Electrochemicals Blog – EPI – Electrochemical Products Inc.Japanese distributor visits EPi to learn about black oxide processes for steel and stainless steelDecember 27th, 2011
By Eric Olander Last week Kenji Nakayashiki Deputy Manager Marketing Division of Audec Co. Ltd came to meet Eric Olander President of EPi and to learn about black oxide processes for steel and black oxide. Kenji learned about room temperature blackening Insta Blak 333 and Ultra Blak 400 premium grade hot black oxide process. The Ultra Blak 400 process blackend a wide range of steel alloys and Kenhji said it does not fume like the local formulations. A demonstration on blackening stainless steel with Ultra Blak 407 with no hexvalent chrome was conductied as well. EPi is in the process of developing a new black oxide sfor stainless steel withotu chrome adn molybdenum in the lab right now. Audec has been distributing EPi black oxide chemistry for over 12 years now. We are excited about growing our business in Japan. Posted in Black Oxide, Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » Russian distributor visits Eric Olander and EPi team last week to learn more about E-Brite Ultra CU alkaline non cyanide copper processAugust 22nd, 2011
By Eric Olander Left to right Andrey Sklyarenko Executive Director- Sonis, Bulat Bayzuldin Owner - Sonis,Eric Olander- Preisdent EPi and John Cheng EPi AsiaMarket Development Manager . Bulat Bayzuldin introduced Andrey Sklyarenko the new executive director of Sonis Co. Moscow, Russia to the EPI team last week plus to learn more about EPi's alkaline non cyanide copper for plating directly to zinc diecast E-Brite Ultra CU . EPi has had great success plating zinc diecast with E-Brite Ultra CU all over the world. Sonis is selling E-Brite Ultra CU to Russian platers to eliminate cyanide from their metal finishing facilities. They achieve success by vibratory finishing the zinc diecast parts prior to plating them in the E-Brite Ultra CU process. Sonis also successfully sells Insta Blak 333 room temperature black oxide finish for steel and iron substrates. EPi sells its specialty chemicals all over the world approximately 30% of our business is outside the USA. Posted in Black Oxide, Copper Plating, Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » EPi sells its first Driod Application, Hull Cell Ruler, for $0.99 todayMay 27th, 2011 By Eric Olander We are all excited her at EPi we sold our first app today on the the Droid phone to G. Gilliam. ( See App button below) EPi has been working tirelessly for the last three months working on an iPhone app first and then the Driod version. Apple is still reviewing our application and we hope to have it available by Sur/Fin 2011 time. It was interesting we completed the process for Driod and we received approval in less than 24 hours! Apple seems to prefer Apps more for entertainment value than a technical or business productivity tool. We will get their approval eventually it takes longer. I find this intersting as what happened to us in getting the App approved seems to follow how a PC versus an IMac works and thinks. PC updates happen automatically while an Imac the administrator has to approve the update. Apple has more quality control in what happens and protects its brand. Things take a little longer, but things are under control. EPi's Hull Cell ruler offers the following. The Hull Cell ruler is utilized to measure the current density of all electroplating processes including copper, nickel and zinc. The Hull Cell ruler is an excellent choice to determine the acceptable plating current density of any plating bath. For example, if there is an unacceptable dull deposit on the work coming out of the tank, by running the Hull Cell, you can see if there is a correlation of the quality of the work being plated to the quality of the Hull Cell results. Therefore, it is an effective method for trouble shooting electroplating processes. All rulers, including Hull Cell rulers, get lost in desk drawers and other places. Now, with EPi’s Hull Cell Ruler you do not need a physical ruler - just your Android phones. EPi’s Hull Cell Ruler App works on the Android based on the existing Hull Cell ruler scale. You will notice a Hull Cell ruler is longer than the Android screen. The EPi App addresses the size with a scrolling screen that moves left to right and vice versa. 267 ml (on the top) and 1000 ml (on the bottom). Hull Cell panels can be measured with this ruler. The following Hull Cell parameters for cathode/anode material, type of agitation, temperature, amperage, and time for both rack and barrel applications are available. Type of Plating Processes * Cyanide Copper Imagine if you can sell 10,000 apps for 0.99 thatis almost $10,000. Maybe I just get into the App
To purchase the App go to this link https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zsl.Epi Stay tune to when it is available on the Iphone and Ipad!! Posted in Electroplating, Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » Charlie Cook offers great insight of today’s politics at NASF Washington DC Forum 2011May 3rd, 2011 By Eric Olander
April 16th Charlie Cook gave one of the best presentations on politics in the USA today at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City, VA. Charlie's presentation was based on a independents view point. In the USA it is the independents that vote a person into office as the tried and true Democrats and Republicans are about 30-35% of all voters. The remaining voters are independents and they truly sway American politics by voting their minds. Charlie stated that if unemployment stays high it will be a challenge for President Obama to stay in office. If it stays above 8.5% it will be difficult for Obama. If unemployment is 8.0% Obama will be re-elected. Unless the Republicans blow up Charlie says they will take over the Senate in 2012 and control the house as well. Do you have a few moments ot listen to a small portion of his talk go to Charlie thanks for for your insight to the USA's political landscape!
