Plating

Every Sunday, the arrival of the Los Angeles Times was more than a routine; it became my anchor during a time of deep uncertainty and transition in a new country.

Solstice Advanced Materials will acquire MacDermid Enthone’s parent, Element Solutions, for approximately $14.5 billion, including the assumption of net debt.

This is the follow-up to the article I wrote in November 2025, titled “AI – Amplified Intelligence or Alienating Intelligence?”

A finishing operation includes an electroforming step that uses a sulfamate nickel plating solution about which they know very little.

For more than six decades, Electro-Spec has quietly built a reputation as one of the most technically advanced and innovative high-reliability plating companies in North America.

The Minnesota Association of Metal Finishers will host its annual golf tournament on Friday, August 7, at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake, Minnesota.

Brass components are widely used in heat dissipation and thermal emission devices due to their high thermal conductivity and ease of processing.

When representatives from Boeing arrived at 3P Processing in Wichita, Kansas, several years ago, they delivered a message that left Terry Karst both surprised and humbled.

Thinking about succession can be overwhelming for many owners, and the pressure to get it right can make it easier to put off than to face.

For many finishers, electrical consumption is one of the largest expenses in a facility, and older rectifier systems can consume significantly more power while also taking up valuable production space.

A paradigm is a standard model or framework for how something should be done. It’s a focus or a set of shared assumptions that shapes how you perceive things and solve problems.

Plating on Plastics (PoP) requires specific surface pre-treatment steps to enable metallization.

The Metal Finishing Association of Southern California’s annual golf outing on May 11 brought together the region’s surface finishing community for a day focused on networking, advocacy, and industry support — while also generating a record amount of fundraising revenue for the association.

A shop manager wrote to me about an issue with their electroless nickel plating process, in which a localized stain occurred.

To achieve superior interfacial bonding between carbon fibers and an Al matrix, this study employed a simplified electroplating system to deposit Ni coatings on carbon fibers using an additive-free electrolyte.

Finishers will be seeing more than a 40% rise in the cost of hexavalent chromium chemicals after the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative ruling in its antidumping investigation.

For Tammy Speal, one of the most powerful advantages of being part of Valence Surface Technologies isn’t just scale—it’s connection.

As finishers continue searching for ways to improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and increase throughput, one piece of equipment is drawing renewed attention on plating lines: the rectifier.

Most owners we meet do not immediately decide to sell.

The porous pot was designed to purify hard chrome plating baths by supposedly removing iron, copper, and other tramp metals.