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2018 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey: Business Strategies

A 98 percent customer retention rate was one reason Electrolizing Corporation of Ohio was selected for distinction in the Finishing Strategies category.

2018 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey: Finishing Practices

Great Lakes Metal Finishing was recognized in the Finishing Practices category for its outstanding scores in several areas of the survey.

Experts

How to Keep a Plating Bath from Slowing Down

Alkaline plating baths form carbonates over time, and these carbonates cause the baths to become less efficient, resulting in slower plating speed. Asterion’s Roger Sowinski outlines three options for removing carbonates.

Experts

Choosing the Best Electrolytic Nickel Strike

Now that you have decided that an electrolytic nickel strike would benefit your process, how do you choose the best one for your application? Coventya’s Brad Durkin explains.

Sun Glo is rebuilding after 19 plating lines went up in smoke, caused by a short circuit in a piece of equipment.

Sun Glo Industrial Plating Survives Trial by Fire

Andy Pozin’s more than three decades in the metal finishing industry nearly came to an end in 2015 when an overnight fire devastated his company and his livelihood.

INNOVATIONS

Electroless Plating Controller Offers Flexible Options

Walchem’s W600 series controller, which features icon-based programming on a large touchscreen display, can be configured to control as many as six outputs.

Asterion Publishes Equipment Capabilities Guide

The downloadable guide summarizes criteria related to equipment to help surface finishers determine what meets their application and productivity requirements.