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Carlisle Fluid Technologies
Painting and finishing manufactured products, whether it be a car, a golf club, a wood or metal desk, or a casket, requires countless types of paint and coating processes. Long gone are the days where everything could be painted by a guy with a brush, or even a decent spray gun. Manual paint, coating and […]

Spray Booth Products (SBP) Provider Profile
Spray Booth Products (SBP), located in Redford, MI, has been making its mark in the industrial painting and coating market for fourteen years. In today’s competitive marketplace, SBP differentiates itself by tailoring and personalizing its service to each unique customer, offering a turnkey solution and diversifying its offering portfolio, which ranges from individual shops to […]

Freiborne Industries Provider Profile
I recently had the opportunity to talk to Shane Feikema of Freiborne Industries. Freiborne, based in Pontiac Michigan, was founded in February of 1976, when a group of frustrated chemists and engineers decided to start their own business. Freiborne Industries Incorporated was the result. Dealing in industrial surface chemistry, including cleaners, conversion coatings, lubricants and rust […]

Fluid Viscosity Control
Process variability is the bane of quality engineers, plant managers and CFOs, to name just a few of the people heavily vested in plant efficiency. Manufacturing people chase quality and consistency from sun-up to sun-down. One Michigan company has been heavily focused on helping manufacturers identify and remove one of the costliest, and most misunderstood […]

Color Purveyors
As a consumer, you may not be aware of how important color selection is in the products that you purchase. Everything from Automobiles to vacuum cleaners, soup cans to dishwashers, lawn furniture to building facades, everything needs a color. Millions of hours and millions of dollars are spent on the creation of colors. Trends are […]

Provider Profile -Thierica Equipment Full-Service Turn-Key Paint Process
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with General Manager Lou McGough and Sales Manager Dominic Zerilli of Thierica Equipment Co. in Grand Rapids, MI. (thiequip.com) Being well-diversified, Thierica serves a wide range of customers in the automotive, electronics, consumer goods, appliance, wood furniture and even the aerospace and medical product industries. Diversification is […]
Automotive News
Battery tech may be next ‘stranded assets’ in green revolution
Some of the latest battery technologies may become obsolete before reaching the market because of the breakneck pace of advances in the industry. Read more…
N.A. auto plant for Magna Steyr?
Economic development officials constantly monitor the industry for the next automaker needing a North American assembly plant. But one global manufacturer might surprise them: Magna International. Read more…