For 81 years, this magazine has served the coating industry. In November of 1924, Industrial Finishing was launched to serve the finishing market as a digest-sized magazine. Then, in October of 1977, Industrial Finishing was redesigned into a full-sized magazine to give you a more graphically pleasing, easy-to-read publication. In 1993, we changed the name to Industrial Paint & Powder to address the growing powder market we cover in addition to the well established paint market.

Steel producer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to buy the assets of a Wisconsin finishing plant owned by Fort Howard Steel Inc. No terms were disclosed but the acquisition will make Nucor the largest producer of cold-finished bar products in the country, Nucor representatives said.

The cost of electrocoat includes more than just the product. Other than raw materials, the container, and delivery and service costs, what is included in the price of paint to

X-Rite and Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings are offering two portable handheld spectrophotometers, designed to measure any solid color sample in a matter of seconds. Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings will market both products to its coatings customers worldwide as a flexible, easy to use portable solution under the reference RM400XAK for the tethered model and RM425XAK for the wireless model.

Recent process improvements have resulted in a lower odor profile for Dowanol PnB and PnP glycol ethers. Made for resin manufacturers, coatings formulators and coatings applicators to use in protective

KPAK 8" ultrafiltration (UF) module for electrocoat paint applications has easy-to-use connections and is suitable for use in a new electrocoating system or as a replacement in existing equipment. Module

Powder for Heat-Sensitive Materials We make vehicles that are used for building maintenance. A few of the parts are coated independently but many of our products are coated after assembly.

Dow Automotive has received two corporate-wide certifications for quality and environmental management systems. The quality certification from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Inc. (LRQA), encompasses all of Dow Automotive's globally owned assets and asset partners, encompassing more than 50 manufacturing and support sites worldwide. The corporate environmental certification, also from LRQA, presently covers 12 sites. Eleven additional environmental certifications are still stand alone site certifications. Both certifications result from Dow Automotive's single integrated business management system.

People who know finishing systems do not have to be convinced that racking can make or break profits. Profitability requires density, and density requires good racking. Good rack design begins by answering some basic questions relative to both the finishing system and the parts themselves. Below is a list of system-related and parts-related questions you should ask prior to the design process of your racks.

PosiTest AT measures the adhesion of coatings to metal, wood, concrete and other substrates and now has an internal memory to store maximum pull-off pressure, rate of pull, test duration