Barrette Outdoor Living is a leading North American supplier of exterior home products to the residential market, producing composite, vinyl, aluminum and steel fencing and railing; composite decking; and other outdoor products.
Headquartered in Galloway, NJ, the company employs more than 2,000 people at 10 locations throughout the United States; including a 300,000 square foot facility in Brooksville, Florida, which serves as a hub of powder coating activity for Barrette Outdoor Living’s aluminum fencing and railing lines.
“Powder coating is a tremendous market that continues to grow as more companies move away from liquid and use powder as a better solution to paint their products where feasible,” says Chip Howison, Vice President of Production for Barrette Outdoor Living.
Howison says powder is the right solution for companies who want to save time, money and reduce their carbon footprint.
“Although there are applications where liquid paint is a good solution for painting a product due to substrate material,” he says. “existing equipment or piece price costs, powder coating — with its clear environmental advantages — is often the preferred option and should be considered when evaluating a finishing operation.”
The benefits of higher paint utilization through reclaim, reduced waste disposal costs and being a user-friendly material makes powder paint a more environmentally-friendly finishing process.
In addition to its many environmental benefits, powder coating technology continues to improve. In addition to its many environmental benefits, powder coating technology continues to push the industry to embrace its sustainability benefit, like finding new fencing materials to apply powder to — like wood.
