Often a powder coating supplier will describe their product’s particulate nature by quoting a singular value usually “average” particle size or sometimes “median” particle size. These values only paint a minor picture of the story. What is more critical is an understanding of the entire particle size distribution (PSD).

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Environmental concerns and the need for an improved finish prompted this East Coast antenna maker to switch from liquid to powder paint on its microwave antennas and support equipment.

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It’s nearly that time again, powder coating fans. The 2014 Powder Coating Summit is fast approaching. This year’s event will be held on June 17-18 in Columbus, Ohio. Our prevailing theme as always is “Bringing New 

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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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KMI Systems celebrated its 30th anniversary on April 4, 2014. Since 1984, KMI’s mission has been to engineer, design and build powder, paint and porcelain enamel finishing systems at a reasonable cost within the project schedule.

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