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An Easier Way to Determine Pre-Plating Dimensions for CNC Machining

By Tamea Franco In News No comments

“What coating thickness range can I expect from anodizing or hardcoat anodizing?” When engineers and machine shops need anodizing services, this is one of the most common questions they ask their metal finishing partner.  Anodized coatings change the dimensions of a part, so customers understandably need to know how much growth to account for in […]

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Pickup and Delivery Services from Our Dock to Yours

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Sending parts to a metal finishing shop for anodizing, chemical passivation, or chromate conversion coating often relies on third-party shippers like UPS, FedEx, or LTL carriers. While these standard shipping methods get the job done sufficiently in most cases, there are significant variables involved that customers must consider.  Responsibility lacks when using 3rd party transportation. […]

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GMF Awarded Products Finishing’s Elite 2021 Top Shops Distinction

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[September 2021, Roanoke, VA.] – Each year, major coating and finishing shops across North America participate in Products Finishing’s Top Shops Benchmarking Survey, a program designed to aid finishing shops in measuring their key operating metrics against others in the industry. Launched in 2015, Products Finishing’s Top Shops program helps finishers identify optimal shopfloor practices and […]

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6 Ways to Prepare a Machined Part for Successful Anodizing

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Anodizing is a complex process whose efficacy depends on several different variables. Material surface in particular can have a major impact on the end result of anodizing. Unlike processes such as painting and powder coating, which can mask a part’s imperfections, anodizing has the tendency to highlight any surface issues that occur during machining.  In […]

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Is Material Sourcing Impacting Finishing Expectations? The Answer Could Be in Your Material Certs

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It is great to see opportunities returning to manufacturers in the US. But there is nothing normal about our production workflow post-COVID. If you are serving any industry’s supply chain, the obstacles are enormous.  The repercussions of supply chain disruption will be reverberating indefinitely throughout our industry. Geopolitical issues like trade wars and import tariffs […]

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Congress Considering Tax Hikes That Would Cost 1 Million Jobs

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Date: April 9, 2021Contacts: mobrien@nam.org, kcrow@vamanufacturers.com Congress Considering Tax Hikes That Would Cost 1 Million Jobs RICHMOND, VA – Study finds that tax increases under consideration in Congress would cost 1million jobs two years following their implementation. The study conducted by the NAM, inpartnership with Rice University economists John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow, […]

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Compliance is fun!

By Tamea Franco In Environment, Just For Fun No comments

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality requires Global Metal Finishing to capture and analyze rainwater from our parking lot storm drains (in 2 places) every 3 months to verify that Global Metal Finishing is a “green” business.  We love our Roanoke River and would never want any of our chemicals to end up there. Happily, we comply and […]

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