Plating

Paul Springer was fresh out of college in the early 1970s and enjoying a career at Diamond Shamrock, where he helped create Dacromet, one of the first products that used a zinc and chromium coating application.

Atotech and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories announced that they will partner at SEL’s manufacturing facility under construction in Idaho.

David Epner, president of Epner Technology in Brooklyn, NY, who plated the Oscars for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, passed on April 30 at 89.

Session 6 at the NASF SUR/FIN Technical Conference will be on “Responses to PFAS/PFOA.”

The Chicago Midwest Chapter of the NASF will be hosting an “Industry Night” at the SUR/FIN conference on Tuesday, June 7.

Peter Gallerani is President and Chief Technology Officer at Integrated Technologies, Inc., an engineering, design, and consulting solutions firm for the finishing industry.

Sam Bell says he was speaking for many in the Metal Finishing Association of California at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Technical Working Group meeting April 26 to discuss the banning of hexavalent chrome plating and chromic acid anodizing facilities in the state.

Tom Evarian is a Plating Engineer at Electro-Spec Inc. in Franklin, Indiana.

Session 5 at the NASF SUR/FIN Technical Conference will be on “Advancements in Metal Finishing Technical Improvements.”

For Valley Chrome’s Ray Lucas, he will forever be the president of the now-defunct National Association of Metal Finishers.

The Michigan Chapter of the NASF will hold their 4-person golf scramble on May 20.

No one is questioning the effectiveness that hexavalent chromium has for its hardness, wearability, and even for preventing corrosion on critical metal parts.

Session 4 at the NASF SUR/FIN Technical Conference will be on “Advancements in Automotive Finishing.”

The 40th annual Metal Finishing Associations of California conference is September 20 and 22.

Historically, worker health and safety at finishing and coating operations have been addressed from two separate silos.

A Wisconsin judge ruled that the state’s Department of Natural Resources cannot cite PFAS polluters without first establishing a list of hazardous substances approved by state lawmakers.

The NASF Palmetto Southeast Chapter will hold its Spring Technical Summit and golf outing on May 18-19.

An environmental group in Alabama has filed a “notice of intent to sue” a metal finishing and casting plant in Birmingham that it claims is violating the federal Clean Water Act.

You can develop the opportunity for a competitive advantage in the finishing and coaching industry by mastering the disciple of execution.

The New England Chapter of the National Association For Surface Finishing is hosting an in-person seminar on Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and HAZMAT training on May 4.