Huron Capital Partners LLC, through its portfolio company, Quest Specialty Chemicals, Inc., has acquired Zolatone Automotive. Zolatone will be managed under Quest’s Automotive Aftermarket Unit, Matrix System Automotive Finishes (based in Walled Lake, MI) and will relocate its operations to Quest facilities in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Coating Equipment Solutions Co. (CESCO), based in Stallings, NC, has been incorporated as an engineering house and equipment manufacturer for high-volume organic finishing.
The surface coating technology that NASA and the U.S. military use to make their landing and steering gears last longer is now available at Vail Rubber Works, Inc.’s new Surface Technology Center. The 12,000 sq. ft. facility, located in St. Joseph, MI, houses Vail’s thermal spray coating technologies, which reportedly can extend part reliability up to four-times longer than chrome plating, metalizing or spray welding.
Wagner Systems, Inc. held its 2007 Distributor Meeting in Big Sky, Montana on August 15-18, 2007. The meeting was well attended with 17 distribution companies represented.
Paint Performance Consulting (PPC) will present a Paint Defect Analysis Workshop September 11-13, 2007, at The Windermere Manor in The University of Western Ontario Research Park, London, Ontario, Canada.
Michael Siegmund, executive vice president of MacDermid, Inc., will present the keynote address at the 4th Annual Southern Metal Finishing Conference, September 23-25 in Charleston, SC. Siegmund’s presentation will deal with issues relevant to the globalization of the metal finishing industry.
The Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) will hold its annual Fall Technical Conference, October 7-10, 2007, at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.
Applied Plastics Co., Inc. has begun offering a motor stator stacking service that is designed to maintain precise lamination alignment and apply a consistent thin blue epoxy coating for electrical insulation.
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