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Trade Links
Useful links to industry information.
National Fire Protection AssociationA worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training and education. NFPA membership totals more than 75,000 individuals from around the world and more than 80 national trade and professional organizations. |
The Powder Coating InstituteThe Powder Coating Institute (PCI), representing the North American powder coating industry, promotes powder coating technology and communicates the benefits of powder coating to manufacturers, consumers, and government. Formed on May 1, 1981, as a non-profit organization, PCI works to advance the utilization of powder coating as an economical, non-polluting and high quality finish for industrial and consumer products. |
American Wood Finishing InstituteThe American Wood Finishing Insttute is committed to helping manufacturers increase productivity and profitability. In addition to their training courses, They offer a variety of custom corporate services to provide total finishing process solutions for your company. |
EPA Air Toxics WebsiteThe Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate emissions of toxic air pollutants from a published list of industrial sources referred to as "source categories." As required under the Act, EPA has developed a list of source categories that must meet control technology requirements for these toxic air pollutants. The EPA is required to develop regulations (also known as rules or standards) for all industries that emit one or more of the pollutants in significant quantities. Of specific interest to plastic parts manufacturers on proposed surface coating application rules Click Here. |
Industrial Paint & Powder MagazineIndustrial Paint & Powder focuses exclusively on providing the latest technical information on paint and powder coating technologies for the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) market. The magazine is personally requested by more than 38,000 coatings and finishing professionals—OEM finishers, custom coaters and industrial coatings formulators. |
Products Finishing MagazinePRODUCTS FINISHING is the only magazine in the industry whose editorial and advertising covers the application of both organic coatings, such as paint and powder coating, and inorganic coatings, like electroplating, electroless plating and conversion coatings, including anodizing, phosphating, and chromating. |
National Institue for Occupational Safety and HealthThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. The Institute is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH is responsible for conducting research on the full scope of occupational disease and injury ranging from lung disease in miners to carpal tunnel syndrome in computer users. |
Powder Coating MagazinePowder Coating is the only technical publication devoted exclusively to readers in the North American powder coating industry. Powder coating is an environmentally safe, nontoxic industrial paint that is applied with specialized equipment to metal products, which are subsequently baked in an oven at high temperatures. |
Occupational Safety & Health AdministrationAdd Value. To Your Business. To Your Workplace. To Your Life. |
ASMEFounded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today ASME International is a nonprofit educational and technical organization serving a worldwide membership of 125,000. Their mission being in part to promote and enhance the technical competency and professional well-being of its members, and through quality programs and activities in mechanical engineering |
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