Plating

Jim Toth is a CEF and president of Jim Toth Solutions, an electroplating consulting business.

The cost-effectiveness of processing parts in one planned cycle cannot be underestimated. The success of the operation indicates finishing requirements have been achieved.

Extreme Coatings in St. Petersburg, FL and Precision Spray and Coatings in Houston, TX have formed a joint venture to merge their Houston operations.

Two years ago, Metal Finishing Technologies in Bristol, Connecticut, threw its annual Christmas party luncheon for employees and retirees, and a blast from the past reappeared.

Nancy Zapata-Acosta is President of Control Electropolishing in Brooklyn, New York.

Kaman Air Vehicles, an aircraft parts manufacturer in Connecticut, faces a possible $308,168 fine for allegedly failing to protect employees from toxic substance exposures.

Robotics has become a big part of the culture at Quality Metal Finishing in Byron, IL, which is about 90 minutes east of Chicago.

The Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization is honoring George Gatto Sr. from Gatto Industrial Plating as its Man of the Year at its Honor and Hope Gala on Nov. 6.

Brightness or specular reflectivity from an alkaline zinc-nickel bath can be hindered by several different factors.

Ask any finisher or coater what makes their operations successful, and they might tell you about their “Secret Sauce” of being a highly efficient and profitable shop.

It may be October, but for a significant part of the country, autumn slides us forward towards that unavoidable cold wintry season.

Valence Surface Technologies has acquired H&W Global Industries in Blairsville, PA.

Haviland Enterprises promoted of Meg Post to President of the Grand Rapids, Michigan company.

Session 6 at SUR/FIN is called “Technology Response to REACh,” and features seven presentations starting Nov. 2 at 2:00 p.m.

ZF Automotive Canada is expanding its Ontario facility and installing a trivalent chromium plating line.

There will be more than 130 exhibitors at the NASF's SUR/FIN conference representing some of the most advanced technology in the finishing and coating industry.

Atotech and AT&S announced a joint collaboration project with the goal of reducing energy consumption and optimizing energy efficiency of the AT&S production processes in the plating lines manufactured by Atotech.

It starts like any other Monday morning at your finishing and coating operation.

Session 9 at SUR/FIN is called “Advances in Automotive Finishing,” and features nine presentations starting Nov. 4 at 8:30 a.m.

Believe it or not, the tumultuous up and down of the U.S. economy over the last few years has been a calming time for Protech Metal Finishing CEO Mike Huddleston.