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Embracing Tools for Continuous Improvement

Triplex Plating is a great example of how to use benchmarking, training and employee feedback as tools for continuous improvement.

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regulation

New Jersey DEP Proposes Comprehensive Environment Justice Regulation

New Jersey proposed environmental justice regulations take unprecedented action to require consideration of impacts on overburdened communities in the permitting process. This regulatory process could serve as a model for other states.

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Electroplating

American Plating Power Opens Vermont Facility

Rectifier supplier American Plating Power announces second new location in Williston, Vermont.

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regulation

IRS Issues Guidance for Reinstated Superfund Tax for Key Chemicals and Metals

New IRS Guidance for July 1, 2022 Effective Date – Despite industry requests to extend the deadline for implementing the reinstated Superfund tax, the Internal Revenue Service has issued a new guidance to implement the measure.

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EPA Announces Stringent Drinking Water Health Advisories for Certain PFAS Chemicals

EPA issued new stringent drinking water health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS that may be below detection limits as it prepares to develop a new drinking water standards for these chemicals.  

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Powder Coating

Products Finishing Reveals 2022 Liquid and Powder Coating Top Shops

8th annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey for liquid and powder coating qualifying shops list announced. 

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sustainability

EPA Criticized for Ignoring Environmental Justice Concerns in PFAS Strategic Roadmap

EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) claims the agency has failed to address adequately environmental justice concerns associated with PFAS in an effort to avoid another crisis similar to the lead in Flint, MI drinking water.

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NASF Discusses PFAS and Hexavalent Chromium Reduction in the Automotive Supply Chain

NASF joins EPA, State of Michigan, and automotive OEMs to discuss voluntary approach to reduce the use of PFAS and hexavalent chromium for plating in the automotive supply chain.

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Waking Up to a World Without Manufacturing

Virtually everything humanity holds or uses owes its existence to our sector.

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Industry 4.0

Racking and Conveyor Automation Solutions

Considerations for automating various operations within a finishing system.

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