Plating

Uniformity of metal deposition is crucial in electrodeposition processes since it directly influences coating performance, corrosion resistance, and mechanical durability, especially for components with complex geometries.

Perhaps the reader, like me, recalls the melody of the Eagles' "New Kid in Town," a song that was at the top of the musical headlines at that time.

High Performance Metal Finishing in Portage, Michigan, has acquired Kepco, a Vicksburg, MI, metal-finishing company.

Nearly half of finishers and coaters believe that 2026 will only be slightly better than 2025, when many shop owners saw a drastic downturn in business in North America.

Everyone has specific requirements that must be addressed. There are items on the overall agenda.

Electrodeposition of metallic rhenium (Re) is optimized for crack-free coatings through the use of a high-throughput cell to develop pulse-reverse waveforms.

Natalia Stephen thanks one special person for putting her in the position she is in: the owner of two finishing operations in Ontario, Canada, and a foremost expert in corrosion-prevention coatings.

I learned this adage earlier in my greenhorn career while servicing copper, nickel, and hex chrome electroplating shops: “You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.”

A finisher who had just been transferred to the plating department of a facility wrote to me asking about magnetism.

You’ve likely never heard of American hero Rick Rescorla or his incredible story.

No finishing shop wants to shut down its line for five weeks, but for Steve Sedely and the team at LaPeer Plating and Plastic, it was well worth the wait.

Electrochemical d-c methods were used to study the electrodeposition of Ni-Cr-P alloy in the presence of organic and inorganic additives.

When I first thought about what AI is, two things really stuck out in my mind: Artificial Intelligence and Hollywood.

Marko Duffy is enjoying his fourth decade in the finishing industry, but the last four have been the whirlwind he has always dreamed about.

The last month seems to have yielded a spate of corrosion-related problems.

Valence Surface Technologies has acquired Foresight Finishing, a Tempe, Arizona-based provider of surface treatment solutions for the aerospace and defense markets.

Incertec has acquired Metal-Tek, a heat-treating company located in Fridley, Minnesota.

Bill Nelson is Vice President of Technology at UPA Technology, a U.S.-based worldwide supplier of coating and plating thickness measurement equipment and thickness standards.

If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to start your planning for the outcomes you want in 2026.

The Metal Finishing Association of California has named James Simonelli as its new Executive Director.