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| New Training Videos from Becca |
Becca has created three new training videos outlining the advantages of waterborne spray gun cleaners and recycling systems. Three other videos demonstrate their products' features and operation. Click on the links below to see the individual videos. | ||||||||
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Cleaning a waterborne paint spray gun - Becca vs. the competition: Becca Video 1 The advantage of Becca heated waterborne cleaning systems: Becca Video 2 Do not clean or chase waterborne cleaning with solvent: Becca Video 3 E50M features: Becca Video 4 E50M operation - Spray gun cleaning procedure: Becca Video 5 Waterborne clarification recycling process: Becca Video 6 | |||||||||
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| New Global Finishing Solutions Slide Presentation | Click on the link to see an up-to-date slideshow about GFS and its products: GFS Slideshow | ||||||||
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| Brand New High-End Booth with a Low-End Cost! | Introducing the new GFS Performer, a fully equipped downdraft spray booth at an unbelievably low price. Fully-loaded and ready for action, the GFS Performer is everything you need in an economical paint booth solution for your shop. | ||||||||
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| GFS Performer Brochure | |||||||||
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| MAS Becomes a 3M Distributor | |||||||||
| MAS will now be carrying the new 3M Dirt Trap Protection System. This product is designed to improve paint productivity and finish quality by capturing dirt and overspray, reducing paint booth maintenance and dramatically cutting down wasteful Denibbing and Buffing. The 3M Dirt Trap Protection System is an innovative breakthrough, which will help paint booth owners immensely. The paint booth, as you know, is a muddled place with dust, dirt and paint overspray. The 3M Dirt Trap film is an adhesive-backed transparent film that protects lights and windows from overspray. This protective covering helps you eliminate future scuffing and washing. You can simply peel off the used film and reapply as needed. Dirt Trap reduces the need for time-consuming daily and periodic booth maintenance. This will help paint booth owners to increase the productivity of paint booths. The System also minimizes booth downtime and helps keep this valuable piece of equipment in top working condition. |
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| New EPA Paint Rule for Motor Vehicle Coating Operations | |||||||||
| Compliance Deadline - January 9, 2011 | |||||||||
| The EPA issued their new rule that applies to anyone who spray applies motor vehicle coatings for the purposes of finishing or refinishing. The rule is intended to reduce air emissions from autobody shops and related facilities in a manner that is not too restrictive or costly for those affected facilities. |
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| EPA 40 CFR, Part 63, Subpart H | Design for the Environment (DfE), the EPA’s Automotive Refinishing Project, stresses that spray booth filters are the key to quality jobs and clean emissions. Click on the link below for a DfE best practices fact sheet: | ||||||||
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| Introducing the Managed Air Systems Spray Booth Assurance Program | |||||||||
| Let Us Worry About Your Spray Booth! | |||||||||
| MAS Spray Booth Assurance Program | |||||||||
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| Auto Body Shops Beat The Hartford in Appraisal Battle | |||||||||
| Auto repair shop owners in Connecticut celebrate a victory in a six-year battle against The Hartford, winning a $15 million jury award in a dispute over appraisals and labor costs for fixing damaged vehicles. Click on the link below for the full Hartford Courant article. |
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| ECONOMIC STIMULUS ACT (SECTION 179) 2009 | |||||||||
| Reduce your 2009 Tax Liability when financing new or used equipment! IRS Section 179 for 2009 has been increased to $250,000! Additional 50% Bonus Depreciation. |
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| American Equipment Finance - Deferred Payment Equipment Financing Program | |||||||||
| Put your next equipment purchase in use without making your first monthly payment until October 2009! Maximize your cash flow and limit your tax liability at the same time by utilizing the new Section 179 ($250,000) and American Equipment Finance's Deferred Payment Program. Flexible repayment term options ranging from two to seven Years! |
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| GFS AdvanceCure Accelerated Airflow System | |||||||||
| GFS developed the AdvanceCure Accelerated Airflow System to help collision shops be more productive, more efficient, and more profitable. GFS’ AdvanceCure accomplishes these tasks by greatly reducing the amount of time needed to cure or dry any type of coating, be it waterborne or solvent-based. Ahead of its time by more than a decade, AdvanceCure has been upgraded with higher velocity airflow to achieve even more impressive results. |
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| A New Industry Standard of Air Purity: ISO 8573-1 CLASS 0 | |||||||||
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| Read about the paint system MAS created and installed for Plasan Carbon Composites of Bennington, Vermont: | |||||||||
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| GFS Awarded Contract with Lockheed-Martin Lockheed-Martin Aerospace was awarded the largest ever military contract to product the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35 Lightning II). They built a modern new plant at Fort Worth, Texas to assemble the fighters. GFS was awarded a contract to produce eight (8) paint booths for their production line. The paint booths were manufactured at the Osseo, Wisconsin facility of GFS. Lockheed will produce over 100 aircraft a year at this facility and they will be used by at least nine of our allies in other countries. Parts for the aircraft assembly are fabricated at many countries across the world making this a truly “Global” project for Lockheed-Martin and Global Finishing Solutions. |
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| Here's a terrific article that was published in Collision. | |||
| Planning A Profitable Shop | |||