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.
When I first thought about what AI is, two things really stuck out in my mind: Artificial Intelligence and Hollywood.
Marko Duffy is enjoying his fourth decade in the finishing industry, but the last four have been the whirlwind he has always dreamed about.
The last month seems to have yielded a spate of corrosion-related problems.
Valence Surface Technologies has acquired Foresight Finishing, a Tempe, Arizona-based provider of surface treatment solutions for the aerospace and defense markets.
Incertec has acquired Metal-Tek, a heat-treating company located in Fridley, Minnesota.
Bill Nelson is Vice President of Technology at UPA Technology, a U.S.-based worldwide supplier of coating and plating thickness measurement equipment and thickness standards.
If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to start your planning for the outcomes you want in 2026.
The Metal Finishing Association of California has named James Simonelli as its new Executive Director.
Of all the measured parameters we deal with, time is perhaps the one that receives the most attention.
Owner Mark Morris differs from most metal finishers in that he has no inclination to add or change the services that J&M Plating in Rockford, Illinois, provides to its fastener customers.
John Cutchin started Palmetto Plating in Easley, SC, in 1964 to provide metal finishing services to the textile industries, which were located in the upstate region of South Carolina.
Next to air, water is the most important ingredient for life. Now consider that it’s also the main ‘chemical’ used in the plating bath.
In the competitive world of finishing and coating, it's easy to fall into the trap of selling your services as a commodity.
On September 26, the Secretary of Commerce published a request for public comments relating to two national security investigations initiated on September 2, 2025, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
The green cyanide-free gold deposition is an important development direction in electroless gold plating.
