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ACCESSA COATINGS SOLUTIONS FEATURED IN PRODUCTS FINISHING MAGAZINE

Published on June 1, 2015

INDIANAPOLIS—Products Finishing magazine, the voice of the finishing industry in the United States, featured Accessa Coatings Solutions and customer Total Control Systems in its June 2015 issue. The story focused on how Accessa helped TCS uncover a coating that empowered its business to expand globally. Products Finishing serves more than 28,000 print subscribers, 40,000 online readers and 17,0...
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ACCESSA COATINGS SOLUTIONS AND HIT SOLUTIONS LAUNCH “THE CONSULTANCY”

Published on May 18, 2015

INDIANAPOLIS—The debut issue of “The Consultancy” is now available. The quarterly publication from Accessa Coatings Solutions and HIT Solutions features industry insights for people who count on coatings and specialty products to grow their businesses. The May-July 2015 issue includes: Wood Trends: 8 To Know Right Now Sales Are Up!: 4 Ways to Ensure Your Finishing Line Keeps Up 2 Advanc...
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Shades of Gray in Cabinetry Finishes

Published on January 15, 2015

Consumers, retailers and manufacturers ask for it often, but there is a lot of gray area when it comes to getting a gray finish right. The trend shows up primarily in the residential cabinetry industry, and it’s been going strong for about four years. A more opaque driftwood look was first on the scene, where applying a gray glaze and pigment often got the job done. But during the last 18 m...
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2014 Recap: 4 Topics to Promote 2015 Finishing Excellence

Published on January 7, 2015

The last six months of Accessa’s blog focused on getting your finishing business ready for 2015. Here are eight of the best stories, organized by topic, and summarized for your browsing pleasure. Four of the most important high-level topics any finisher needs. It’s finishing wisdom from the Accessa Coating Solutions blog. Get caught up— begin 2015 with a great finish. Topic 1—STRATEGIC ALLIANCES ...
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3 New industry agenda items for progressive metalworkers

Published on January 3, 2015

Here’s the on-ramp for 2015. There are 3 lanes, choose yours carefully. The HIT boys voted to bring back six of the Bastard’s more critical stories of the few past months. I’ve organized them into the 3 topics most likely to make your next general operations agenda. Six beefy short summaries follow; which themselves offer conversational takeaways. Click the link to the published story and hit th...
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Nucraft’s Global Business Has a Local Partner

Published on December 1, 2014

Since its founding in 1944, Nucraft in Comstock Park, Mich., has worked with customers to create inspiring conference rooms, private offices, reception areas, and training spaces. Accessa Coatings Solutions works closely with the Nucraft team to provide them the expertise, service and wood coatings products they need to do great work. Enjoy our latest video case study. To view more, visit o...
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2 Advances in manufacturing challenge your control in 2015

Published on November 26, 2014

Survivors are no longer the largest, strongest or even the most intelligent—they just know when to adapt. In light of the challenges, they also know that growth begins with control, not revenue. You wonder where they get such insight. Each year around this time, scads of articles appear with predictions about the future and, more importantly, what’s next for manufacturing. This year, two topics s...
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Manufacturing-quality: How exactly do you hit the mark?

Published on November 3, 2014

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” It is presumed that Henry Ford made that insightful statement, but I doubt it. Ford’s take on quality was entirely strategic—he was an industrialist after all. Sure, he knew integrity was important but I believe he had a different idea for quality as it relates to the manufacturing floor. I think it’s a definition worthy enough to kick around ...
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Industrial specialty products are customer focused

Published on October 2, 2014

A great distributor knows; customers define the specialty products he will purvey. It’s what makes an industrial product a “specialty” in the first place. He knows an anti-flutter could be an unusual specialty to one customer yet an essential stock to another. What’s important, it’s your business—you define the specialties. A great distributor understands that your needs are unique—it’s a customer...
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ACCESSA COATINGS SOLUTIONS OPENS NEW OHIO LOCATION

Published on September 4, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS—Accessa Coatings Solutions has opened a new facility in Millersburg, Ohio, to better serve commercial coatings customers in northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. As a part of this growth, Accessa moved its operations in Mount Hope, Ohio, to the larger space in Millersburg. “Opening our Millersburg, Ohio, operation makes it possible for our team to provide regionally robust custom...
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