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Liquid Coating

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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Electroplating

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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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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NASF Government & Industry Affairs Update: Selected Developments

The American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) intends to develop new Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) for nickel and cobalt.

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Special Joint NASF Update

The U.S. Department of Defense in early May issued its final procurement rule governing military uses of hexavalent chromium.

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Making Progress, One Step at a Time

As we wrap up the first quarter of 2011, NASF is logging some early accomplishments this year.

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NASF Washington Forum

Final agenda for the 2011 NASF Washington Forum on April 11-14.

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NASF Government & Industry Affairs Update

New EPA Risk Assessment on Chromium: On September 30, 2010, EPA issued a new Cr6 draft health assessment, which is now pending.

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