PALATINE, Illinois, USA, November 7, 2019 – Arlington Plating Company (APC) has been awarded a DecoKlad MT specification. Chrissy Pullara Americas Decorative Business Development and Product Manager for MacDermid Enthone presented the specification to Rich Macary, President of APC on October 29th.

DecoKlad MT is a quality supplier partnership program for decorative coatings. It offers consistency in finishing performance by defining line auditing parameters and coating measurement techniques. This facilitates global uniformity for factors such as adhesion, color, corrosion resistance, and gloss levels.

Rich Macary stated, “The DecoKlad chemistry in combination with APC’s fully automated systems ensures process repeatability, traceability, and accountability.  OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers now have the one attribute they all seek; performance-based consistency.”

Earlier this year APC was one of the first company’s to receive a DecoKlad license.

About Arlington Plating Company

Arlington Plating Company provides world-class mechanical polishing, chemistry-based electroplating, and anodizing services to a variety of industries. Applications include exterior automotive, motorcycle, medical, heavy truck, and consumer product components. We pride ourselves on producing flawless, high performance finishes on metals including aluminum, copper alloys, magnesium, steel, stainless steel, and zinc die-cast, as well as plastic materials. Leading manufacturers trust us to increase wear and corrosion protection, improve appearance, and enable electronic performance while meeting stringent OEM, environmental and regulatory requirements.

Quality is the cornerstone of our business. APC is committed to constant and never-ending improvement in all phases of our operation to provide uncompromising quality and service.

Arlington Plating Company is an ISO-9001:2015 company and an active member of the National Association for Surface Finishing and the Aluminum Anodizers Council. For more information, please contact us.