Grapek Bates will be demonstrating respirators and other spray technologies in booth #212 at the Wood Pro Expo in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The acquisition gives Carlisle a leading position in a new industry segment with widely recognized premium brands in industrial liquid finishing equipment and systems.

Graco will sell the Binks, DeVilbiss, Ransburg and BGK assets obtained during its acquisition of the Finishing Brands. Carlisle Companies will purchase the Liquid Finishing business from Graco for $590 million.

Graco has signed a definitive agreement to sell the Liquid Finishing business assets that were purchased as part of its acquisition of the Finishing Brands business from Illinois Tool Works (ITW) on April 2, 2012.

Finishing Brands, manufacturer of Binks industrial finishing equipment, is including two additional fluid nozzles, at no charge, in five new promotional packages of Binks Trophy manual spray guns.

Finishing Brands: Binks, DeVilbiss, Ransburg, BGK and Owens Community College have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology Workshop.

Finishing Brands: Binks, DeVilbiss, Ransburg, BGK and Owens Community College have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology Workshop.

Binks, a global leader in finishing technology for industrial applications, has added to its line of industrial pumps with two new pumps and an expansion to a piston pump line.

ITW has announced the integration of its Binks, DeVilbiss, Ransburg and BGK brands into one new operating unit, ITW Finishing Equipment Americas.

ATLANTA, GA -- The International Woodworking Fair (IWF) Challengers Distinguished Achievement Awards selection committee named the seven winning entries at a ceremony held this morning on the show floor.