Critical Meetings Promoting Industry and International Regulations Impacting Operations Highlight GR Activities

摘要

The finishing industry participated in a highly successful Department of Defense metal finishing workshop in late November in Washington, D.C. The workshop was held as a primary technical session at the Pentagon's annual symposium on strategic environmental research and development. The symposium attracted 1000 attendees overall, and over 120 participated in the 2-day metal finishing session. The November workshop was more industry-focused, following up from a May 2006 metal finishing kick-off meeting of primarily DOD maintenance depots, aerospace users of finishing and Pentagon headquarters personnel. The session featured presentations by industry representatives and others on the impact of regulatory pressures on surface finishing, technology innovation on "hex-free" coatings and a status report on adoption of "cleaner and greener" surface finishing processes for military applications.