From the Surface
John T. Pazdan, President of Roy Metal Finishing, holds an Industrial Engineering degree from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Joined the company in 1996.
RMF now has three metal finishing facilities in Upstate South Carolina and is the largest electroplating company in the Southeast. We feel the economy has turned around, while not great, it is improving.
We are proud to boast our commitment and goals in providing new innovations in plating have been successful. We are offering E-Coating - a natural extension to our current Zinc and Zinc Alloy Electroplating and Zinc Phosphating, which began in February, 2010. We are happy to bring this good news to many of our existing customers as now they will be able to reduce costs by Zinc Electroplating and E-Coating in one stop. The same ISO/TS quality Systems and lean manufacturing techniques will be used in our electroplating operation providing - Controlled film thickness - Environment friendly - Uniformly coated parts.
Early 2010, we became one of the first companies in the U.S. to be audited to the new ISO/TS 16949:2009 quality standard. The ISO/TS-16949 Standard is an International Technical Specification that defines the quality system requirements for the design/development, production, installation, and servicing of automotive-related products. It was written by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) in conjunction with the International Standardization Organization (ISO). The IATF consists of an international group of vehicle manufacturers and national trade associations.
Another accomplishment is the confirmation received in May, 2010 that Roy Metal Finishing has been approved for GMW3044 code N (Trivalent Clear Passivate).
One of the main improvements to our plating finishing offerings in 2009 was the newest generations of Trivalent Black Passivates. In November 2008, we started a 3 month R&D project where we evaluated all of the latest trivalent blacks on the markets. The proprietary chemistry manufacturers have been working hard on improvements to the trivalent blacks and we were please with our test results. The appearance and performance are significantly improved over the earlier versions.
Our trivalent blacks meet Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, GM, Ford and Chrysler specification requirements and can be applied over Zinc, Zinc Iron and Zinc Nickel, which is part of our New Technology.
2008, RMF was approved for GMW 4700 for Zinc Nickel Alloy. This is in addition to the Zinc Cobalt approval we received two years prior.
How do you get a good trivalent black passivate on barrel plated zinc parts? We finally have it! For years, we have produced excellent trivalent black chromate for rack applications but our basket or barrel trivalent black has been marginal in appearance at best. We are now in production with a great trivalent black chromate for barrel plated work - something the market has been pushing for years.
