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Finish Performance: 2 Secrets to Insure Success

How do you define finish performance in the first place? Is it a measure of how fast you can lay down a great finish? Is it a test of durability? A certain degree of customer satisfaction? Or is it more like an equation that weighs time, cost and effort against expectations, objectives and lasting results? In any case, a great performance always requires preparation. You have to know what you’...
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Some jobs test your mettle. Choosing the right lubricant helps you make the most.

Metalworking lubricants perform a simple but critical task. Like a fuse, we learn to appreciate their usefulness more when they fail. And like fuses and everything else, industrial lubricants have become more technical and specialized. Always consider your options carefully. In 1914 the Bussmann brothers produced their first fuse from the basement of their home in St. Louis, Missouri. They soon r...
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Surface Pretreatment: Starting clean keeps your reputation spotless

This is the first in a series of articles about budgeting for and purchasing pretreatment wash systems. Connect with HIT Solutions on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter so you don't miss a post. No one ever wants to hear, “You have to go back and start over.” Unfortunately, frustrated owners, production line managers and quality directors often describe to us finishing problems that link back to their...
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Beat the Gun With a Strategic Alliance

There’s a famous Indiana Jones scene that all finishers should remember when confronted with problems that get in the way of doing what you do best. In this acclaimed scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, an archaeology professor named Indiana Jones has just survived an exhaustive and harrowing chase through the desert. Clutching his trusty leather whip, Indiana is now confronted by a menacing sw...
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Collaboration—critical, but attractive choices

Call it what you like but relationships where collaboration thrive is a one-plus-one equals-three proposition. Task by task, you can achieve shared goals that are more meaningful within your company, more valuable to your customers and more strategic within the supply chain. Companies that want to grow seek the competitive advantage gained from collaborative efforts. They see the disruptive comple...
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Finishing Business Opportunities Unleash in the Future

Your finishing business has accumulated a ton of working knowledge. It’s probably what makes you better. But like you, we’re always looking for a new challenge. Where can we go next? What solutions can we find? What problems do our customers need solved? To find new challenges, we listen. We ask. You need a finish that repels dust? Let’s figure it out. Building a new product line that must neve...
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Few problems are bigger than Cancer

When it comes to solving problems, few are bigger than Cancer. It not only weakens the patient, but it can throw entire families into a life and death struggle. The business? Who cares at that point? Conversely, there are few things more rewarding than helping these families find SOLUTIONS to life’s biggest problems. Solutions are special There’s something special about a solution. You puzzle. Yo...
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Finishing Wisdom: 4 Briefs From the Blog

If you’re a longtime-listener-first-time-caller type, here’s a “CliffsNotes” style summary of four recent posts covering finishing wisdom from the always informative, dependably inspiring Accessa Coating Solutions blog. You’ll get caught up with great finishing ideas faster than acetone evaporates in the sun. An array of topics in short form give you the essence of the original story in a quick...
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From data to wisdom: charting your shop’s new path

Before metalworking coolants are drawn, lubricants changed, adhesives applied or before any conversion coating solution is even dreamt about, data are being collected and managed somewhere along the food chain. I am no expert in data science but I do appreciate how much (and how fast) industry is being tantalized with the power of data. What’s relevant for any shop is that meaningful data manageme...
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Material Gains Come With a Price

Don’t assume the things you will be manufacturing in the future will be made from the same materials you’re used to finishing now. For that matter, don’t assume they’ll be made from materials you’re even familiar with now. Do assume, however, that your customers will continue to seek out finished goods that are delivered cheaper, faster and, ultimately, deemed better in the marketplace—they will d...
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