State of the Art Metal Finishing with E-Pass Yellow Red & E-Chrome Ultra Blue!

Posted By Eric Olander on April 14, 2020

PASS Your Salt Spray Tests with Flying Colors: E-PASSivate Blue

Posted By Eric Olander on July 30, 2012

EPi's E-Passivate Blue is a single component bright blue, trivalent chromate dip. EPi has developed an entire line of trivalent chromate dips that outlast the traditional hexavalent dips...
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EPi Congratulates Master Lock's 90th Year

Posted By Eric Olander on March 8, 2010

EPi was recently asked to participate in congratulating Master Lock in its upcoming 90th year in business. Of those 90 years, EPi has been doing business for over 40 years with Master Lock....
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Eric Olander is Featured in the Latest "END OF THE LINE" in April 2009 Issue of Products Finishing Discussing on Sur/Fin 2009 Louisville, KY

Posted By Eric Olander on March 25, 2009

A few weeks ago I was interviewed for an article for the "END OF THE LINE" in Products Finishing (PF). In the April 2009 issue of Products Finishing you will find the interview on page 56. For those of you that do not have a subscription to PF you can see the article via web by going...
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Eric Olander, President of EPi and Reginald Tucker, Editor of Metal Finishing Magazine Launch a New Podcast Webinar

Posted By Eric Olander on September 11, 2008

EPi is excited about working with Metal Finishing magazine in participating in its first podcast/webinar. Reginald Tucker Editor of Metal Finishing magazine interviewed me regarding the latest innovations at EPi. To gain access to this podcast/audio program go...
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Are Trivalent Chromates really Hexavalent Chromates after Salt Spray Testing?

Posted By Eric Olander on November 12, 2007

The latest Plating Surface Finishing magazine has an article by Tom Rochester that states that trivalent chromates under salt spray testing result in hexavalent chrome when using the diphenyl carbizide indicator test. We at EPi tried this on panels that had been salt sprayed at Technimet and are...
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