Plating

Aside from its sterling clean electroplating operation and its depth of knowledge in some of the most difficult finishing processes, Sheffield Platers in San Diego is a contradiction in many ways.

Emmanuel Caraza Aguirre is Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, Coatings, and Waste Water Treatment at Kohler Co. in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Five years ago, Microfinish owner Bill Stock found himself between the proverbial rock and hard place. To be specific, he found himself between a rock and hard-chrome place.

Ralph Capalbo says he feels like royalty these days, although the remark comes with a tongue firmly planted against his cheek.

The Masters Association of Metal Finishers is pleased to announce its Educational Scholarship Program.

The National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF) and the AESF Foundation have hired Kellen for full-service management and strategic development.

Safilo, and Italian manufacturer and distributor of eyewear, has launched to a strategic partnership with Coventya on a new process for finishing its frames.

The National Association for Surface Finishing joined the American Bankers Association and more than 40 organizations opposing a proposed expansive new tax information reporting rule.

Huw Williams is General Manager for SERFILCO, a position that brought him to the U.S. from the U.K. in 2012.

Electropolishing has been in commercial use since the 1950s, and it continues to be a very popular surface finishing process, geared to achieving specific surface treatments on a wide variety of metals.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 8 released its Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 to undertake three new rulemakings to reduce contaminants including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and nutrients from key industries, including metal finishing.

Florida Finishers Corp. will hold its 10th Annual Mid-Winter Conference and Exposition January 27-28 at the St Petersburg Marriott Clearwater.

Uniformed Army leaders and Civilians ceremonially opened two new facilities at Crane Army Ammunition Activity on September 2.

The Metal Finishing Association of California’s annual Fall Outing and annual meeting will be October 8-10.

Element Solutions Inc., a global and diversified specialty chemicals company, has closed its previously announced acquisition of Coventya Holding SAS, a global provider of specialty chemicals for the surface finishing industry. 

There are few simple, direct methods for determining when to replace a cleaner on the plating line.

Nickel plating, in its various forms and applications, continues to be a workhorse of the metal finishing industry.

Michael Feldstein is President of Surface Technology, Inc., an innovative force in the metal finishing industry for decades with over 100 U.S. and foreign patents, with more pending.

When Aircraft X-Ray Laboratories president Justin Guzman was bemoaning a few years ago the amount of wastewater treatment sludge his anodizing, painting, and conversion coating facility was generating each month, he was simply looking for a sympathetic ear.

Trivalent chromium or tri-chrome tends only to cause issues when it reaches approximately 0.5-1 opg or about 1-3 percent of the average total chromic acid figure, often ~33 opg.