Plating

Hardware manufacturer Bommer Industries is selling its metal finishing plant near Gaffney, S.C. after announcing it was ceasing operation.

XRF analysis of electronics coatings is a well-established technique. Non-destructive in nature and able to analyze sub 50 µm feature sizes, XRF instruments are at the heart of quality control programs in many electronics plating facilities.

If you are going big in the plating industry, you might as well do like Gatto Industrial Platers and go King Kong big.

The National Association for Surface Finishers has placed five new members on its Board of Directors.

If your parts are exhibiting nickel show out of your hex-chrome bath, it is generally due to poor coverage, an often misapplied and misunderstood term.

Clay Mueller has been involved in the finishing industry since 1968 and is a sales representative for Plating Specialists, Inc.

Pioneer Metal Finishing received ISO 13485 certification of its Medical Center of Excellence facility in South Bend, Indiana.

Plating tube or pipe is a technical process but not necessarily a technical challenge. Successful plating hinges more on planning and logistics than the plating process itself.

Strategic planning is often the key to higher profitability for finishing and coating operations.

The staff at Seminole Metal Finishing in Altamonte Springs, Florida, have a philosophy: why take five days to get the job done when four will do just fine?

Racks offer us the ability to fixture parts in a stationary manner for plating and other surface treatments, such as anodizing, electropolishing, painting, powder coating, and coloring.

Finishing and coating shops say the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuring supply chain issues have put a major dent into their operations, but many say this may be the year that things change for the better.

Suppliers to the finishing and coating industries say supply chain disruptions have slowed some raw materials from getting to shops, but those channels should be opening up sooner rather than later.

Pioneer Metal Finishing named Stephen Smith as Pioneer’s next CEO as Scott Kettler, Pioneer’s current President/COO, is retiring Feb. 3, as part of a planned transition.

The Michigan Chapter of the National Association for Surface Finishers is holding a webinar on “Automotive Industry Outlook: Navigating Disruption in a Time of Industry Transformation” on Wednesday, February 23.

MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions, a global leading manufacturer of chemical compounds used in surface finishing applications, has acquired HSO Herbert Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG. a privately-held multinational developer of technology for surface treatment.

Joe Dudenhoeffer walks at a brisk pace through his shop at Klein Plating Works early one Friday morning and sees the good and the struggles of the finishing business.

When you are plating a mold that sometimes costs $300,000 or more, one had better know what they are doing.

The National Association for Surface Finishing’s Technology Advisory Committee is looking for experts from around the world to give informative presentations at SUR/FIN 2022 in Chicago from June 7-9.

What role does marketing play in your finishing and coating operation?