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regulation

Despite NASF Plea, EPA Issues Chromium Air Rule

NASF will be reviewing the rule and supporting documents to determine whether to proceed with a legal challenge.

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basics

EPA vs. NASF: The Continental Divide

EPA official attends NASF Washington Forum to speak on chromium rule and flawed data.

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Electroplating

NASF Bright Design Challenge Selects Scholarship Winners

Leonard Takata, Yuyol Lee, Minwoo Song and Andrew Bianchi win scholarships

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Liquid Coating

NASF REPORT: Is EPA Playing Dirty With Chromium Data?

NASF’s Jeff Hannapel and Christian Richter point to major flaws, bad precedent in EPA chromium air rule. NASF leaders have submitted a 100-page package of comments to the EPA in response to the agency’s proposed rule for chromium finishing operations.

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sustainability

NASF Says EPA Chromium Air Rules Have Major Flaws

Claims EPA Used Data from 'Phantom Facilities'

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NASF Washington Forum Features Ex-EPA Chief Carol Browner As Speaker

As the longest-serving EPA Administrator, Browner worked closely with the surface finishing industry during the Clinton Administration on the Metal Finishing "Strategic Goals" Program. She most recently served as an assistant to President Obama and director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy.

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NASF Connecticut Chapter Holding Supplier Exhibition March 6

All proceeds at the event are used to sponsor the Connecticut Branch’s College Scholarship, which is given to a child of a Connecticut Branch member.

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10 Years After Sept. 11: Platers recall tragic day

AC Plating’s Bob McBride knew he was juggling too much when he made plans to go to Washington, D.C., for the 2001 National Association for Surface Finishing’s Washington Forum, an annual government-relations symposium scheduled for September 11, 2001.

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surfin

Development of Ni-Based High Wear Resistance Composite Coatings

Hard chromium replacements have been actively sought for decades. In this, the Final Report for the AESF Foundation’s first Research Project since the formation of the NASF, the authors present the results of their extensive research into novel plating processes.

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Making Connections that Change the World

Our next significant industry event – NASF SUR/FIN 2011 – is just around the corner.

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