New COVENTYA Warehouse Open in California
COVENTYA Inc. has expanded their logistical footprint by opening a new warehouse in Riverside, California.

Coventya's Castelox Process Awarded Prize
Leipziger Galvanopreis is awarded annually by the DGO group in Leipzig, Germany, for outstanding achievement in the field of surface finishing

GM Materials Approves Coventya's Tristar 300
Coventya’s Tristar 300 trivalent chromium process has been approved in accordance to GM Specification GMW 14668 Code B Type 4. 

Coventya Invests in R&D Instrumentation
Sensitive, new technologies help company optimize customer applications.

Coventya Acquires Midwest Distributor
Mibus President Sean Bustard joins Coventya as regional sales manager.

Coventya Announces Organizational Changes
Mike Kelly named president as company is adopting a regional-type management structure.

Coventya Holds Employee Appreciation Day
Following an engagement survey for its U.S. employees, the company held an employee appreciation lunch with team-building activities and games.

Coventya Announces New Staff
Randie Cistone joins as human resources manager, while Carrie Cotter takes over as customer service manager.

A Conversation With Brad Durkin, Coventya
Brad Durkin is director of international product management for Coventya, and the chairperson of the SUR/FIN Technical Advisory Committee that puts together the conference sessions each summer.

Impact of Intermetallic Species on Cast Aluminum Alloys for Anodizing Applications
Alloys with higher silicon concentrations can inhibit the growth of anodic oxide films under galvanostatic and potentiostatic conditions.

Solving Problems with Electroless Nickel Solution Whiteout
Adam Colburn from Coventya says that electroless nickel chemistry requires replenishment of the nickel metal and sodium hypophosphite during its operation.

Coventya Promotes Schultz to Assistant Controller
He will focus on financial management, including cash analysis and management, and financial reporting requirements.

Coventya Adds Service Staff
Bowles, Goodall and Brady provides support for customer and technical services. 

Hoskins Joins Coventya as Southwest Regional Sales Representative
Will be based in Louisiana.

Coventya 3S Technology Replaces Conventional Metal Anodes
Coventya’s 3S technology is designed to replace conventional metal anodes with size-selective membrane anodes.

How to Extend Parts Cleaner Solution Life
Coventya’s Greg Terrell says there are simple techniques that can be used every day in any plating shop to better characterize not only the effectiveness of the cleaners, but help determine the cleaner life that fits the process line.

Selecting the Best Anodizing Seal Process
Sealing of anodized aluminum is considered to be the most important of all the various steps in the anodizing process, and Coventya’s Michael McGinty explains how you seal ultimately determines the performance of the anodic oxide in its end-use environment.

Products Finishing News Update Newsletter, Dec. 19
Here is the Products Finishing Latest News for the week December 19, which includes information on how coatings for additive manufacturing is showing promise and Boeing and AkzoNobel have coated their 787th plane in the 787 fleet.