As an owner of a metal finishing or coating company, you’re probably constantly juggling things such as a customer demanding parts faster than you can deliver or an upcoming ISO, NADCAP, or key customer audit.
The fascinating and rewarding parts of the finishing industry are evident every day; no matter how much time we spend doing and learning, the rewards provide invaluable experience that helps us do our jobs better.
Colorado regulators are moving forward with a new round of environmental rulemaking that could significantly affect electroplating and anodizing operations using hexavalent chromium.
It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to run a successful electroplating operation that has lasted 100 years and weathered the industry’s many storms.
In surface finishing operations, pumps and power supplies rarely grab attention, but they often determine whether a line runs smoothly or struggles with downtime, inefficiency, and escalating maintenance costs.
The following letter from Eric Svenson, Master CEF, Chief Executive Officer of Plating Resources, was actually sent to President Donald Trump.
The most-read article posted on www.FinishingAndCoating.com in 2025 was all about the math and calculations involved in finishing.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated an investigation into antidumping and countervailing duty allegations regarding imports of chromium trioxide from India and Turkey.
A shop reports observing minute defects in its decorative nickel-chromium-plated castings.
Uniformity of metal deposition is crucial in electrodeposition processes since it directly influences coating performance, corrosion resistance, and mechanical durability, especially for components with complex geometries.
Perhaps the reader, like me, recalls the melody of the Eagles' "New Kid in Town," a song that was at the top of the musical headlines at that time.
High Performance Metal Finishing in Portage, Michigan, has acquired Kepco, a Vicksburg, MI, metal-finishing company.
Nearly half of finishers and coaters believe that 2026 will only be slightly better than 2025, when many shop owners saw a drastic downturn in business in North America.
Everyone has specific requirements that must be addressed. There are items on the overall agenda.
Electrodeposition of metallic rhenium (Re) is optimized for crack-free coatings through the use of a high-throughput cell to develop pulse-reverse waveforms.
Natalia Stephen thanks one special person for putting her in the position she is in: the owner of two finishing operations in Ontario, Canada, and a foremost expert in corrosion-prevention coatings.
I learned this adage earlier in my greenhorn career while servicing copper, nickel, and hex chrome electroplating shops: “You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.”
A finisher who had just been transferred to the plating department of a facility wrote to me asking about magnetism.
You’ve likely never heard of American hero Rick Rescorla or his incredible story.
No finishing shop wants to shut down its line for five weeks, but for Steve Sedely and the team at LaPeer Plating and Plastic, it was well worth the wait.
Electrochemical d-c methods were used to study the electrodeposition of Ni-Cr-P alloy in the presence of organic and inorganic additives.
