Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The badge of a customized Chevrolet Impala at a metal plating shop in Long Beach. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Southern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California could ban chrome plating commonly used to restore classic cars and provide protective coating for industrial parts.

Benefits of chrome plating to drive more growth in the coming years. The chrome plating market is encountering promising prospects driven by the emergence of innovative and eco-friendly alternatives ...

There’s a toxic history to the shiny decorative finishes so ubiquitous on the wheels and bumpers of classic cars. Chrome plating is important to a variety of consumer products from vintage automobiles ...

The double-layer chromium plating process is an industry-wide, well established conventional plating process. It is understood that in order to obtain high corrosion resistance and high hardness with ...

California air regulators voted Thursday to ban the use of a highly toxic metal for restoring classic car parts, protecting aviation components and producing a lustrous metallic finish for a variety ...

The European Union (EU) has recently proposed a plan to ban the use of chrome plating materials from 2024. According to the EU, this proposal is necessary because of health reasons. The ban is ...

Southern California has the nation’s highest concentration of chrome platers, the metal shops that dip car bumpers, plumbing fixtures, airplane parts and other products in large industrial tanks to ...