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Nordson Reports Improved Adhesion through Plasma Treating

July 11, 2014

Nordson MARCH, a Nordson® company, recently announced that recent studies have shown that plasma treatment of printed circuit boards (PCBs) prior to conformal coating improves the adhesion of the coatings.

ELLSWORTH ADHESIVES: Dymax UV-Cure Adhesives

July 9, 2014

This company now offers the E-MAX range of products, an exclusive portfolio of UV-curing adhesives manufactured by Dymax.

PPG Signs Agreement to Acquire Comex

July 8, 2014

PPG Industries recently announced has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V. (Comex).

AKZONOBEL: Protective Coating

July 2, 2014

Interline^® 975P is a new solvent-free, single-coat potable water lining solution.

Rise of Wireless Technology Poses Security Risks for Manufacturers

More manufacturing workers are now using their own mobile devices to monitor and control industrial equipment.

Mark Watson

July 1, 2014

The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon that is reshaping information technology (IT) in business offices now is spreading to the manufacturing sector, with employee-owned smartphones and media tablets playing an increasingly important role in manufacturing settings this year and beyond.

Serve to Be Great: 11 Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery and a Boardroom

By simply shifting focus away from short-term goals and financial gain toward more effectively serving the people on their teams, leaders can create conditions for superior long-term results.

July 1, 2014

A recent Gallup poll shows that only 30% of Americans are actively engaged at work. That doesn’t come as a big surprise to Matt Tenney, author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom.

Case Study: PPG Aerospace Coatings Add Character to Cathay Pacific Jet

Eight custom colors of topcoat were applied to the third edition of "The Spirit of Hong Kong."

July 1, 2014

Coatings by PPG Industries’ aerospace business create the colorful characters and “The Spirit of Hong Kong” livery on Cathay Pacific Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER airplane, painted to support the “Hong Kong: Our Home” campaign of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

AkzoNobel to Add Performance Coatings Facility in China

June 30, 2014

AkzoNobel recently announced it is investing more than €6.5 million (~ $8.85 million) in its Songjiang site near Shanghai.

PPG Adds SEMCO Packaging Capabilities at French Site

June 26, 2014

PPG Industries recently announced it has begun operation of a new packaging unit installed at its Gonfreville, France, coatings plant and aerospace application support center.