Xiom Corp., a Long Island, NY-based company that manufactures plastic powder spray systems and polymer-based coatings, has been awarded grants totaling 500,000 dollars from two New York state agencies. The first grant, from The New York State Department of Economic Development, Environmental Services Unit, will focus on reducing liquid paint/coating use and decreasing curing oven requirements through XIOM technology substitution. The project aims to replace multiple coating steps--e.g., prep, dry, prime, dry, basecoat, cure, topcoat, cure, cool--to improve productivity and output. Additionally, because the technology is a powder coating, each company that adopts the Xiom approach could significantly cut VOC emissions, solvent/water use, and sludge, generation from their coating-operations.
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