Letter 7028

Seeking [Electro]galvanizing plant for ABS components

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i am looking for a company that can supply galvanizing plant for galvanizing abs plastic components.

syed irshad ali
perfume & cosmetics - jeddah, saudi arabia

Ed. note: We've taken the liberty of assuming that Mr. Ali actually means electroplating, since the parts are plastic.

Hi Ali,

There are many suppliers who can build galvanizing and plating lines. I have two points for your consideration.

Galvanizing is usually used for corrosion protection of carbon steels. I do not think ABS needs to be galvanized for the purpose of corrosion protection. According to the company you are working with, I guess you are actually looking for decorative plating lines.

Plating on plastic components requires many additional steps other than conventional plating processes. As a large quantity of concentrated chromic acid solution is involved in plastic plating, you need considerable water supply, even if ABS is a very common plastic material for plating. Of course, using closed-loop water circulation system can substantially reduce water consumption, but it increases capital investment considerably. If you do not have high volume of components to process, I would like to suggest you sending the ABS components out for finishing service. You may easily find a number of plastic platers who can meet your requirements.

Good luck

Ling

Ling Hao
- Grand Rapids, Michigan

Hi,

We are so close and yet so far away. We can offer you all you need to plate ABS. If you think that there is a possibility for us to do business together, me from Israel and you from South Arabia, I am sure that Ted will contribute his share to this peaceful offer.

Sara Michaeli     chemical process supplier Israel

Ed. note: Peace before profit. Yes we will sacrifice our advertising revenue as our share, Sara, putting you together with the potential customer even though your company is unwilling to share a small prorated portion of the costs of our efforts by advertising here. I guess we'll wait and see if your boss gives the chemicals or technology away as 'his share' :-)

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