Anodize

Sierra Aluminum  announced expansion plans that will increase its extrusion, anodizing and painting capacity with the addition of a greenfield facility in Mexicali, Mexico, and new investments in its existing California facilities.

Ed Bryant is President at Altech Anodizing in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, which serves customers all over Canada and the United States.

We often talk about the anodizing process itself and how we can improve it. But today, we’ll start a little before the actual anodizing step.

Reiner Goertzen is a manufacturing engineer by trade and a problem solver by heart.

Dr. Jude Mary Runge’s career as a metallurgical engineer and surface finishing expert spans almost 40 years in industrial, government, and academic, professional settings.

There are several methods of achieving colors on anodized aluminum: Electrolytic coloring with metal salts, organic dyeing, electrolytic coloring with metal salts and organic dyeing (overdye) and interference coloring.

AOTCO Metal Finishing, has launched a new Type I Chromic Acid Anodizing service for its aerospace and other clients.

Janette Courtney is the Division Environmental, Health, and Safety Director of Bonnell Aluminum in Newnan, GA.

Janette Courtney from Bonnell Aluminum was elected Chairperson of the Aluminum Anodizers Council at its annual Board of Directors meeting during the Aluminum Summit in Nashville, TN.

Leupold & Stevens, Inc. has acquired Anodize Solutions, effective immediately.

George Koch Sons, a leader in the development of automated finishing systems, introduced KOCH, a corporate brand identity linking generations of experience in the anodizing, plating, and paint finishing industries.

Kevin Janis is the Business Development Manager at Reliant Aluminum Products.

When Dan Rose was looking for a new business opportunity in 1999 and asked one of his machine shop customers if he wanted to form a partnership to help grow the business, he didn’t get the response he was expecting.

Coloring aluminum by means of electrolytic 2-step has been widely practiced in North America since the late 1970s.

Thousands of aluminum anodizers dye their products. These companies range from Job shops with 45-gallon tanks to architectural plants with tanks holding 7,000 gallons.

When Jon Allen became General Manager of Luke Engineering and Manufacturing earlier this year, he and President Meghan Bates quickly decided on a change to the name of the company.