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Some jobs test your mettle. Choosing the right lubricant helps you make the most.

Published on August 28, 2014

Metalworking lubricants perform a simple but critical task. Like a fuse, we learn to appreciate their usefulness more when they fail. And like fuses and everything else, industrial lubricants have become more technical and specialized. Always consider your options carefully. In 1914 the Bussmann brothers produced their first fuse from the basement of their home in St. Louis, Missouri. They soon r...
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Surface Pretreatment: Starting clean keeps your reputation spotless

Published on August 22, 2014

This is the first in a series of articles about budgeting for and purchasing pretreatment wash systems. Connect with HIT Solutions on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter so you don't miss a post. No one ever wants to hear, “You have to go back and start over.” Unfortunately, frustrated owners, production line managers and quality directors often describe to us finishing problems that link back to their...
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ACCESSA COATINGS SOLUTIONS GASSES UP NEW SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA TRUCK SERVICE

Published on August 18, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS—Putting top-performing metal and wood coatings to work just got easier in Southwestern Indiana. Accessa Coatings Solutions’ is now running a bi-weekly truck delivery service to industrial manufacturers in Indiana counties including Dubois, Daviess, Martin, Orange and others. “This market is one of the Midwestern regions we are targeting for future growth and opportunity. Our guys w...
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Collaboration—critical, but attractive choices

Published on July 28, 2014

Call it what you like but relationships where collaboration thrive is a one-plus-one equals-three proposition. Task by task, you can achieve shared goals that are more meaningful within your company, more valuable to your customers and more strategic within the supply chain. Companies that want to grow seek the competitive advantage gained from collaborative efforts. They see the disruptive comple...
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Few problems are bigger than Cancer

Published on June 26, 2014

When it comes to solving problems, few are bigger than Cancer. It not only weakens the patient, but it can throw entire families into a life and death struggle. The business? Who cares at that point? Conversely, there are few things more rewarding than helping these families find SOLUTIONS to life’s biggest problems. Solutions are special There’s something special about a solution. You puzzle. Yo...
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ACCESSA COATINGS SOLUTIONS HIRES NEW SALES MANAGER

Published on June 16, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS—ACCESSA Coatings Solutions, a preferred industrial coatings provider with over 100 years of specialized coatings experience in metal, wood, plastic and general industrial applications, has hired Peter Countryman as its Sales Manager. Countryman brings 12 years of executive sales management experience to ACCESSA and is responsible for the management and growth of ACCESSA’s sales divisi...
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From data to wisdom: charting your shop’s new path

Published on May 22, 2014

Before metalworking coolants are drawn, lubricants changed, adhesives applied or before any conversion coating solution is even dreamt about, data are being collected and managed somewhere along the food chain. I am no expert in data science but I do appreciate how much (and how fast) industry is being tantalized with the power of data. What’s relevant for any shop is that meaningful data manageme...
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25 Industrious news bits challenge YOU to connect the dots

Published on April 29, 2014

It’s not so much in the collecting of the dots as it is in the connecting a link to your business that matters. Just last week one of my favorites, the best selling business author, Seth Godin wrote “Connecting dots, solving the problem that hasn't been solved before, seeing the pattern before it is made obvious, is more essential than ever before. Why then, do we spend so much time collecting dot...
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ACCESSA COATINGS SOLUTIONS UNVEILS PAINT COLOR APP

Published on April 28, 2014

Choosing the perfect shade just got easier for professionals INDIANAPOLIS —Picking a paint color just got faster, easier and more fun for professionals who purchase high-quality commercial/industrial finishes and coatings. With the new ACCESSA Coatings Solutions app, bulky color cards are no longer necessary. Users simply open the free app, filter by color family and browse readily available sh...
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Lip service, nosebleeds and value propositions

Published on March 24, 2014

Why do we find it so hard to walk the talk when it comes to the importance of human capital? No one argues the importance of people to our businesses. CEOs famously assert in their public relations efforts “people are our most important asset.” And in survey after survey we hear various leaders, for small and larger operations alike, recount the importance of good people and the relationship of hu...
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