Plating

Once dubbed “forever chemicals,” per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, might be in the market for a new nickname.

A St. Mary’s College professor has received an award for developing an electroplating process for glow-in-the-dark finishes being used by the U.S. Navy.

The National Association for Surface Finishing says in its 2022 Economic Impact Report on the U.S. surface finishing industry that there are more than 2,600 shops with an economic output of almost $11 billion.

The evolution of the plating process has been a slow one relative to other manufacturing processes.

Session 9 at the NASF SUR/FIN Technical Conference will be on “Aerospace/Defense/Military Zinc Nickel Advancements.”

Bill Nebiolo from REM Surface Engineering speaks about the 2022 Technical Conference at the NASF SUR/FIN Conference, which will be held June 7-9 in Rosemont in Chicago.

The U.S. EPA added five PFAS chemicals to a list of risk-based values that help the agency determine if response or remediation activities are needed.

Frank Aguilar has been an integral part of the metal finishing industry for more than 50 years.

The threaded fastener industry is an important one for the finishing sector.

A California environmental group has sued Hixson Metal Finishing in Newport Beach, alleging violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and Clean Water Act.

Session 8 at the NASF SUR/FIN Technical Conference will be on “Innovations for Improving Productivity.”

Tony Revier recently commemorated his 34th year at Uyemura, most recently as its President and CEO.

Summer in Chicago is bratwurst, deep dish pizza, lakeshore beaches, and laughs with good friends.

Electroless nickel has been and continues to be in popular demand for a variety of engineering, aerospace, automotive, medical, military, and similar related finishes.

When Jose Lopez of Elite Finishing in Milwaukee first got his wife, Maria, a job at the same facility almost 33 years ago, he was the luckiest man in the place.

A former owner of the Sebring Industrial Plating facility in Ohio pled guilty to solid and hazardous waste charges.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Chris Pappas (D-NH) announced plans to introduce the bicameral Clean Water Standards for PFAS 2.0 Act to further regulate PFAS.

Session 7 at the NASF SUR/FIN Technical Conference will be on “Decorative Automotive Considerations.”

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.