Case Studies Archive
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Modean Industries: A long tradition of innovation in powder coating!
What prompts innovation? Is it the pressure of problem-solving? The demand or need to get a job done? Or just the desire to invent? 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Winegard Experiences Dramatic Increase in Productivity
The Client Winegard® is a leading manufacturer of high-quality television reception products, and distributes over 1,000 various items across the United States and around [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Windsor Metal Realizes Double Their Anticipated Profit
The Client Windsor Metal Finishing is a privately held company that specializes in architectural finishing. Located in Kissimmee, they are currently the only company [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]