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Finishing Spotlight:
Inside This Issue:
To Question 1 -
“What should he tell you?”- 
I’dsay, everything thatwould allow you toplate faster, with high-est possible quality atlowest possible cost.To Question 2 -
“Why doesn’t he tell you?” 
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Ican’t answer, but mightassume he or she doesnot feel the need tomention anything notrelated to the require-ments of using theirchemicals.To Question 3 -
“Why should he tell any more than he does?” 
 
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Myanswer is that I feel itwould help our industrysurvive, create fewerBy: Jack Berg,President, Serfilco
Introduction
Have you ever consid-ered what you reallyneed from your Chemi-cal supplier? Obviouslyyou need processchemicals that you canrely on. You also needgood deliveries backedup by sound analysis,technical support andproblem solving capa-bility. As a plater yourrelationship with yourchemical supplier is ab-solutely crucial to en-sure a successful andefficient Finishing shop.So what about equip-ment? Does yourChemical supplier alsohave a duty to keepyou abreast of currentBest Available Technol-ogy to get the verybest out of his or hersolutions and maximizeyour profit and makelife as easy as possi-ble? I would ask you toconsider the followingquestions:1. “What should he tellyou?” 2. “Why doesn’t he tellyou?” 3. “Why should he tellany more than hedoes?” 
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008
 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10
COVER STORY 1INDUSTRY EVENTS2NEWS & NOTES3FROM THEFORUM6FINISHINGSPOTLIGHT9THE LASTWORD15
CONTENTS
 
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What Your Chemical Supplier Should Tell You But Doesn’t
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Let’s Change the Economyfor the Better
 
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FINISHING TALK
Nov 11 - 13, 2008
METALFORM Mexico ExpositionMexico City, Mexicowww.metalform.com/mexico
November 18, 2008
Concrete Coatings Webinar Virtual LearningWebsite: www.coatingstech.org
November 20, 2008
SF Conference & ExhibitionOntario, CanadaWebsite: www.thecasf.ca
Nov 25 - 27, 2008
CECCWarsaw, Polandwww.coatings-group.com
November 26–28, 2008
SF China 2008Guangzhou, ChinaWebsite: www.sfchina.net
December 8-12, 2008
Environ. Stewardship CourseLos Angeles, CAWebsite: www.nasf.org
January 20-21, 2009
Surface Engineering for EnergyGeneration, Storage, and Con-servation ConferenceOrlando, FLWebsite: www.nasf.org
February 1-2, 2009
Coatings for Concrete Conference
Las Vegas, NVwww.coatingstech.org
February 8-12, 2009
NASF Management ConferencePalm Beach, ArubaWebsite: www.nasf.org
February 15-18, 2009
PACE 2009New Orleans, LAWebsite: www.pace2009.com
March 17-19, 2009
Middle East Coatings Show 2009
Cairo, Egyptwww.coatings-group.com
Have an upcoming event? Tell us about it at 
www.finishingtalk.com! 
INDUSTRY EVENTS 2008
 
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NEWS & NOTES
Pickering Ontario
Eco-Tecproudly announces the supply of two (2) new Nickel Recovery Sys-tems. One system is to be pro-vided to Delta Faucet in Tennes-see and the other is to be fur-nished to Federal Mogul for theirBurlington, Iowa facility. Thesesystems represent the fifth Eco-Tec system within the Delta Fau-cet organization and the fourthsystem within the Federal Mogulcompany. The start-up for theseunits is anticipated in early No-vember 2008. These systems willbe installed to capture nickel frombright nickel plating rinsewater inorder to produce a purified, con-centrated nickel solution for recy-cle back to the semi-bright nickelplating bath. Eco-Tec is an award-winning, globally recognizedmanufacturer of water purifica-tion, gas processing, and chemicalrecovery systems for industrialoperations.
Milwaukee,WI
Jason Incor-porated, parent to JacksonLea,Osborn International and LippertUnipol is pleased to announce theformation of the Jason FinishingGroup. By combining the manu-facturing and technical resourcesof these great companies, andleveraging our global presenceand reach, Jason Finishing Groupwill be a premier provider of fin-ishing solutions. They offer anarray of solutions manufacturedall over the world. In North Amer-ica, this change in structure willcreate condensed field sales terri-tories for better customer cover-age, more Field Application Engi-neers to support technical needs
Las Vegas & Nashville
In adeparture from the traditionallarge international show eachFall, The Powder Coating Insti-tute and the Chemical Coaters Association International haveannounced that they will holdtwo regional events in 2009 in aneffort to reach out to targetedmarket segments along with gen-eral industrial finishing markets.COATING WEST 2009 will beheld on March 2 & 3 at thePlanet Hollywood Resort & Ca-sino, Las Vegas, NV and COAT-ING EAST 2009 is scheduled forOctober 13 & 14 at GaylordOpryland, Nashville, TN. Eachevent will consist of a two-daytechnical conference programalong with a two-day exhibition.The COATING WEST event willtarget aerospace, customcoaters, architecture, and agri-culture & construction equip-ment. COATING EAST will focuson automotive, appliance, gen-eral metals and wood. Bothevents will consist of a specialevening networking event for allattendees and exhibitors. Formore information, visit:www.thecoatingshow.com.
Florida
 AkzoNobel has ac-quired the Enviroline businessfrom Florida-based Industrial En-vironmental Coatings Corpora-tion. The purchase of Envi-ronline, a specialist supplier of high-performance, corrosion-resistant linings predominantly inthe oil and gas industries,strengthens Akzo Nobel’s Marine& Protective Coatings portfolio.Financial details were not dis-closed.of customers, new applicationlaboratory at the Cleveland, OHheadquarters to provide testingand solutions across the broadfinishing spectrum. All existingsales offices remain in place,however some field sales respon-sibilities have been modified aspart of the territory size reduc-tions. For more information, visitwww.jasoninc.com.
Esslingen, Germany
With Part-Sens, acp GmbH makes it possibleto directly measure and documentparticulate contamination on com-ponent surfaces for the first timeever. A new, enlarged measuringprobe significantly expands therange of applications for this inno-vative inspection system, so thatsheet metal blanks and auto bodypanels, for example, can be effi-ciently scrutinised for particulatecleanliness. The new PartSensmeasuring probe has a measuringsurface of 20 x 15 mm and allowsfor efficient, random sample testingof component surfaces for particu-late cleanliness. Inspecting sheetmetal blanks before press formingin the field of auto body fabricationis a typical application for the newmeasuring system. Further applica-tions include the monitoring of sys-tems and production environments,and examining the degree of cleanliness achieved in the cleaningprocess. Particulate contaminationwith sizes of all the way down 25µm can be detected. Measure-ments can be performed eithermanually, or by means of an auto-mated process. For more informa-tion please visit:www.acp-micron.com.
 
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