Heavy metal free formulations now available on all composite and conventional electro

TRENTON, NJ, December 15, 2005 – Responding to environmental and regulatory concerns, STI has introduced the metal finishing industry’s first full line of environmentally designed electroless nickel systems.  The company now offers all varieties of electroless nickel free of lead, cadmium or any other heavy metal.  Such varieties include conventional alloys with low, medium, and high percentages of phosphorous, or boron, as well as composites of electroless nickel with diamond, PTFE, silicon carbide, boron nitride, nano materials, and other particles.

STI has offered for more than two decades a medium phosphorous electroless nickel alloy free of lead, cadmium or any other heavy metal.  Others in the industry have recently developed such coatings and limited other varieties.  STI however, has now applied its expertise in electroless nickel and composite coatings to make versions of all such coatings free of heavy metals.  All such coatings are formulated to conform to regulations such as ELV (End of Life Vehicle), RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substance), WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment).

Lead has been used traditionally in electroless nickel-plating as the primary stabilize the plating reaction.  Cadmium has served as the most common agent to brighten electroless nickel deposits for cosmetic purposes.

Surface Technology, Inc. is a unique provider of electroless plating technology, as STI is both a plating shop as well as a supplier of chemical solutions to other shops and licensees.  The synergy of these two facets of STI’s activities yields unsurpassed experience, quality, economy, and development capabilities.