Partnering for Success: HELPING CUSTOMERS SAY GOODBYE TO HEX BLACK

Midwest Plating Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been around since 1946 and, like many businesses in the world of surface finishing, it is proudly family owned and operated. The Wortman family purchased the business …

In celebration of this year’s National Surface Finishing Day on March 6, a group of Columbia Chemical employees were recently given the opportunity to visit Lustrous Metal Coating, Inc. in Canton to see firsthand how …

Expert Corner: ESTIMATION OF TRIVALENT PASSIVATE THICKNESS USING X-RAY FLUORESCENCE by Research Chemist Christian Kissig            Columbia Chemical is widely recognized as one of the industry leaders in the development of effective trivalent …

RECOGNIZING OUR GLOBAL PARTNERS: TRICOL™ Décor Expansion Continues in the Asian Markets           As the adoption of Trivalent Chromium Plating usage continues to grow in the Asian markets as a response to REACH …

Brunswick, Ohio – Columbia Chemical recently released COLDIP Midnight 1500 its newest black trivalent passivate for zinc plating. The passivate works well over acid chloride zinc (both ammoniated and non-ammoniated systems), cyanide zinc, alkaline cyanide-free zinc and …

Wolverine Plating Corporation is a well-known and well-respected plating shop in Roseville, Michigan specializing in Zinc and Zinc Nickel alloy barrel plating services. Since 1956, they have been matching exact plating specifications and creating solutions …

Soluciones Industriales en Recubiertos is a plating shop in Guadalajara, Mexico and a loyal customer of Columbia Chemical de Mexico. For years they were plating 20-foot tubes in Decorative Nickel and Hexavalent Chrome for use by a …

A key benefit of the Columbia Chemical Finisher’s Advantage program is access to hands-on training in our full service lab. Yvonne Newsome of Olymco, Inc. recently spent some time at Columbia Chemical for a training …

Columbia Chemical is proud to announce that we are the winner of two awards presented by the Medina County Safety Council. John Miller and Doug Rubino accepted the award on our behalf at the annual safety …

In business since 1904, The Finishing Company located in Addison, Illinois, provides custom nickel and nickel chrome plating to its customers which span a variety of sectors including furniture, food service equipment and retail point of …