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 ...

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 ...

Novi, Mich. — Not long ago, the automotive exhaust pipe was strictly a functional component with no decorative nature, said Mark Peter, materials innovation engineer at SRG Global Inc. The pipe was ...

"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 ...

Submerging 3D printed plastics in silver nitrate is a cheap and easy way to coat plastics in a metallic film. Plastic is the most common material used in 3D printing, but as it’s an insulator, the ...