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The
COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for the
professional coatings industry. With a heightened focus and
ever-changing protocols for cleaning surfaces in commercial
facilities, coatings must be able to withstand stronger disinfectants
used more frequently to help keep the employees and visitors at these
facilities safe.
Have been reading you for some time and thought I’d bounce a Proposition 65 question off of you. Do you know if the need for Prop 65 warning labels in California are required “after” powder paint cures?
On August 13, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new workplace guidelines. The new guidance focuses exclusively on unvaccinated or "otherwise at-risk workers." It also covers fully vaccinated personnel in "areas of substantial or high community transmission" as defined by the CDC.
During the Eastern Coatings Show, Michael Levely, Sr. Director of Supply Chain at Dow, gave an excellent timeline and explanation (with interesting statistics) of why the supply chain is so extremely stressed today.
We currently use a "Midnight Black" wrinkle powder coating supplied by a major powder producer. Can a second touchup coat be applied after first coat has cured?
I have a product that is used in the garden/composting space, and some of my customers are extremely finicky, so trying to understand if there are any residual TGIC issues. Is TGIC still actively toxic once the polyester powder cure has been oven cured?
Here in Pakistan, the situation is again affecting with Covid-19. I need your expert guidelines for working on some new projects in powder coating R&D. What do you suggest? Which segment should we focus our work? Kindly share some ideas and hints.
Colors matter in the marketing world. There are brands that are initially associated by color. For instance, Target is synonymous with red and Home Depot is associated with orange. Selecting brand colors for marketing purposes sound simple, but it actually requires a lot of thought.
September marks the in-person return of PCI's two annual events, Coatings Trends & Technologies (CTT) and the Powder Coating Summit (PCS). CTT will take place September 8-9 at the Westin in Lombard, Illinois, and PCS takes place Sept. 22-23 at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris in Columbus, Ohio.
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