Posted in Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » Washington DC Forum 2011 Eric Olander visits Congressman Tom PetriMay 2nd, 2011  Congressman Petri and Eric Olander President of EPi discuss manufacturing issues.
April16th, 2011 I visited Capitol Hill to discuss issues concerning manufacturing and metal finishing industry. We learned an intersting fact that state of Wisconsin has the largest manufacturing based on per capita in the USA?? ( sorry can't remember the exact criteria) and that Congressman Petri's district contains the largest amount of manufacturing in the USA ( based on the same criteria that I could not remember). Congressman Petri supports manufacturing and we thank him for taking the the time to listen to us!
 Chris Wagner- Kolher Co, Congressman Petri, and Eric and Jeanie Olander- EPi
Chris Wagner from Kohler Co. made visits to with Eric to all the offices. It was interesting to have EPi and Kohler work the hill together as EPi supplies Kohler with cleaning products. In fact ,EPi custom formulates the cleaners Kolher uses today!
 Matt Bisenius Legislative Assistant Congressman Sensenbrenner and Eric Olander
If I remember correctly this has been my 13 trip to Capitol hill including being there on Septmber 11th, 2001. We continue to go to develop relationships with the Congressional offices so when we have a challenge they know us and they are there to help!
Congressman Sesenbrenner is Congressman for EPi. When we visit the hill most of our appoinments are with the Congressional aides as there are many meetings and votes going on. In fact Congressman Petri had to leave for a vote on the floor right after our visit. The reason why we go to the hill is to keep our relationships with the Congressional offices so they know who we are and what our challenges in business we face today!
Posted in Eric Olander Happenings, Metal Cleaners, Metal Finishing | No Comments » Eric Olander will be traveling to Washington DC next week April 12-14, 2011April 8th, 2011 By Eric Olander April 12th I leave for Washington DC to participate in the National Association of Surface Finishers ( NASF) www.nasf.org Washington DC forum at the Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington VA. The 2011 Washington Forum will feature timely updates on major trends impacting the surface technology community and the manufacturing base in North America and globally. Attendees will gain new strategic insights on the regulatory, technical and political factors affecting their operations while exchanging with prominent thought leaders and top experts in the field. This year Chris Wagner from Kohler Co. will be joining Eric in learning the latest political challenges. On Thursday April 14th Chris Wagner and Eric Olander will be heading for a day out on the hill. So far appointments have been made in the following office Senator Johnson and Kohl and Congressional offices of Ryan, Petri, Baldwin, and Sesenbrenner. Interesting fact, in creating the appointments some offices are commenting that there probably will not be any meetings on April 14th as the US government will be shut down since the Congress can not agree on the funding of the government. Stay tune to my tweets ericolander! Posted in Eric Olander Happenings, Uncategorized | No Comments » Eric Olander new video for Sur/Fin 2011 in Chicago,IL 2011March 16th, 2011 By Eric Olander Today a new video of Eric Olander President of EPi of New Berlin , WI has been posted on you tube discussing why Eric exhibits at Sur/Fin http://nasfsurfin.com/index.php Please note there may be more than one video about Sur/Fin so you will need to go the process of seeing others. Do you need a pass to Sur/Fin? If so email dinaz@epi.com adnshe will be happy to get you a free pass. More info on Sur/Fin will be coming stay tune! Posted in Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » Next Week EPi exhibits at Fabtech 2010 Finishing Pavillion in Atlanta, GA for the first timeOctober 25th, 2010 By Eric Olander EPi is gearing up for