Plating on plastic is one of the largest markets growing within the plating industry. Manufacturers are cutting costs by utilizing plastic for a wide variety of parts, from washing machines to car ...

Benefits of chrome plating to drive more growth in the coming years. The chrome plating market is encountering promising prospects driven by the emergence of innovative and eco-friendly alternatives ...

A German company is setting up a plastics chrome plating plant in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bolta Werke GmbH said the facility will be its first in the United States for the Leinburg, Germany, firm. Bolta ...

"Think of plating as you would painting. Instead of spraying we use an electrolytic process to apply metal. The procedures are similar, and the reasons behind the coatings are the same … decoration ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), has developed a novel chromium-free ECOPOSIT™ etching solution to replace chromic acid ...

3D printed plastic parts can be accurately nickel plated if the plastic is pre-doped with catalyst before printing, according to scientists from Waseda University, Japan. It is an alternative to a ...

Custom polyetheretherketone (PEEK) fasteners are now available for plating and chemical-processing applications. Perpl-CP fasteners are electrically insulative with good mechanical strength and ...

(Nanowerk News) Shin Horiuchi and Yukimichi Nakao from the the Research Group for Nanoscientific Measurements at the Nanotechnology Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial ...