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Electroplating Hall of Fame
Nominations Open
Nominations for
the Electroplating
Hall of Fame are
being accepted
through the end
of November. Visit
pfonline.com/
ehof to complete
an online form to
nominate someone
for consideration.
The criteria for
each nominee
requires he or she
has done one or
more of the following:
• Signifcantly improved electroplating
eficiency and productivity through
process or technology innovations,
• Established widely-accepted best
practices in electroplating areas such
as (but not limited to) applications,
product development, quality, safety
or supply chain and logistics,
• Set new standards for electroplating
in areas such as innovation, tech-
nology and industry education,
• Infuenced, supported and advo-
cated for the electroplating industry
through research, writing, activism,
policies or thought leadership,
• Promoted and advanced the electro-
plating industry through volunteer
eforts in local chapters and national
committees.
A committee has been assembled
by Products Finishing to review the
nominations and vote on selection.
The inductees will be announced in the
February issue.
Last year's Hall of Fame class included
William Blum, who led the electrodeposi-
tion section of the National Bureau of
Standards; Henry Brown, whose principal
work was the development of organic
additive agents for bright nickel plating
baths; Michael Faraday, whose research
in the use of the electrolytic processes
gave us Faraday's Law; Richard Hull, who
patented an invention called the Hull Cell;
and Oliver Watts, whose research culmi-
nated in the modern Watts Nickel Bath.
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