The coatings industry is mourning the loss of Thomas J. “Jerry” Forbes, the founder and president of Frontier Industrial Technology, Inc. since 1987.    In that time, his desire to design and build the best coating and web handling equipment created what has become the benchmark of the industry.    Throughout his career, Jerry designed some of the most innovative slitting systems and roll-to-roll web splicing technologies which earned him 3 US Patents. With decades of applica...