Plating

There are not too many manufacturers who choose to get into the electroplating business, given the regulations and hurdles that come with opening their own lines.

A job shop electroplating facility was asked to plate magnesium alloy parts, which they had never done before.

Several years ago, the prices for nickel anodes and related plating salts rose steeply.

It is still unclear when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will send out its survey to electroplating operations as part of its “Chrome Finishing Industry Data Collection.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the third Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) test order requiring testing on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under EPA’s National PFAS Testing Strategy, the latest action taken under EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to confront contamination from forever chemicals nationwide.

If electric vehicles are the future of the automotive industry, then futuristic corrosion protection will be needed to keep the batteries that run them reliable and less expensive.

Michigan Metal Coatings is planning a new location in Sidney, Ohio, and will receive a tax credit from the state to open the facility.

When Simon Haining’s finishing operation at High Tech Finishing caught fire in May, he didn’t need to wait for an investigation to see what caused the disaster.

Over the last several months, we’ve met three fathers of motivation theory and examined their ideas and principles.

Masking is employed in almost any metal finishing operation where only a specifically defined area of the surface of a part must be exposed to a process.

Ken Hoffmann was enjoying his life in luxurious Palm Springs, California when the call came that made him take a more serious tone about his life goals.

Zinc plating was first developed in the 1800s, and the first bright zinc-plated deposits were obtained from cyanide zinc baths in the early 1930s.

After more than 50 years in the finishing industry, you can now find Jim Jones soaring high above the clouds these days.

Iowa’s SunHydrogen, a developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, says it will work with a South Korean company on electroplating solutions to optimize its equipment in a scale-up process.

Kuntz Electroplating in Kitchener, Ontario, is receiving $3 million to create jobs and strengthen its manufacturing capabilities in the automotive and electric vehicle industry

This third article on motivation in the finishing and coating industry starts with a reflection on your part.

Dummying is the plating industry jargon for electrochemical purification. 

Greg Andrews made one of the most important business decisions of his life in 2020 to buy new machinery for his family-owned plating operation, and a few months later, he had buyer’s remorse.

Aotco Metal Finishing, a Massachusetts-based finisher, announced its acquisition of Connecticut-based Modern Metal Finishing.

Ceramic substrates have been used for many years in the production of electronic circuits.