sustainability

sustainability

Interpon Powder Coating is Helping Portuguese Manufacture With Sustainability

The cycling accessories team at Rodi has found a way of accelerating its environmental ambitions by switching from anodizing to a more sustainable, energy-efficient process using Interpon powder coatings from AkzoNobel.

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Crossair Announces New Hires

Crossair hires new VPs of operations and sales.

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sustainability

Harsco Environmental Introduces Abrasive Materials to Surface Preparation Market

The Black Beauty Sure/Cut products offer a new market for alternative materials

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nasf

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing: 4th Quarterly Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the fourth quarter of project work (January-March 2021) at Wayne State University in Detroit on sustainability in the metal finishing industry.  The success of this project depends on data.  The data needed comes from industry and other stakeholders.  The reader is encouraged to complete the survey form discussed in this report.

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Dürr Announces New Head of Clean Technology Systems

Ken Zak becomes the new head of environmental technology division Clean Technology Systems at Dürr

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education

MicroCare and Chemours explore Next-Generation Specialty Critical Cleaning Fluids

MicroCare and Chemours host webinar to provide suggestions for sustainable replacements for TCE and nPB

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Electroplating

Episode 5: Transitioning Hexavalent Chromium to Trivalent, Part 1

In this episode of On the Line, Products Finishing editor-in-chief Scott Francis sits down with Mark Schario, executive vice president with Columbia Chemical to hear about the latest innovations in trivalent chromium plating technology.

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EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inventory to Advance Environmental Justice

EPA to take steps under the Toxics release Inventory (TRI) to advance Environmental Justice, improve transparency for environmental information.

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Parts Cleaning

Brown and Caldwell Receives Funding for PFAS Incineration Study

Firm partners with utilities and academia to analyze the environmental impacts of forever chemical incineration at wastewater facilities.

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Electroplating

Episode 4: Surface Finishing and Environmental Stewardship

In this episode of  Products Finishing’s On the Line podcast we focus on the environment, recycling and sustainability. We’ll speak with powder coating recycling company Innovakote and hear about Advanced Plating Technologies’ efforts to recycle metals from electroplating sludge.

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