- 13 May 2008 -
Profiles Tell the Story—Yours
This spring marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Metal Finishing’s Platers/Painters Profile series. Over the course of the past 13 months we’ve delivered rare insights into nearly a half-dozen noteworthy surface finishing operations....more
- 01 April 2008 -
Multitasking Tips for Business Owners
Accomplished business owners and people in general can be better multitaskers by mastering the art of managing priorities as situations dictate. So says Jones Loflin, the guest speaker at the recent NASF Management Conference in Los Cabos, Mexico....more
- 03 March 2008 -
IPC Printed Circuits Expo '08: A Chance to Get 'Connected'
The 2008 IPC Printed Circuits Expo/APEX/Designers Summit, slated to kick off March 29–April 3, will host leading experts from around the world to discuss challenges facing the electronic interconnect industry—an important market sector for metal finishers....more
- 04 February 2008 -
Come Back to the Finishers’ Pavilion!
If you were among the history-making finishers that exhibited for the first time at SUR/FIN 2007, the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF) has a message for you: “We want you back for SUR/FIN 2008!”...more
- 04 December 2007-
Bright Design Challenge Needs Your Support
The Bright Design Challenge program—a cooperative college scholarship contest created to help educate future automotive/transportation designers and stylists about the benefits and flexibility of surface finishing—is gaining steam throughout the country and around the industry. But like any meaningful initiative, it requires ongoing support in order to thrive...more
- 05 October 2007 -
Global Competition—Turning Challenges into Opportunities
Successful American manufacturing operations are meeting the challenges of outsourcing and fierce overseas competition via innovation, investment, lean manufacturing, and training, among others...more
- 31 August 2007 -
SUR\FIN 2007: A Rousing Success!
The overwhelming majority of exhibitors and attendees at SUR/FIN 2007 reported extremely positive experiences at the show...more
- 30 July 2007 -
It’s Show Time!
The stage is set for SUR/FIN ’07, and expectations are high with all the enhancements and improvements that have been made to this year’s event...more
- 11 June 2007 -
EASTEC ’07: Big Toys for the Big Boys
Approximately 14,000 buyers from nine Northeast states descended on EASTEC 2007, held May 22–24 in West Springfield, Mass., to view the latest innovations in heavy-duty industrial machinery as well as advancements in high-tech ultrasonic cleaning, blast finishing, etc...more
- 09 May 2007 -
Report from the Road
Many “down-river” Michigan platers based in the Detroit and surrounding areas are having a tough time these days. That’s due in large measure to the plight of several major auto manufacturers (namely GM, Ford, and Chrysler) and the trickle-down effect that their respective predicaments are having on participants across the supply chain...more
- 14 March 2006 -
Legislative Update: More Regs, Less Wiggle Room
Christian Richter, founder of The Policy Group, said recently that there are two key regulatory issues that bear watching closely: "The fact that we have more—not fewer—regulations coming at us over the next few years," and second, "They're coming at us from more places"...more
- 06 February 2006 -
Metal Finishing Congratulates 2006 People of the Year
Well, it's that time of the year again. No, I'm not referring to the post-holiday, back-to-reality wake-up call when shoppers recoup from their holiday spending binges and business owners and consumers alike grudgingly prep for tax season. What I’m talking about is that annual occasion when Metal Finishing magazine announces the winners of its annual People of the Year (POY) Awards, a program that recognizes two individuals for their respective contributions and impact on the industry...more
- 11 January 2007-
2007 Forecast: A Mixed Bag for Metal Finishing Industry
Challenges vs. opportunities. That's the general assessment of industry observers who shared their views and perspectives of the new year for Metal Finishing's 2007 Industry Forecast (see feature story in the January issue)...more
- 04 December 2006 -
Tucker's Take: Attention! Platers, Coaters: Are You Worthy?
Looking ahead to 2007, I must say that I am truly stoked about a number of new Metal Finishing initiatives on tap for the coming year. The entire staff has been hard at work over the last few months developing ideas and concepts to refresh the content within these pages...more
- 02 November 2006 -
Powder Coating '06: A Case Study in Perception vs. Reality
My momma once told me: "Son, there are two sides to every story, and somewhere in the middle lies the truth." Such was the case with Powder Coating '06, where the range of observer comments—as well as some exhibitor ambivalence—made it hard to arrive at a consensus...more
- 03 October 2006 -
SUR/FIN 2006: An Event to Remember
"Phenomenal." That's how Christine Venaleck, Process Technology, summed up the company's experience at SUR/FIN. In that same vein, Bill Matheson, Duraflow, referred to the event as the "best show in about 10 years." And Mark Jankowski, MacDermid, said exhibiting at SUR/FIN provides his company the valuable opportunity to meet with business owners—the "top people" in finishing firms...more
- 06 September 2006 -
No Issue is Too Hot for Metal Finishing to Handle
Several reader e-mails and letters concerning the proposed AESF reorganization and the drive toward the formation of the NASF provide the basis for this month's editorial...more
- 07 August 2006 -
Maintaining—and Building on—an Institution
First and foremost, I would like to thank Greg Valero, Metal Finishing publisher, as well as REED Elsevier—which publishes the magazine—for granting me this tremendous opportunity to contribute to a well-respected magazine and, by extension, a great industry. In the short time I've been on board, I already have a good sense of the commitment and dedication exhibited by those who live, work and breathe this business...more
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