Case Studies Archive
Racing with Climate Change – Part II
The following article, part 2 of 3 in a series about transition to clean energy, comes to you from our affiliate: Beacon Climate Innovations [...]
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 [...]
Producing a Superior Product While Maximizing Cost Savings
The Client A multinational automotive aftermarket manufacturer with a unique patented product. The Challenge The client was experiencing problems with his coating process required to [...]
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 [...]
American Products Overcomes Paint Line Bottleneck
The Client American Products is a major regional supplier of precision custom metal stamping and fabrication. They also provide powder coating, product development, assembly, [...]
Precision Products Reduces Rejects by 67%
. The Client Precision Products, Inc. is a member of the Gleason Group of companies, and is proud to be a leading manufacturer of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
ACM’s Upgrade Provides Reliable Powder Coating
The Client Augusta Coating & Manufacturing (ACM) is a full service contract coater of steel, stainless steel, and aluminum parts. ACM specializes in high [...]
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 [...]
The Best Kept Secret in the Powder Coating Industry
The Client A multinational automotive company. The Challenge To be able to coat large truck bodies that required a very large booth. The problem the [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Powder Systems: Quick Color Change with Manual Guns
Recently, there have been a number of exciting developments in the powder coating industry. Several new designs now provide quick color change for automatic systems [...]
Payne Fence Sees Ten-Fold Productivity Increase After Upgrade
The Client Payne Fence Products, a division of Payne Metal Works, Inc., provides the highest quality and widest standard selection of Security and Architectural [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]