Process Approvals

We work very closely with automotive and other original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) to ensure that we are providing plating processes that exceed their requirements in the areas of corrosion protection, surface lubricity, abrasion resistance, color and brightness. Our plating processes and chemistries are used to help finish components in a wide variety of industries such as: automotive, agricultural, electrical, furniture, fasteners and hardware, faucets/fixtures, and more.

Columbia Chemical Global Approved Specifications

Some OEM’s have a qualification process to allow for our plating chemistries to be formally approved for their specifications while other OEM’s and component manufacturers do not formally list supplier chemistries as approved. Specifications that don’t list approved chemistries simply require verification testing to show that the final plated deposit meets the performance requirements within the specification. Columbia Chemical processes are used in meeting the requirements of additional specifications than these shown so please contact us if you have questions on the specification you need to meet.