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Two Companies in Metal Processing and Coating Services Announce Rebrand

Metal Processing International and Oklahoma Custom Coating, two companies in the metal processing and coating services, have rebranded as ecoat.us, while maintaining same ownership.

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Kolene Corp. Appoints New V.P. of Research and Development

Dr. Louis R. Pignotti joined Kolene in September 2012 as a senior research chemist, and progressed through the lab to chief chemist in January 2016 until his recent promotion. 

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Take Full Advantage of Industry Events

As travel plans ramp up for the year, what industry events will you attend? Products Finishing offers a quick look at some of the upcoming opportunities for 2024. 

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Bodycote Expands Its Medical Market Reach with Acquisition

Bodycote has acquired Lake City Heat Treating, based in Warsaw, Indiana, and is a medical market provider of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) and vacuum heat treatment services.

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Parts Cleaning

Efficient, Innovative and Sustainable Component Cleaning for the Entire Production Chain

Whether degreasing, classic component cleaning or high-purity applications — the demands on cleaning solutions have increased in all areas of the manufacturing industry.

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Chemeon Celebrates 10 Years

Over the past decade, the company has been at the forefront of developing safer MIL-DTL qualified alternatives to the known carcinogen hexavalent chrome.

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Ask The Expert

3 Tests to Ensure Parts are Clean Prior to Plating

Making sure that all of the pre-processing fluids are removed prior to plating is not as simple as it seems. Rich Held of Haviland Products outlines three tests that can help verify that your parts are clean.

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NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #122: Electrochemical Approaches to Treatment of PFAS in Plating Wastewater - 10th Quarterly Report

The NASF-AESF Foundation Research Board selected a project addressing the problem of PFAS and related chemicals in plating wastewater streams.  This report covers the 10th quarter of work (April-June 2023).  Here, we examine the effect of surface fluorination of Ti4O7 anodes on PFAS degradation performance in terms of energy performance as well as formation of chlorate and perchlorate when chloride is present in the solution.  The full paper on this work can be accessed and printed at short.pfonline.com/NASF24Feb2.

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Axalta Receives International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus

This milestone further reinforces Axalta’s commitment to ensuring sustainability remains central to every part of its business.

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Ceramic Abrasives Optimized for Long Life

Walter Surface Technologies’ Smart Resin technology, found in bonded abrasives, works to expose fresh ceramic grains at the optimal moment to achieve the most productive balance between sharpness and life in a metalworker’s given application.

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