MMS Blog
Electro-Spec Expands to South Carolina
Electro-Spec Carolina will serve the southeast U.S. for the company, which was named the No. 1 plating operation in the 2015 Products Finishing Benchmarking Survey.
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Eisenmann Building Flexible Paint 'Workshop' for Lamborghini
The new paint shop in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, will enable each Urus luxury SUV to quickly and easily receive a customer-specific finish, thanks to Eisenmann intelligent production control.
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Parker Trutec Ohio Plant Adds Third Solid Lubricant Paint System
The new line is a fully automated chain-on-edge system and is expected to launch mass production in May.
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Vantage Specialty Chemicals Acquires B&B Tritech
B&B manufactures aircraft paint removers, MIL-spec cleaners, turbine engine gas path cleaners, exterior aircraft cleaners and other surface treatments.
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Dragonfly-inspired Nano Coating Kills Bacteria Upon Contact
Scientists say studies show that wings of dragonflies and cicadas prevent bacterial growth due to their natural structure. The surfaces of their wings are covered in nanopillars making them look like a bed of nails.
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Nasmyth Group Opens California Facility
The Nadcap-certified processing line will be able to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing Type II sulfuric anodizing, Type III hard anodizing, passivation and chemical film conversion.
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Webinar Focuses on Cleaning and Pretreatment Technologies
Chris Berger, vice president and director of product development for Calvary Industries, will host “Emerging Technologies in Cleaning and Pretreatment: Where the Industry is Going in the Next 5 to 15 Years and Beyond” at 2 p.m. on May 8.
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Old Bridge Chemicals Expands Zinc-Sulfate Manufacturing
The new zinc-sulfate operation has resulted in the hiring of more than a dozen new employees, and the company anticipates additional recruitment as well.
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Auto Technology Provides Environmental Testing, Equipment
In addition to conducting environmental testing, Auto Technology produces corrosion test equipment and environmental test chambers, as well as centrifugal dryers and automated finishing equipment.
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Trivalent Hard-Chrome Process Eliminates Hex-Chrome Risks
Atotech’s BluCr is a trivalent hard-chrome plating process, offering the wear resistance and corrosion protection of hard-chrome without the hazards and risks of hexavalent chromium.
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Want to Make a Vinyl Record? Start at a Plating Shop
Mastercraft Metal & Finishing in Elizabeth, New Jersey, uses lacquer masters to build stampers or metal molds containing the music’s DNA.
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Valence to Add Phosphoric Anodize, Bond Primer in SoCal
The Garden Grove location was founded in 1980 and specializes in anodizing and precious metal plating for the aerospace, satellite, RF microwave and telecommunications industries.
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