Case Studies Archive
Innovative videos from our partner Gema
Modean Industries is proud to have partnered with Gema for decades! The videos below demonstrate some of their innovative powder coating technologies. If you [...]
Allan Industrial Achieves a Savings of $15,000 a Month in Powder Alone
The Client Allan Industrial Coatings, located in Allison, Iowa, is the Midwest's premier coating job shop. Allan was founded in 1979 by Dave and [...]
Quest Manufacturing Eliminates Overtime on Powder Line
The Client Quest Manufacturing, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of quality air cylinders and fabricated parts, produces three main products: reservoir tanks used [...]
“We Couldn’t Stay Competitive Without an Upgrade…”
The Client Profile Powder Coating, founded in 1989 and located in Rogers, Minnesota, provides cost-effective finishes for metal and MDF wood composites. With an [...]
Exceeding Expectations on Quality, Flexibility, Throughput and Cost Savings
The Client "Give our deodorant product a new, flamboyant look that will pop off the shelf at the point of purchase." That was the command [...]
Sternberg Lighting Achieves Over 70% Transfer Efficiency
The Client Sternberg Lighting has been creating lighting fixtures and ornamental poles since 1923. Today, their product has expanded to include custom projects and [...]
New Automatic Powder Coating Systems That Change Colors in 6 Minutes or Less
For the electrostatic powder coatings industry to grow, it is imperative that powder coating users have the option to rapidly change colors on-line, using either [...]
Pioneer Manufacturing Achieves Quick Color Change Capability
The Client Pioneer Manufacturing, LLC manufactures metal products for the Rogers Group in Clare, Michigan. Among the companies under the Pioneer corporate umbrella is [...]
Schulte Corp. Manages Total Payback in Less Than Three Months
. The Client The Schulte Corporation combines both wood and wire to produce a variety of unique storage products for home, office and institutional [...]
With Excellent Team Communication, System Is Up and Running Before Deadline
The Client Until its purchase by a German concern in 2004 our client was North America’s largest manufacturer of multiple brands of industrial, commercial and [...]
Cure powder coatings with gas-fired infrared burners
There are many methods of curing powder coatings. One method that has been in existence for many years but is today gaining greater acceptance is [...]
Powder Coating’s Westside Story
Article from: Products Finishing, Tim Pennington. Posted on: 10/1/2014 Massachusetts powder coater expands with new lines, infrared ovens Holyoke, Massachusetts, sits smack dab in the [...]
The case for stripping with hot sand
Stripping with hot sand is not a new process. In fact, we installed one of the first hot sand stripping units in the early 1970’s [...]
Creative Solutions for Complex Coating Challenges
The Client A major US manufacturer of commercial and residential lighting fixtures. The Challenge This was an especially complex project. Working with the client, the [...]
Revolutionizing How a Client Achieves Quality and Manages ROI
The Client A major supplier of unique primary metal products servicing the water purification industry for military and commercial applications. The Challenge Should Modean Industries [...]
Generac Power Makes a Sound Economic Decision
. The Client Generac Power Systems, Inc. manufactures a full line of commercial and home generators, including the Guardian® Automatic Home Standby generator. Operating [...]
Robotics and Powder Coating: Past, Present, and Future
By Hani T. Azzam, President and CEO of Modean Industries As early as the 1970s, several finishing equipment companies partnered with robotics firms to expand [...]
Lightolier/CFI Increases Productivity by more than 72%
The Client Lightolier/CFI, a member of the Genlyte Thomas Group LLC family of companies, is a leading manufacturer of lighting fixtures and controls for commercial, [...]
Hydro Aluminum Achieves Consistency From Batch to Batch — Every Time!
The Client Hydro Aluminum is a leading aluminum extruder and the largest drawn tubing producer in North America. With 11 aluminum extrusion facilities, customers [...]
Listening to our customers
In their book The Speed of Trust… The One Thing That Changes Everything, Steven Covey and Rebecca Merrill highlight an issue that long has resonated [...]
Temple Products Covers More Surface With Less Powder
The Client Temple Products of Indiana, Inc. powder coats aluminum extrusions. While their parts are mostly used on recreational vehicles and cargo trailers, Temple [...]
Hadrian’s Upgrade Dramatically Improves Efficiency
. The Client Hadrian Manufacturing Inc. is a manufacturer of high quality bathroom partitions and lockers in a variety of designer colors and special [...]
Lippert Components Decreases Consumables and Optimizes Powder Consumption
The Client Lippert Components, a Drew Industries subsidiary, manufactures specialty trailers at their Milford, Indiana plant that are fully customizable for hauling a wide [...]
Curing powder with both “IR” and convection heat
In the early 1970s, Interrad Corporation introduced powder coatings in the United States. It all began at a New Jersey company that manufactured air conditioning [...]
Pollution-Free Aluminum Extrusion Cuts Costs, Improves Quality
The Client A leading multinational aluminum extruder. The Challenge The client was experiencing extreme problems with their existing anodizing facility. They needed to add finishing [...]