Plating

Ten years ago, Tracy Boetsma and James Davis took a chance on owning their own finishing operation and named it Highpoint Finishing Solutions in Zeeland, Michigan.

If your facility is troubleshooting bright nickel processes, it is best to narrow the scope of the issue to identify the root cause of the problem.

Kerry Behnke is Zinc Business Team Manager at Professional Plating in Brillion, Wisconsin. 

When it comes to wooing prospective customers, most finishing and coating operations don’t usually start by showcasing their fixturing capabilities, but not U.S. Chrome.

Diane Buhrmaster, Coatings Technology Team Lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, was awarded the 2020 Brigadier General Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award in the Civilian Category.

The history of electroplating is a curious mixture of mistakes, observations, serendipity and experimental development, enmeshed and entwined with the discovery of electricity in the late 18th century.

As a psychosomatic union, body-soul composite, I possess an ancient, almost antiquarian, traditionalist imagination that pervades my perception and discernment of everything, including my professional life.

Joe Dudenhoeffer is president of Klein Plating Works in Erie, PA, the fourth-generation family owner who took over the company in 2013. The company is 106 years old in 2021.

For Christopher Pletcher, the millions of parts that Allegheny Coatings finishes and sends out the door to its customers are more than just a successful transaction.

Adam Blakeley is Director of Technical Services for the Eastern Region at MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solitions, as well as a Master Surface Finisher.

Trevor Morgan is president of Triple Cities Metal Finishing in Binghamton, New York, running three shifts in a 125,000 square feet production facility. TCMF was founded in 1945 and is AS 9100 rev d certified, NADCAP accredited, and RoHS and REACH compliant.

Houston Plating & Coatings (HP&C) has added high temperature heat treatment of electroless nickel plating to its broad line of corrosion and wear protection services. 

DeKalb Metal Finishing is now offering a wider range of professional development and educational opportunities for employees to finish their degrees through a new partnership with Trine University.

Most quality professionals working with surface texture/roughness are well familiar with the “R” parameters, such as Ra (average roughness). These widely used parameters are derived from 2-dimensional measurements, typically generated by stylus profilers or other 2D measurement technologies.

Alan Henry is the Owner and President of at ChromeTech of Wisconsin, which he has run since 1984.

In the finishing world, no one likes friction when it comes to the corrosion protection of their parts. For William Howard, Jr. of Houston Plating and Coatings, other types of friction rub him the wrong way, too, especially when it comes to logistics.

Lehigh Defense is a U.S. bullet and ammunition manufacturer located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and holds 12 patents on bullet design, and currently offering nearly 200 unique machined bullets.

Be candid. Be curious. Be courageous. It’s on the Hubbard-Hall website. It’s throughout their literature. It’s voiced in team discussions. Six empowering words, three of which repeat for greater effect.

Doug Greene is president of Hixson Metal Finishing in Newport Beach, California, a position he has held for over 20 years. HMF is a full service provider offering more than 80 metal finishing, testing, and inspection processes.

Metal Finishing Technologies in Bristol, Connecticut, says it has retained JD Technologies to grow MFT’s business in New England, Texas, and Oklahoma.