Anodizing
Go-To-Gal: Stacey Bales, Bales Metal Surface Solutions
Stacey Bales is president of the company she owns with her sister, Sara Bales, and took on the challenge of leading Bales after their father’s death.
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A Conversation with Ben Minger, Twin City Plating
He was 26 years old with little finishing experience when he took out loans and bought TCP in 2013. But with work hard, the shop has ISO 9001 and increase sales 20 percent since he purchased the operation.
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Lincoln Industries names Bill Ellerbee President
Ellerbee has served as the company’s vice president of operations for the last eight years, where he managed five departments and was responsible for leading operations at Lincoln and Lincoln Industries’ Pine Island location.
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Pennsylvania's Precision Finishing Holds Groundbreaking For New Facility
The new building will be approximately 40,000 sqft. which more than doubles the current office, manufacturing, and warehousing space in the Sellersville location.
Read MorePlating Clinic: Non-Dyed Versus Dyed Acid Copper
What is the difference between non-dyed vs. dyed acid copper technologies? Coventya’s Brad Durkin explains.
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Balancing an Electroless Nickel Bath to Optimize Performance
While today’s EN baths are much more user friendly than they were even 10 years ago, plating shops still strive to maintain consistent, trouble-free operation. The following provides a basic understanding of EN bath control.
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Go-To-Guy: Dave Dunn, Operations Manager, Silvex
Dunn began at Silvex (Westbrook, Maine) in 1976 as a driver. Through the years, he has worked as the shipping and receiving manager, production supervisor and in sales.
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Finishing Index: June 2016—48.6
Future capital spending plans increased for the sixth time in eight months.
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Tomorrow is Here for Silvex’s Dan Atkinson
Dan Atkinson had always planned to go to Hawaii and Yosemite, and even skydive, but it was always tomorrow that he would plan for it. After battling cancer, Maine electroplater is learning to live life.
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Southern Aluminum Finishing Celebrates 70th Anniversary
At its founding in 1946, SAF was one of only two anodizing lines in the country; founder Marvin McClatchey was a chemical engineer and pioneer in anodizing for architectural applications.
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