General Magnaplate
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| Private | |
| Industry | Aerospace, Chemical processing, Electronics & Semiconductors, Food, Manufacturing, Medical & Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber Molds, Powder Bulk Solids, Printing, Space |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founder | Dr. Charles P. Covino |
| Headquarters | Linden, New Jersey |
Number of locations |
Ventura, California Arlington, Texas Ajax, Ontario, Canada |
Key people |
Candi Aversenti, CEO Edmund Aversenti, COO |
| Products | Coatings for metals |
| Website | http://www.magnaplate.com |
General Magnaplate is a company that researches and produces surface coatings for metals.
One of its products, Hi-T-Lube, is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's most slippery solid".[1]
Timeline
- 1952 — Magnaplate Metal Finishers is established in Hoboken, New Jersey.[2]
- 1967 — Tufram, Inc. opens in Linden, New Jersey to produce cookware, which is ranked Number 1 in the U.S. two years in a row by Consumer Reports.[3]
- 1968 — Canadize is invented, a coating that augments surface hardness for titanium and titanium alloys.[4]
- 1969 — The first man walks on the moon, and thanks to General Magnaplate he was able to drill into the moon's surface. A Canadize treatment on both the inside and outside of the titanium core sample drill tubes prevented samples being contaminated by titanium particles from the drill.[5]
- 1970 — Nedox was invented, a coating that significantly increases metals' corrosion resistance and wear life.[6]
- 1980 — General Magnaplate opens its Ventura, California facility.[7]
- 1982 — General Magnaplate's Texas facility upgrades to its new Arlington location, and Candida Covino joins the company.
- 1985 — Ed Aversenti joins the company
- 1986 — Candida Covino becomes president of General Magnaplate and Magnaplate SNS is invented.[8]
- 1989 — Plasmadize is invented, a coating which combines the advantages of thermal spraying with controlled infusion of dry polymers, dry lubricants or other materials to provide an entirely new composite with improved properties.[9]
- 1995 — Hi-T-Lube is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the solid with the lowest coefficient of friction in the world.[10]
- 2002 — General Magnaplate celebrates its 50th anniversary
- 2002 — General Magnaplate obtains ISO 9001 certification [11]
- 2004 — General Magnaplate plays a critical role in the Mars Rover landing by providing coatings for the landing mechanism.[12]
- 2007 — Founder Dr. Charles P. Covino dies.[13]
References
- ↑ "New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame to Induct Six on February 18 at New Jersey Institute of Technology". NJIT. 1999-02-03. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ↑ New Jersey Daily Press, May 16, 1952: Magnaplate Makes History
- ↑ GLOBALSPEC
- ↑ Machine Design
- ↑ Magnaplate website: Canadize
- ↑ GLOBALSPEC
- ↑ MacRae's Blue Book
- ↑ Magnaplate website: Products and services
- ↑ High Beam Research
- ↑ The Free Library By Farlex
- ↑ Magnaplate website: Accreditations
- ↑ Machine Design
- ↑ Manhattan College Quadrangle