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NEWS & NOTES
Washington DC
On July 1,2008, the EPA published the finalregulation for plating and polishingarea sources in the Federal Regis-ter (73 Fed. Reg. 37728). The finalrule, 40 CFR Part 63, SubpartWWWWWW, is effective immedi-ately for new affected sources(
i.e.
, those that begin operationson or after July 1, 2008). Existingplating and polishing operationsmust comply with the new regula-tory requirements by July 1, 2010.The Clean Air Act mandates thatthe EPA must promulgate stan-dards to control the emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)from small or area sources. Theplating and polishing processesthat are subject to the plating andpolishing area source rule arethose “processes performed at anaffected plating and polishing facil-ity that uses or has the potential toemit” any compound of any of thefollowing metal HAPs: cadmium,chromium, lead, manganese, andnickel. This includes electrolyticand non-electrolytic plating andcoating processes (
e.g.,
electro-plating, conversion coating, seal-ing, and phosphating), electro-forming, dry mechanical polishing,and thermal spray at approxi-mately 2,900 existing plating andpolishing facilities.
A copy of thefinal rule is available on the NASFwebsite atwww.nasf.org.
If youhave any questions or need addi-tional information, please contactChristian Richter of Jeff Hannapel:crichter@thepolicygroup.com jhannapel@thepolicygroup.com.
Worcester, MA
The CryogenicInstitute of New England, Inc. in-troduces a new capability of utiliz-ing liquid helium for cryogenictemperature, reducing energy re-quirements during the pre-treatment process.
Worldwide
Dow and Rohmand Haas have announced a de-finitive agreement, under whichDow will acquire all outstandingshares of Rohm and Haas commonstock for $78 per share incash. The acquisition of Rohm andHaas will make Dow the world’sleading specialty chemicals andadvanced materials company. Thetransaction marks a decisive movein Dow’s transformation into anearnings growth company withreduced cyclicality. Last December,Dow announced a joint venturewith Petrochemical IndustriesCompany of the State of Kuwait(PIC). With the collective impact of these two deals, performanceproducts and advanced materialswill represent 69 percent of Dow’stotal sales, on a 2007 pro formabasis, compared with 51 percent.
Cincinnati, OH
The ChemicalCoaters Association International(CCAI)honored members for ser-vice and dedication and installedits 2008 – 2009 Officers and Na-tional Board members during their2008 Annual Meeting held in Clear-water Beach, FL in late June. Inaddition to awards for ChapterUser and Supplier of the Year, thiswas the first year that two Lifetime Achievement Awards were issuedat one time (those going to GeorgeBryant of Briggs & Stratton andLarry Melgary of Northern Coating& Chemicals). CCAI is a non-profittechnical and professional associa-tion that provides information andeducation on surface coating tech-nologies worldwide. Visit CCAI onthe web atwww.ccaiweb.com.treatment of materials to tempera-tures as low as 4K /-268C/-451F.The procedure involves the utiliza-tion of a specially modified cryo-genic chamber that was designedand constructed in collaborationwith technology partner AppliedCryogenics Inc. According to RobinRhodes, President of CryogenicInstitute of New England, Inc., thecapability grew from the needs of its aerospace customers whosought extreme temperature cy-cling for residual stress relief of critical components. While the ma- jority of applications have beenrelated to aerospace, the firm hasalso offered the capability to re-searchers and other industries,including electronics. Cost for thetreatment varies, depending onramp and soak times, but Rhodesestimates that his firm can offer anear absolute zero treatment cycle(to 4K) for less than 30% of thecost of similar processing as of-fered through governmental andother research organizations. Tolearn more visithttp://www.nitrofreeze.com.
Worldwide
Henkel Corp. hasintroduced an energy-saving, low-temperature cleaner, BonderiteRidoline RT-153, designed to becompatible with both phosphateand phosphate-free conversioncoating technologies. Formulatedfor use with phosphate-freenanotechnologies such as Bonde-rite NT-1 and Bonderite TecTali,the new cleaner can also be usedon zinc, iron and magnesium phos-phate metal pre-treatment proc-esses. Water-based and solvent-free, it is sprayed onto aluminum,hot-dip galvanized steel or electro-galvanized steel surfaces at room
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