In many industries and businesses, a good partnership between your suppliers is often necessary to maintain smooth flowing day-to-day operations. For huge industries like automotive, electronics, construction and the likes, getting reliable suppliers of some of their indispensible needs is key to delivering their services to the customers and assuring that their companies continue to grow. These huge industries are always on a look out for good chemical equipment manufacturers or chemical process equipment manufacturers, ventilation equipment manufacturers, aluminum coating manufacturers, and companies with expertise on the aluminum coating process.

After iron, aluminum is now the second most widely used metal in the world. There are many options in finishing aluminum and that is why it is the most commonly used material in the construction industry, automotive, hospitals, schools, and even space research facilities. Aluminum has a good combination of attractive properties, such as superior malleability, low weight, easy machining, high strength, excellent corrosion resistance and good thermal and electrical conductivity. Aluminum is also popular because it is also very easy to recycle.

Metal finishing and coating is widely used in the metal finishing industry for coating metal surfaces for protection against corrosion and surface scratches. This process usually comes along in building constructions, hospital facilities, office and schools. The most important step of the process is the surface treatment before the actual coating is performed.

One of the most common surface treatment methods is called Anodizing. Anodizing was developed more than fifty years ago as a simple electrochemical process that forms a protective coating of aluminum oxide on the surface of the aluminum. Aluminum oxide is weather resistant, and is a hard, durable, substance that protects the base metal. The lifetime of the finish is proportional to the thickness of the anodic coating applied.

Anodizing is a popular method because it is affordable, will not peel-off because the coating is actually part of the metal and gives it a richer metallic appearance. Anodizing is also unaffected by sunlight.

Another common surface treatment is powder coating. Unlike liquid paint, which is composed of pigment, resin, and solvent, powder paint is simply pigment encapsulated in a powdered resin. You can think of it as simply "paint without the solvent."

Powder coating is by far the most common method of applying color to aluminum profiles. Some of its foremost characteristics are minimal risk of running and splattering, capability to withstand high impact abrasion, good formability (can be bent after powder coating), and it is suitable for use in open air - high UV radiation resistance and corrosion resistance. The real advantage of powder is the reduction in air pollution compared to liquid coatings. A disadvantage of powder is the large batch sizes that are typically required by powder coatings.

When choosing which application or surface treatment to use, there are some guidelines that are based on the project you are going to make. Your choice cannot be based on your preference. For example, if you are handling storefronts or anywhere, any space needing a rich metallic appearance, Anodizing is the most suitable application for you. Anodized surfaces are also best for handrails, and metal columns in interiors of your office spaces or buildings.