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Surface Conditioning

To deliver best-in-class adhesion, the surface must be cleaned and free of dirt and oxides. Our portfolio of surface conditioning products delivers a perfectly pure substrate to receive a metallic finish.

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Strippers Multimetal Cleaners Activators Buffing Compound Removers Cleaning Systems High Alkaline Cleaners Descalers
Anti-Corrosion

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Anti-Corrosion

When durability is the highest priority, our anti-corrosion finishing solutions deliver best-in-class results, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

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Zinc Zinc Alloys Passivates Sealers
Light Metal Finishes

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Light Metal Finishes

With the most comprehensive light metal solution portfolio, count on MacDermid Enthone to exceed expectations and requirements, with proven expertise and performance.

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Surface Conditioning Anodizing Additives Sealers Conversion Coatings
Decorative Coatings

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Decorative Coatings

Our extensive line of decorative coating solutions deliver cost-effective and environmentally compliant processes, in a range of bright, satin, white, and dark finishes.

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Chrome Nickel Copper Post-Treatment
Plating On Plastics

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Plating On Plastics

We provide a full range of Plating on Plastic technologies for decorative applications, designed with environmental compliance and sustainability in mind.

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Conventional Cycle Chrome-Free Etch Direct Metallization
Electroless Nickel

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Electroless Nickel

When wear resistance is the top priority, count on MacDermid Enthone’s electroless nickel solutions to deliver the performance you can trust.

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Reduced Ion High Phosphorus Medium Phosphorus Low/Medium Phosphorus Low Phosphorus Specialty EN Composite EN
Wear Resistance

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Wear Resistance

When deposit hardness and wear resistance is paramount, count on MacDermid Enthone to deliver best-in-class solutions, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

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Hard Chrome
Precious Metals

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Precious Metals

Delivering luxury surface finishing solutions that don’t just finish your luxury products, they complete them.

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Adhesion Layer Bronze Silver Gold Palladium Platinum Rhodium Passivation
PET Recycling

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PET Recycling

From cleaners and additives to plastic separation enhancing products and defoamers, our comprehensive portfolio of PET Recycling products delivers process-enhancing, environmentally friendly solutions.

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Antifoams Detergents Separation Additives
WaterCARE

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WaterCARE

Effective water resource management is our corporate responsibility, which is why we are leveraging our industry-specific expertise to provide a portfolio of wastewater treatment chemistries tailored to solve our customers' unique challenges.

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Antifoaming agents Metal precipitants Flocculants Coagulants
All Solutions

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All Solutions

Delivering innovative solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of the dynamic surface finishing industry and ever-changing customer requirements.

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Surface Conditioning

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Surface Conditioning

To deliver best-in-class adhesion, the surface must be cleaned and free of dirt and oxides. Our portfolio of surface conditioning products delivers a perfectly pure substrate to receive a metallic finish.

See featured products

Strippers Multimetal Cleaners Activators Buffing Compound Removers Cleaning Systems High Alkaline Cleaners Descalers
Anti-Corrosion

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Anti-Corrosion

When durability is the highest priority, our anti-corrosion finishing solutions deliver best-in-class results, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

See featured products

Zinc Zinc Alloys Passivates Sealers
Light Metal Finishes

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Light Metal Finishes

With the most comprehensive light metal solution portfolio, count on MacDermid Enthone to exceed expectations and requirements, with proven expertise and performance.

See featured products

Surface Conditioning Anodizing Additives Sealers Conversion Coatings
Decorative Coatings

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Decorative Coatings

Our extensive line of decorative coating solutions deliver cost-effective and environmentally compliant processes, in a range of bright, satin, white, and dark finishes.

See featured products

Chrome Nickel Copper Post-Treatment
Plating On Plastics

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Plating On Plastics

We provide a full range of Plating on Plastic technologies for decorative applications, designed with environmental compliance and sustainability in mind.

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Conventional Cycle Chrome-Free Etch Direct Metallization
Electroless Nickel

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Electroless Nickel

When wear resistance is the top priority, count on MacDermid Enthone’s electroless nickel solutions to deliver the performance you can trust.

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Reduced Ion High Phosphorus Medium Phosphorus Low/Medium Phosphorus Low Phosphorus Specialty EN Composite EN
Wear Resistance

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Wear Resistance

When deposit hardness and wear resistance is paramount, count on MacDermid Enthone to deliver best-in-class solutions, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

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Hard Chrome
Precious Metals

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Precious Metals

Delivering luxury surface finishing solutions that don’t just finish your luxury products, they complete them.

See featured products

Adhesion Layer Bronze Silver Gold Palladium Platinum Rhodium Passivation
PET Recycling

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PET Recycling

From cleaners and additives to plastic separation enhancing products and defoamers, our comprehensive portfolio of PET Recycling products delivers process-enhancing, environmentally friendly solutions.

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Antifoams Detergents Separation Additives
WaterCARE

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WaterCARE

Effective water resource management is our corporate responsibility, which is why we are leveraging our industry-specific expertise to provide a portfolio of wastewater treatment chemistries tailored to solve our customers' unique challenges.

See featured products

Antifoaming agents Metal precipitants Flocculants Coagulants
All Solutions

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All Solutions

Delivering innovative solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of the dynamic surface finishing industry and ever-changing customer requirements.

All Solutions

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Anodizing Additives

ALUMAL ELOX 557

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ALUMAL ELOX 557

ALUMAL ELOX 557 is a specially formulated additive system that delivers the performance of oxide layers and the overall efficiency of the anodizing process by optimizing the anodic oxide layer quality at the nanopore level.

Layer performance

ALUMAL ELOX 557 delivers increased hardness, wear resistance, ductility, dye receptivity, and seal efficiency to the anodic oxide layer.

Operational advantage

Allows for higher aluminum concentration of up to 20g/l, reducing scheduled maintenance and extending the life of the anodizing solution.

Cost effectiveness

To the applicator, energy savings and increased throughput are key benefits.

Sustainability

Reduced processing times, energy and chemical consumption, and impact on wastewater streams make ALUMAL ELOX 557 an inherently sustainable solution.

Industries Served

Aerospace & Defense

Automotive

Building & Hardware

Energy

Household Appliances

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Features & Benefits

QUALANOD Approved QND 015
Energy savings of up to 20% (on reduced cooling costs)
Electricity savings of up to 12% (lower voltages)
Improved color depth, sharpness, and resistance to fading
Reduced sealing additive and sulfuric acid consumption
Improved anodizing layer properties and quality

Experience ALUMAL ELOX 557

Explore how ALUMAL ELOX 557's proprietary chemistry delivers enhanced sustainability, unmatched performance, operational efficiency, and the highest quality finishes.

Anodizing Additives Product Portfolio

CASTELOX

Anodizing Oxide (AAO) system designed to improve the performance of aluminum cast alloys

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