New Coating Offers Chrome-Like Finish, Minus the Hexavalent Chrome

American Trim, Lima, OH, a provider of product design, tooling and process development, metalforming, metal finishing, and product/component assembly for the home appliance, transportation, building products and consumer products industries, has taken delivery of a physical-vapor-deposition (PVD) chamber that it will use to apply a base powder coating to metal-alloy parts. 

Designed for decorative finishing in the heavy truck and automotive industries, the PVD process also has found interest from other markets including appliance, recreational vehicle, furniture and building products.

American Trim: 419/228-1145; http://www.amtrim.com

DuPont CoatingSolution: http://www.dupontpowder.com

See also: American Trim, Dupont Industrial Coating Solutions

Technologies: Finishing

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