Finishing - July-August 2022

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July/August 2022 – Volume 46 Number 4 – ISSN no. 0264 2506
In this issue...
It’s all been quite exciting in the last couple of weeks with the Prime Minister resigning
and a wait before we have a new incumbent at No.10. All we can hope is that the new
PM will have some good plans in place to curb inflation and help manufacturing and
UK business as a whole. It’s a tough time to run a business and I hope we don’t go
down the path of saying and not doing.
This issue has the winners of the galvanizing industry awards, plus an update on the
new Carlisle innovation centre. There is also a report from the BCF conference and a
review of the Qualicoat conference with took place in London a few weeks ago. It’s
great to see that in person events are taking place and that people are excited to go.
Long may this continue!
News
Newsdesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features
Next generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Opportunity knocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Net zero system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Got that vibe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Splitting the difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
12 step programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Setting standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
The case for hydrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
All on film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
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Regulars
Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Classified listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Finishing (formerly Finishing Industries) was established in 1947 and incorporates Metal
Finishing journal, Electroplating & Metal Finishing, The Plant Journal, Surface Coatings, and
Industrial Finishing & Surface Coatings. Finishing is a member of the Metal Finishing
Association, a sustaining member of the Institute of Metal Finishing and the UK representative
of the Groupement International des Revues de Traitements de Surfaces.
Finishing – July/August 2022