With the largest attendance in many years, PCI® members held their
annual meeting in the sunny beach resort of Destin, FL May 18-20,
2014. The focus of the event was on shaping the future of the powder
coating industry together—the theme of member engagement was
carried through the meeting.

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Charging Theory: Powder particles are attracted to grounded part surfaces by the electrostatic charge imparted on them by the gun generator— the higher the charge on the powder particle, the better the transfer efficiency.

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At The Powder Coating Institute’s Annual Meeting in May, I had the privilege to introduce one of this year’s inductees to the PCI® Hall of Fame. His story is quite interesting, and I thought I would share it with you.

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Pretreatment Companies

Lincoln Chemical Corporation
Elkhart, IN • 888-588-3488
www.lincolnchemical.com

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Overtime Pay Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act The President recently issued a Memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to change existing ...

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U.S. manufacturer of powder coating equipment has re-launched its informational website aimed at newcomers to the powder coating industry.

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DeFelsko Corp.’s PosiTector® Interchangeable Probes for inspection instruments has been named a Materials Performance Corrosion Innovation of the Year.

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Pittsburghbased PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has earned recognition as the Enterprise Indirect Material and Services (IM&S) “Supplier of the Year“ in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. PPG was also awarded Partner-level status for 2013.

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Uni-Spray Systems, Waterloo, Ont., maker of nozzles, risers and other products for metal finishing, appointed Christine Jordan to the company’s engineering group. Jordan will provide engineering support to the company’s pretreatment sales force.

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Held March 27-28, 2014, at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the Custom Coater Forum provided sessions on business solutions, new product technologies, PCI® programs, round table discussions, and much more. It was an excellent networking opportunity that helped coaters gain new resources and tools to improve their business, as well as develop relationships with other powder coaters.

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