Articles

Conveying Luxury in Polished Metal

How one shop produces architectural pieces with jewel-like finishes

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Turn Your Home into an Investment Profit Center

The key to successful tax planning is learning how to select the best tax-saving strategies to accomplish your specific goals.

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Are You Losing 30% of Your Life Insurance Premiums?

Life insurance is a tax-advantaged investment.

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Electrocoating

Expanding on E-Coat

Electrocoat products and processes continue to evolve, with development focused on lower energy use, very low VOC content and methods to reduce cost per applied square foot. The following is a primer on how a combination of new materials and good process control can be used to achieve the highest possible efficiency.

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medical

Plater Finds A Niche In The Medical Plating Market

The medical plating market is not for everyone

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Electroplating

Nanotech Silver Stops Microbes

Old, new technologies combine to reduce hospital infections

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Strange Currencies

I’m reluctant to write a second consecutive column about China, its policies and the types of problems it creates for the rest of us, but… Quite a few folks, including many in the manufacturing community and the finishing industry in particular, are convinced that U.S. efforts to persuade China to be a responsible player in the international community have failed.

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Liquid Coating

Sweeter than Cedar

Siding system uses new solar-reflective, factory-applied finish for plastic

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Liquid Coating

Better Plastics Cleaning

Cleaner reduces costs, saves energy

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Making Stainless Steel Stainless

Choosing a passivating or electropolishing process for your parts.

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Liquid Coating

High Marks for Markers

Removable paint markers smooth Railcraft’s production process

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