Plating

The U.S. Department of Defense recently honored its Acquisition and Logistics-Heavy Metals Working Group in Washington, DC, for its work to reduce and/or eliminate the use of hexavalent chromium in weapon systems and maintenance processes.

Hohman Plating in has begun work on a $12 million expansion of its operations in Dayton, Ohio.

More than 30 members of the U.S. Congress are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to speed up its efforts to stop industries such as metal finishing from discharging PFAS into wastewater systems.

Minneapolis is working to ban any new electroplating operations from setting up shop in the city.

I had a client tell me about how their shop periodically experiences a number of plating problems in our barrel nickel plating operation.

An additional 248 finishing operations have been added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency list of shops they will survey in the coming months on the use of PFAS in their wastewater treatment system.

Dan Brockman was a college student in the late 1960s when he took a part-time job at a manufacturer who also happened to be looking for a hard chrome plater.

To understand the future, one should start with an understanding of history and the technology involved.

With the hard insurance market continuing what may soon be a historical run, finishing and coating operators across the country are clamoring to gain clarity and control of their terms and premiums.

Mark Toni is a firm believer that, when it comes to the finishing industry, what happens off the shop floor is just as important as what happens on it.

The Department of Defense announced the 2023 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards winners, including one for the elimination of hexavalent chromium in military processes.

We will discuss recent work on improving the wear performance of a functional chromium coating from a trivalent chromium plating bath.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public input on new PFAS regulations.

How important is motivation in the finishing and coating industry?

BICO Steel has acquired RE Metal Finishing, further developing its extensive steel processing and fabrication capabilities.

Surface finish R&D departments on the supplier side have been very busy developing new finishes to meet the ever-changing demands of the electronics industry.

Saporito Finishing’s Jeff Logan is a strong believer in the 80/20 principle of running a business.

Finishers using hexavalent chromium in California have less than two weeks to respond to amendments to the California Air Resources Board proposal to phase out existing facilities over the next 10 years.

The American Chemistry Council is strongly concerned with EPA’s draft Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment for hexavalent chromium.

The Surface Finishers Educational Association will host an online presentation on April 13 on “Parts Handling In Electroplating - Rack, Barrel, Hoist, Hand-Wire.”