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Planet, People, and Performance notes from coatings practice.

Read practical updates on coating selection, safer use documentation, circular programs, and application lessons.

Performance

Buying Powder Coatings: A 6-Point Procurement Checklist

A procurement administrator's practical powder coating checklist: how to verify AkzoNobel products and AkzoNobel Coatings Inc. supply, use a powder coating thickness gauge, and understand whether acetone removes powder coating.

2026-09-07 Lucia Ferretti
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Performance

Can You Paint Trex Decking? A Quality Inspector's Response

Why "can you paint Trex decking?" is the wrong first question. A coatings quality inspector explains how AkzoNobel powder coatings news, AkzoNobel Coatings Inc., parylene coating equipment, and even paint the night dining package all point back to the same specification problem.

2026-09-03 Lucia Ferretti
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