Letter 7028

Seeking [Electro]galvanizing plant for ABS components [Saudi Arabia]

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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 'electrogalvanizing', i.e., plating, 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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