The CASF “Forum” conference in Toronto provided an informative overview of compliance issues and emerging regulatory issues. Also: NASF coordinating with Nickel Institute on nickel salts, metals data. ArticlePublished: 12/1/2012
Alpha Metal Finishing is celebrating its 36th anniversary and, after battling the ups and downs of sales, coupled with tumultuous management practices and the untimely illness of company founder Bob Wood that almost forced the its extinction, the co... ArticlePublished: 11/1/2012
In the search for the “next best thing,” some platers are turning to an electroless nickel bath with boron, often with remarkable success and outstanding results. Thus, the reintroduction of NiB as a cost-effective Chrome replacement. ArticlePublished: 10/1/2012
Medical Coatings Help Artistic Plating in Milwaukee Focus on the Future, and the transformation has also coincided with the emergence of John Lindstedt’s son, Matt, as the future leader of the company. ArticlePublished: 9/1/2012
As the NASF SUR/FIN show gets ready to open in a few weeks in Las Vegas, Products Finishing magazine decided to take a ‘Virtual Road Trip’ across the U.S. to surveys job shops and platers to get a 'State of Finishing' status. It seems business is g... ArticlePublished: 6/1/2012
Electrowinning, which removes metallic ions from concentrated rinse water and spent process solutions reduces waste, recovers valuable metals and saves job shops big money. ArticlePublished: 10/1/2011
Electroless nickel is a very mature product and continues to find new applications, but has stayed fairly consistent in North America over the last decade. ArticlePublished: 5/18/2011
There are primary directions EN technology can move and, in all likelihood, all will move in parallel: Optimized or unique deposit characteristics; Optimized bath performance; Eco-responsible technology.Optimized deposit characteristics would likely... ArticlePublished: 5/18/2011