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For more than five decades, Electro-Coatings’ Kanigen® Electroless Nickel Plating Process has been the leading solution for companies seeking corrosion, wear, hardness, appearance, abrasion, lubricity and dimensional improvements to their products. Kanigen Electroless Nickel Plate has dimensionally uniform thickness to within 50 millionths of an inch. Its formulation and processing controls guarantee exceptionally reliable and uniform properties for corrosion resistance, tension, adhesion, ductility and other critical coating properties.

The Best Electroless Nickel Plating in the Industry

Kanigen has been evolving and improving since its initial development in the 1950s. It was created to provide multiple benefits, including corrosion resistance, reduced friction and increased hardness. Its first use was to provide a corrosion resistant coating to the interior of railroad tank cars. Other brands have entered into the electroless nickel marketplace, but Kanigen continues to be the industry’s most reliable option for improving the properties and performance of their metal components.

Features and Benefits Applicable Substrates

Uniform thickness possible up to .00005 minimum thickness – machining can be completed prior to coating

Highly adhesive and solderable

Very smooth and wear resistant

Outstanding resistance to corrosion

Hardness equal to hard chrome and greater than electrolytic nickel

Iron

Nickel

Brass

Steel

Copper

Aluminum

Stainless Steel

Beryllium

Your Best Choice for All of Your Metal Finishing Requirements

Electro-Coatings is the industry’s leading Kanigen technical expert, and the master licensor for all Kanigen electroless nickel plating applicators across the world. We can provide electroless nickel plating for large parts, up to 35 feet long, 20 tons in weight and 12 feet in diameter. Our mission is to be the company you can depend on for all of your surface finishing requirements. If you need plating on parts outside of our please give us a call and we will do our best to tell you “Yes We Can”. Contact us today to learn more.