This is the 10th article in a year-long series celebrating Industrial Paint & Powder's 80th anniversary. The feature stories below are a portion of the articles that appeared in 1978 in the magazine, then known as Industrial Finishing.

Total Productive Maintenance, or Total Productive Manufacturing, is a continuous improvement effort involving every aspect of a company. The concept requires abandoning a reactive management approach to process equipment failure and understanding that a maintenance program includes monitoring and improving equipment performance.

Thinking About Adding Powder Coating? My husband and I have owned a small paint shop for eight years. We do various jobs for people and companies around here, especially repainting

Robert L. Nelson, 76, of Moline, IL, a long-time member and board member of CCAI who worked as a paint and decal chemist at Deere and Co., died September 4.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. and three partners announced the development of polyurea-based construction technology designed to provide resistance to the effects of explosions. The company says the technology represents a potentially important development in defending against terrorism in the United States and abroad.

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The Protech Chemicals Group (Montreal, Quebec) has announced the acquisition of Oxyplast NV (Ghent, Belgium), a pioneer in the production of powder coatings. The company has more than 20 licensees

Waterbornes Without Solvents What problems are expected with zero-VOC waterborne technologies? Waterborne coatings usually have two VOCs: the antifreeze, usually a glycol, and the coalescent aid. The glycol aids in

ASTM International announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the national standards body of China, the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China (SAC). ASTM says the action will accelerate the development of product and testing standards in China.

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