B.L. Downey Company celebrates it's 60th Anniversary in business

BROADVIEW, Ill. - April 10, 2016 - PRLog -- As leaders in the performance-decorative coating industry, B.L. Downey Company is proud to be celebrating its 60th anniversary this April. After 60 years of business, 18 E-coat and Powder process line within a 325,000 sq ft facility, the B.L. Downey Company continues to grow and adapt to be a sustained leader in the E-coat and Powder coating industry, serving clients Worldwide.

In the past 60 years, B.L. Downey Company has become members of various associations and groups to stay in touch with current trends, support the coating industry, and to be a continued leader in the coating industry. Some of these associations and groups include:

• Powder Coating Institute Member

• Wire Reinforcement Institute Member

• CRSI Member & Epoxy Interest Group Member

• Precision Metalforming Association Member

• National Association of Manufacturers Member

• Chemical Coaters Association International Member

• Electrocoat Association Member (Board of Directors, Member)

• Society of Mechanical Engineers Member

• Powder Coating Institute Member

The B.L. Downey Company has also been able to adapt to customer's new products and coating systems by being approved and certified

for a variety of coating systems used throughout the coating industry. Our certifications, approvals, and methodology include but are not

limited to the following:

• ISO 9001-2008 Registered

• ISO / TS16949 Compliant

• FM Certified

• CE Certified

• UL Approvals

• John Deere Global Supplier

• Caterpillar Quality Level 5 Approved

• Volvo Y600-1, Y600-2, Y600-3 and Y600-4 Approved

• Nuclear Power Industry 10CFR21 Compliant

• Multiple Department of Defense / Military (CARC) Approvals

• PACCAR Approvals

• GM, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, Ford, Navistar, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Tesla, and Daimler approved processes and products.

• Disciplined in Kanban

• Disciplined in Kaizen 5-S

The B.L. Downey Company would to thank everyone for their continued business to make B.L. Downey Company LLC

a success and for allowing us to serve you… our partners.

About B.L. Downey Company LLC

B. L. Downey Company is located in Broadview, Illinois (13 miles west of downtown Chicago). Founded in 1956, B.L. Downey Company LLC, has been a pioneer in the E-coat and powder coating industry. Operating five E-coat processes (powder over E-coat technologies), twelve Powder Coating lines and Four automatic shot blast machines. B.L. Downey Company is ISO 9001-2008 certified, and has developed quality systems and

processes that meet the rigorous quality specifications, approvals, certifications, and quality demands expected by the Military, Agriculture & Construction Equipment, Automotive, General Industrial, Decorative Fencing, and Architectural Industries. B.L. Downey Company is also a certified applicator for the Concrete Steel Reinforcing Institute (CRSI - Wire Reinforcement/Rebar Industry), and is an approved supplier to the United States Military, Concrete Steel Reinforcing Institute (CRSI), John Deere, Caterpillar, Honda, Toyota, Ford, GM, Volvo, and more.

For more information,

Contact: Mitchell Eickhoff at meickhoff@bldowney.com

708-345-8000

Or visit:
http://bldowney.com