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What is the status of the US manufacturing economy? It sems that nobody is purchasing machine tools

October 30th, 2009

By Eric Olander

I received my Manufacturing & Technology (www.manufacturingnews.com) update for 10/19/09 and it shows that companies are not making new parts for various industries. In fact, to quote the article it states we are at "depression-level" for the machine tool industry. While econmists state the worst recession in recent memory is over some parts of the economy will take longer to recover because of where they are in the pipline of manufacturing. It could take up to 6-12 months before some companies start to feel the new growth. An indicator of the manufacturing business climate is machine tools sales. I am not sure if manufacturing will achieve the high levels we achieved prior to the recession. I feel that until we easy money( available credit) days return we will not experience that high level again.

To read more specific details on the article including a graph view this link. (Souce US Technology Consumption Report www.usmtc.com )

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EPi adds new anodizing and Chrome-free pretreatment for aluminum

October 29th, 2009

By Eric Olander

Last September I traveled to Rotterdam, Netherlands to visit AD Chemicals. EPi and AD Chemicals agreed that EPi will distribute AD Chemicals including AD Precoat Chrome-Free for aluminum substrates to be painted. It has flawlessly pretreated 60 million square meters. It is Qualicoat A021 certified and is suitable for immersion/spray and coil coating applications.

EPi will also distribute the entire product line of anodizing products; cleaners, no dump caustic etch additve, fast desmutting additive, anodizing additive that allows you to anodize at 86F(30C) increasing productivity and saving you money in cooling costs,standard seal additive, a lower temperature (190F (88c)) sealer that contains no nickel saving energy(30%) and improving productivity (30%)