processing aerospace industry: View press release as a webpage.

 

August 28, Punjab, India

For the first time in India, a 1400 Kg casting was CED coated at Jyoti CNC Automation Private Limited. This is a milestone for the Indian CED coating industry. The design and executing of the CED coating plant was done by Coatec India. The paint chemicals were supplied by Asian PPG Industries Limited. More: view press release as a webpage.

 

August 28, England

One of the UK’s most innovative new galvanising plants is now fully operational at Carrington Wire where the £1M purpose built 2,400 sq metre facility has achieved efficiency gains yet still improved quality standards. More: view press release as a webpage.

 

August 15, Brick, NJ / Stanford University

Finishing.com is asking our friends worldwide to join us in supporting "folding@home", the effort of Dr. Vijay Pande's group at Stanford University to use our computers' idle cycles help find cures. More: Folding@home and the Metal Finishing Industry.

 

July 13, 2005, Orlando, FL

AESF National President, Fred Mueller has announced plans for a phone-in "Town Meeting" Aug. 30 - Sept. 1. News re. hours of operation and further plans to be announced. More: muellercef@yahoo.com

 

July 12, 2005, Alexandria, VA

The Powder Coating Institute announces that the First Vertical Powder Coating Systems for Architectural Aluminum to Begin Operation in U.S. This Year. The powder coating industry promises to revolutionize the U.S. architectural market, when two new vertical powder coating systems designed for coating aluminum extrusions begin operation in the United States this year. More: view press release as a webpage.

 

July 12, 2005, New Zealand

The New Zealand government, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, has sponsored a series of investigations and reports on RoHS and WEEE, and maintaining an on-line support system (website) for the purpose. More: New Zealand RoHS / WEEE website.

 

June 6, 2005, Bernburg, Germany

COIL NV/SA inaugurates its fifth continuous anodizing line in Germany and gets ready for new challenges in the global anodizing markets. More: view press release as a webpage.

 

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