Plating

The European Chemicals Agency wants to exempt the electroplating and finishing industry from its ban on hexavalent chromium.

The metal-finishing industry serves up fresh challenges daily.

Investigations were conducted into the sodium zincate solution used for treating aluminum prior to its being plated.

Cooper Machinery Services in Houston acquired the chroming assets of ICP Industries, including its proprietary plating processes and operational infrastructure.

MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions says it has "invested" in RM Plating, a finishing company in Irapuato, Mexico.

James Lindsay, Ph. D., is a retired research engineer from General Motors who has volunteered for numerous surface finishing industry groups over the past several decades.

Tribar Technologies in Wixom, Michigan, announced that it has been sold and that its Adept Plastic Finishing division will close.

At some point, every manufacturer faces problems that develop in its process.

The corrosion resistance of tin/zinc alloys is investigated by EC, CMT, ASTM B117 and Prohesion tests in this edited version of the Garland Award winner from the 2000 Aerospace/Airline Plating & Metal Finishing Forum.

Art Mink is the Vice President of Sales at Varland Plating in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Safety is prevalent in the metal finishing industry. It takes no back seat or second place.

The National Association for Surface Finishing is seeking nominations for various industry awards it presents each year.

At just over 8,000 square feet, Plateronics Processing in Chatsworth, California, isn’t going to compete with the bigger shops that can finish large aerospace parts in massive quantities.

A shop operated a high-speed cyanide copper plating solution about as slow as molasses.

During prolonged operation of PEM water electrolyzer (PEMWE) in an acidic environment, the formation of TiO2 on the surface of the Ti-PTL causes passivation, resulting in an increase in the cell voltage.

MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions will sponsor the University of Florida's Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) racing team, Gator Motorsports.

Quaker Houghton has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Dipsol Chemicals Co., a surface treatment and plating chemistry supplier.

There’s a saying in the performance world: "You never rise to the occasion; you fall to your level of training.” 

Richard Lynch is out, and Graeme Dickinson is in at MacDermid Enthone.

We have reported Fe–Pt films with hard magnetic properties electroplated from plating baths using citric acid as a complexing agent.