Plating on Plastics (POP) is the technology associated with metallizing a plastic substrate for decorative and functional applications. For more than 40 years, POP has been an essential technology integral to many industries such as Automotive, Aerospace, Electronics, Plumbing and Sanitary Fittings, Home Appliances and Consumer Items
The automotive industry has been at the forefront in POP technical and design developments and today many parts, such as bumpers, emblems, radiator grills, door handles and most of the internal “trim” of an automobile are POP. This technology increased fuel efficiencies due to lower weight reduce the environmental footprint of car ownership and reduce overall lifetime running costs.
Auromex has been at the forefront of these developments in both Conventional Colloid and Direct Plate Technologies that feature environmentally friendly hex-chrome-free, lead-free, cobalt-free, boric-free and PFOS-free solutions. The technology provides a lower cost of ownership by increasing process speed, reducing chemical usage, eliminating steps and reducing dependence on environmentally questionable chemicals. These processes meet global standards, such as WEEE, RoHS, REACH, and ELV, and have been specified by major global OEMs.
