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£300k Tufftriding Plant Extends Services Offered
01 Sep 2004
Kepston Ltd has invested over £300k, on a new Tufftriding plant in Whitburn, Scotland. The plant extends the wide range of subcontract heat treatment services carried out at the site including several variations of annealing, hardening, and nitriding.
Hard Chrome Process Improved at No Extra Cost
01 Sep 2004
In partnership with the Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme, Poeton Industries has completed a three-year project to reduce the environmental impact of chrome plating by developing a plating plant that minimises effluent.
Following Fire Wipe Out, Production is Due to Restart in November
01 Sep 2004
Production at NiTec (UK) Ltd, one of the UK's largest suppliers of electroless nickel plating, has all but stopped since a fire destroyed the Derbyshire facility in the early hours of 14 July 2004. However, thanks to the enormous efforts of NiTec's staff, the firm is set to be operating in full production in November, at new premises.
Zinc Flake Coat Protects High-Strength Steel Parts That Zinc Plating Cannot
01 Sep 2004
The Ford Motor Company Ltd has approved a new standard for coating fasteners (S442) based on the new material specification for 'DeltaProtekt', which has been on the market for only three years. This second generation micro-layer corrosion protection system is a nonelectrolytically applied zinc flake, which has been developed for corrosion protection of high-strength steel threaded parts, where traditional zinc plating methods cannot.
