Metal Finishing Industry

• CAGE - Coatings Alternative Guide

  The Coating Alternatives Guide (CAGE), is a pollution prevention tool for small- and medium-sized businesses and State technical assistance program representatives. CAGE is an Expert System and information base designed to recommend low-emitting alternative coating technologies to coatings users. In addition, CAGE provides summarized information on recommended alternatives. The system asks the user several questions about their current coating process and tries to match up alternatives that fit the user's operating conditions.

• Chemical Coaters Association

  The Chemical Coaters Association is an educational and networking association for the finishing industry. They provide and exchange information on new technologies, and educational programs.

• Design for Environment (DfE) Metal Finishing Project

  Information on U.S. EPA's DfE program

• Finishing.com, the Home Page of the Finishing Industry

  Finishing.com is all about surface finishing, from anodizing to powder coating.

• GardnerWeb

  GardnerWeb is the homepage of Gardner Publications. GardnerWeb prodives access to its metal working and finishing industries related publications, Modern Machine Shop, Automotive Production, and Products Finishing.

• Manufacturing and Processing--Engineering and Technology

  Part of the Galaxy server. This site features information on corrosion, metallurgical, and industrial engineering, paints and coatings, and quality control.

• Hard Chrome Help Manual

  Compliance and MACT Standard Information for Hard Chrome Platers

• Metal Finishing - The On-Line Finishers Resource

  Metal Finishing is a resource for suppliers, metal finishers, engineers, end-users, specifiers and other professionals who need metal finishing information. This site contains searchable databases for company and product data along with related information for the metal finishing industry. New features include web pages for on-line catalogs, new products, announcements for developments in technology, classifieds for used equipment, chemical, and metals, and much more.

• The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

  The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences is a consortium of U.S. and Canadian corporations committed to making North American manufacturing globally competitive through development and implementation of next-generation manufacturing technologies. Features include: NCMS's Library Search; The NCMS Manufacturing Information Resource Center (MIRC); Next Generation Manufacturing (NGM); Company and Product Services Database; National Metal Finishers Database; and NCMS Projects, Conferences and Meetings.

• The National Metal Finishing Resource Center

  The National Metal Finishing Resource Center, an Ohio EPA Office of Pollution Prevention top site was created to serve the needs the of the metal finishing industry and their technical assistance providers. The Center offers pollution prevention and compliance assistance information, creates a forum for information exchange, and helps bring together customers with needs and providers who can supply them.

• National Paints and Coatings Association

  Represents over 400 companies and includes news and information.

• Ohio EPA P2 Information for the Metal Finishing Industry
  
  
• Pollution Solutions for the Metal Industry

  Pollution Solutions provides concise useable p2 information for the metal industry.

• RadTech International

  RadTech International North America is a nonprofit trade association with members from companies that supply UV/EB equipment, raw materials and formulated products, and other individuals interested in or involved in UV/EB curing technology for the painting, coating and printing industries.

• Steel Making Resources On The Internet

  This site provides a list of steelmaking non-profit and government organizations, research centers, steelmakers, and steelmaking equipment suppliers.

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  SAGE (Solvent Alternatives Guide) provides information on solvent and process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing. It includes a comprehensive listing of existing and new cleaning technologies, ideas for minimizing waste, a listing of state technical assistance providers, and a process conversion checklist. SAGE is also accessible through the Enviro$en$e.

• U.S. EPA Common Sense Initiative Metal Finishing Sector

  The Common Sense Initiative (CSI), represents a new approach for EPA in creating policies and environmental management solutions that relate to industry sectors.