Date: January 26, 2017
Category: Chapter News, Events, Member News
The New England Surface Finishing Regional is honored to have presented the first ever Foundation Award to long time supporter Terry Recal Services, Inc. The event took place this past November in Hyannis, MA. The award was created to recognize a metal finishing supplier that has demonstrated outstanding contributions, support, and dedication to the annual regional event. TRS calibrates, certifies, and repairs various brands of coating thickness measurement instruments. You can visit them at http://www.terryrecal.com The New England Surface Finishing Regional will be held this year on November, 3 in Salem, MA.
Date: October 25, 2016
Category: NASF National
Chris Capalbo, vice president of operations at New Method Plating and member of the New England Chapter of the National Association of Surface Finishing (NASF), is one of four recently appointed to the Board of Directors. He represents the third generation of Capalbo family members, carrying on the strong legacy his grandfather created at New Method Plating in 1931. With recent McKinsey research study reporting only 30 percent of family businesses surviving into the third generation of ownership, this is quite an accomplishment and allows Capalbo to bring valuable business insights to the organization.
When responding to his appointment to the Board, Capalbo commented, “I am honored to join the NASF Board of Directors. I look forward to collaborating with an exceptional group of professionals who share the same commitment in building a sustainable future for our industry.”
Capalbo is one of 18 Board Members representing companies throughout the country who work together to ensure that NASF operates to its fullest capacity for its members and the success of their businesses.
Pictured L-R
Front: Chris Capalbo – New Method Plating, Rebecca Bennett – Precision Plating Company
Back: James Sullivan – Schumacher Companies, Christian Richter – NASF, Steve Kocka, Atotech USA Inc.
Date: October 24, 2016
Category: Regulation
These are just a few examples of what NASF is doing to monitor and help influence regulations that affect your business every day. Take a peek at the updates below and be sure to visit again soon to stay up-to-date on the latest regulatory changes.
Latest Chrome Air Regulations:
These new lower limits are a result of our industry already doing a good job with existing regulations; regulators took note and concluded the limits should be much lower. Even at that, these new lower limits can be achieved with the use of current technology fume suppressants. Problems arise because our government has banned the use of PFOS fume suppressants as of September 2015. Replacement fume suppressants will lower surface tension but not emissions, so this is a huge fight that NASF is waging on behalf of our membership.
Legislation has just passed allowing a third party union representative to accompany an OSHA inspector into your building during an OSHA inspection, even if you are a non-union shop. NASF is fighting against this policy for our members.
Global Harmonized System:
This is a good thing! NASF can help get you up to speed on complying with this complex issue.
RCRA Industrial Wipes:
NASF was instrumental in getting solvent contaminated industrial wipes excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste.
Electroless nickel has recently become regulated by the Federal Drug Administration, as the sodium hypophosphite in your EN bath can be used in making illicit drugs. So far, it is only impacting manufacturers, but NASF is carefully watching to make sure it doesn’t spread to the metal finishing community at large.
You can support the industry by being a proud member of NASF. For those already members, thank you for your continued support.
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