its next trade show Fabtech 2010 in Atlanta in the CCAI Finishing Pavillion. Eric Olander, President and Char Heinke, Business Development Manager will be handling the booth this year. EPi will be exhibiting a aluminum pretreatment process PreCoat CF that replaces hexavalent chromate pretreatment processes with excellent performance and adhesion. PreCoat CF is EU Qualicoat approved process. EPi also will show casing it E-Brite Ultra Cu alkaline non cyanide copper process for all metals and E-Brite 50/50 alkaline non cyanide silver process. You can now eliminate cyanide from your finishing shops eliminating the Department of Homeland Security reporting requirements. EPi will also be exhibiting our black oxide processes Ultra Blak 400, 285 F hot black oxide, and Insta Blak 333 room temperaure black oxide. EPi provides you solutions for both processes. Finally EPi will be displaying its trivalent yellow chromate E-Chrome Ultra Yellow 600 which offers long hours of salt spray to white rust 400-600 hour salt spray resistance. EPi's booth number is 822! Hope to see you there! Posted in Black Oxide, Copper Plating, Electroplating, Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » 2010 looks promising especially Sur/Fin 2010 in Grand Rapids, MIJanuary 7th, 2010  Need directions to Grand Rapids? By Eric Olander
I am starting to hear some promising news from customers and suppliers that 2010 is looking to be up 10-20% this year! We will not achieve the numbers we did in the boom years. At least we are taking the first step in the right direction. Do you want to learn about the latest metal finishing trends, new processes and equipment? Go to Sur/Fin 2010 in Grand Rapids, MI. Please click on this video about Sur/Fin 2010 and Grand Rapids, make sure your speakers are on! www.meetgrandrapids.com/surfin.php
This year we have some very exciting changes and keynote speakers . First show hours on Tuesday will be their usual time, but on Wednesday we have new hours. We will close the the show from 2-5 pm. At 5-6:30pm we will have the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) 3- member panel discussing many of the challenges of the automotive industry and where it is going in the future including a discussion on electric cars. After the panel we will open the exhibits until 9 pm and have our industry event night on the show floor. Thursday morning we will have USCAR discuss their latest initiatives and that afternoon we will have a plant tour at Amway just 15 minutes away from the convention center.
Monday afternoon we start off with a golf outing with the local NASF Grand Rapids branch. Two new progarm changes we are most excited about are one; Dept. Of Defense will conduct a Militarty Vehicle Workshop as part of the Technical conference program. The other change is the West Michigan Chemical Coaters Association Intl ( CCAI) will be holding a 4 hour program on powder coating and e-coating on Tuesday. We are also going to have Dr. Kenneth Mayland return to Sur/Fin to discuss the latest on the economy and what the future holds. To learn more go to www.nasf.org .
EPI will be exhibiting again at Sur/Fin so come to learn more about our new B/ox 316 GEL verdi green process or a new black nickel process Ultra Blak 466 go to www.epi.com to learn more.
Posted in Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » Eric Olander President of EPi hosts business discussions with potenital partnership with Japanese company DicroniteJune 26th, 2009
This Wednesday June 24th, I met with "Rocky" Hiroaki Ikoma right side of picture and Yoshihiro MAEDA to discuss a new blackening process that is green and safe for the environment. At this time the details can not be discussed in public, but EPi excited to work on this new project stay tune to the results we achieve this year! Posted in Eric Olander Happenings | No Comments » For more information or assistance on electroplating and metal finishing, please contact us at or 262-786-9330. |
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