Fume Suppressant for Hexavalent Chromium Plating Solutions
Help reduce environmental emissions, exposure and contamination without sacrificing plating efficiency.
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Henkel Pretreatment Process Recognized for Sustainability
Henkel’s Pallumina, a next generation metal pretreatment process for automotive production, has been recognized with an Altair Enlighten Award for its sustainability contributions.
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Interpon Powder Coating is Helping Portuguese Manufacture With Sustainability
The cycling accessories team at Rodi has found a way of accelerating its environmental ambitions by switching from anodizing to a more sustainable, energy-efficient process using Interpon powder coatings from AkzoNobel.
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Crossair Announces New Hires
Crossair hires new VPs of operations and sales.
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Harsco Environmental Introduces Abrasive Materials to Surface Preparation Market
The Black Beauty Sure/Cut products offer a new market for alternative materials
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NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing: 4th Quarterly Report
This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the fourth quarter of project work (January-March 2021) at Wayne State University in Detroit on sustainability in the metal finishing industry. The success of this project depends on data. The data needed comes from industry and other stakeholders. The reader is encouraged to complete the survey form discussed in this report.
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Dürr Announces New Head of Clean Technology Systems
Ken Zak becomes the new head of environmental technology division Clean Technology Systems at Dürr
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MicroCare and Chemours explore Next-Generation Specialty Critical Cleaning Fluids
MicroCare and Chemours host webinar to provide suggestions for sustainable replacements for TCE and nPB
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Episode 5: Transitioning Hexavalent Chromium to Trivalent, Part 1
In this episode of On the Line, Products Finishing editor-in-chief Scott Francis sits down with Mark Schario, executive vice president with Columbia Chemical to hear about the latest innovations in trivalent chromium plating technology.
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EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inventory to Advance Environmental Justice
EPA to take steps under the Toxics release Inventory (TRI) to advance Environmental Justice, improve transparency for environmental information.
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Brown and Caldwell Receives Funding for PFAS Incineration Study
Firm partners with utilities and academia to analyze the environmental impacts of forever chemical incineration at wastewater facilities.
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Episode 4: Surface Finishing and Environmental Stewardship
In this episode of Products Finishing’s On the Line podcast we focus on the environment, recycling and sustainability. We’ll speak with powder coating recycling company Innovakote and hear about Advanced Plating Technologies’ efforts to recycle metals from electroplating sludge.
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Powder Coating and Green Building
How powder coating can aid architectural applications in achieving environmental certifications.
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Innovakote Receives Grant to Promote Recycling Powder Coating
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced the award of $273,000 to Innovakote toward recycling 5 million lbs. of excess powder coating discarded each year in West Michigan.
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NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing: 3rd Quarterly Report
This report covers the third quarter of project work (October-December 2020) on this project at Wayne State University in Detroit. The objective is to help metal finishing plants to conduct a self-managed sustainability assessment and identify technical solutions for sustainability performance improvement. The reader is invited to contact Dr. Huang in identifying plating shops willing to participate in this program.
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AMP Completes Evironmental Upgrades to Anodizing Operation
All Metals Processing has announced that it has completed the installation of environmental upgrades to its anodizing operation.
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IFS Coatings Invests in Terrapass Carbon Offsets
IFS Coatings has begun purchasing carbon offsets through Terrapass, furthering the powder company’s sustainability goals and contributing to global environmental projects.
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Rhodium Prices Rally in Response to Clean Air Legislation
Environmental legislation increases the demand for rhodium, a precious metal used in electroplating as well as catalytic converters.
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HMG Paints Launches Next-Generation Colorants
HMG Paints has launched its next-generation colorants, which it says offer improved color quality, performance and environmental sustainability.
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The Road to Recovery
The past few issues of Products Finishing have touched on how different market sectors have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. As we come to the end of the year, PF editor-in-chief Scott Francis takes time to reflect on the manufacturing industry’s response during the COVID era and to contemplate finishing’s role in the medical sector.
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