Scott Kettler enjoys the strategy of taking Pioneer Metal Finishing from being a what business – “What finish do you need?” — to a why business.
Q: Some of the sets of surrogate parts I test end up failing Coefficient of Friction even though I just remade my topcoat tank. Why is my testing yielding inconsistent results and falling outside the specification?
For owner Greg Wood, the “secret sauce” to the success of Alpha Metal Finishing is the emphasis he puts on leadership development and building great teams at his Dexter, Michigan, company.
The longevity of the structure is often affected by the initial design, where the critical material choices are made.
Matt Lindstedt is not afraid to fail. The president of Advanced Plating Technologies in Milwaukee learned that from his father, CEO John Lindstedt, who also had the same attitude he inherited from his father, John H. Lindstedt.
MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions, a manufacturer of chemical compounds used in surface coating applications, has signed an agreement to acquire Coventya, a privately-held international chemical company specializing in surface finishing products.
Michael Flanigan is the Quality Assurance Manager at ElectroLab in Oldsmar, Florida, and began his career in metal finishing in 1985 working as a chemist in a wire mill in Muncie, Indiana.
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — In 2020, the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, began investigating whether there was possible exposure to carcinogens for personnel working with fighter jets, specifically to hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen created out of regular chromium.
Valence Wichita recently received a wide range of processing approvals to support the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules and all of its variants.
Chris Paris is the founder of Oxebridge Quality Resources International, an ISO 9001 and AS9100 consulting firm with offices in North America, South America, and Australia.
Rob Mason, CEF, PMP, ACG is a Principal Materials Scientist and Program Manager at Concurrent Technologies Corporation and is based in Tampa, Florida.
Faced by supply chain and hiring challenges, unpredictable shutdowns, and ever-changing regulations, CFOs are more strapped for time and resources than ever before.
If your monthly samples of high-phosphorus electroless nickel (HPEN) deposit pass more than 200 hours of exposure to neutral salt spray testing (NSST) per ASTM B117, but are failing customer specification requirement of providing greater than 10.5 percent phosphorus in the deposit, there is a remedy to correct this predicament.
For ChromeTech of Wisconsin, communication is the key to the success of its operation.
The NASF Palmetto Southeast Chapter is hosting a free metal finishing training course on June 2 in Greenville, SC, followed by a group trip to a minor league baseball game afterward.
Matthew Pankow is the founder and president of Plating International, a global supplier to the electroplating and metal finishing industry.
Bill McNabb and David Book both clearly remember the day when a premium threading company was about to put their plating shop to the ultimate test.
Metal finishers in California are in a fight for their business lives as regulators are planning to shut down most of the industry based on proposed new rules that affect the use of hexavalent chromium in the state.
AeroDynamics finishing facility in Seabrook, NH, was paid a visit by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen on April 26 as the government officials discussed the importance of the American Jobs Plan in helping to strengthen domestic manufacturing.
CRC Surface Technologies, a ChemResearch Company, has received recertification for their AS9100D/ISO 9001:2015 qualifications.
The market share of automotive aluminum brake components and the quality requirements for their related elements are increasing.
