Plating

Owner Mark Morris differs from most metal finishers in that he has no inclination to add or change the services that J&M Plating in Rockford, Illinois, provides to its fastener customers.

John Cutchin started Palmetto Plating in Easley, SC, in 1964 to provide metal finishing services to the textile industries, which were located in the upstate region of South Carolina.

Next to air, water is the most important ingredient for life. Now consider that it’s also the main ‘chemical’ used in the plating bath.

In the competitive world of finishing and coating, it's easy to fall into the trap of selling your services as a commodity.

On September 26, the Secretary of Commerce published a request for public comments relating to two national security investigations initiated on September 2, 2025, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

The green cyanide-free gold deposition is an important development direction in electroless gold plating.

A company utilized outside sources for electroless nickel deposits over copper substrates in an electronic application that required the EN coating to be solderable without the use of any flux.

Cobalt–boron (Co–B) coatings containing different amounts of boron were electrolessly deposited using morpholine borane as the reducing agent.

A Pd-free activation pretreatment process was developed for electroless Ni-P plating on NiFe₂O₄ particles.

An attempt is made to explain the type of work done in fundamental research on the mechanism of metal deposition.

A catalyst is defined as a material that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without undergoing any permanent change itself.

For some, nothing beats the shine of a fancy new golf putter to grab a person’s attention.

A company wrote to me that they rack electroplates a flash of brass over bright nickel, and were having a hard time getting the color right.

It all started with a Gemba walk through the shops — members of the Code 100TO.32 Rapid Innovation Branch were touring the shops to speak with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) workforce and see what assistance they may need in improving their processes and tooling.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on August 20 that it published an updated proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation.

The pretreatment process can significantly affect the corrosion resistance of electroless nickel (EN) coatings.

One thing most businesspeople agree on is that they hate meetings.

It should be plain to acknowledge that corrosion prevention is the main driving force in the metal finishing industry.

The Texas Association of Metal Finishers will hold its first Technical Conference on October 20-21 in Galveston Island, Texas.

Staining of precious metal-plated surfaces has become a critical concern.