NASF Doles Out Industry Awards at SUR/FIN 2010

Ray Lucas, president of Valley Chrome Plating, Clovis, Calif., makes remarks during his acceptance of the Silvio Taormina Award at SUR/FIN 2010 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ray Lucas, president of Valley Chrome Plating, Clovis, Calif., makes remarks during his acceptance of the Silvio Taormina Award at SUR/FIN 2010 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
From left: Eric Olander, SUR/FIN chairman and president of EPi, receives the August P. Munning Award from Ken Hankinson.
From left: Eric Olander, SUR/FIN chairman and president of EPi, receives the August P. Munning Award from Ken Hankinson.

The National Association for Surface Finishing, or NASF, recognized more than a dozen individuals during its annual meeting and awards presentation at SUR/FIN 2010 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The recipients were as follows:

SILVIO TAORMINA AWARD Ray Lucas, Valley Chrome Plating, Inc.

AUGUST P. MUNNING AWARD Eric Olander, EPI - Electrochemical Products, Inc.

PRESIDENTIAL AWARD Robert Sica, New Brunswick Plating, Inc.

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Ken Newby, Atotech USA Inc.

AWARD OF MERIT Tony Alcaro, Alcaro & Alcaro Plating Co., Inc. Will Askew Jr., I Do Sell Chemicals Inc. Michael Bayman, KS Gleitlager USA Waasy Boddison, American Plating Power, LLC Brent Burleson, Hubbard Hall Inc. Bill Clark, DMP Corp. Michael Dattilo, Chemithon Rick Delawder, SWD, Inc. William Nebiolo, REM Chemicals, Inc. Graham Torr, Haviland Products Co. Blair Vandivier, Asterion, LLC Robert Zobbi, HM Consulting, LLC.

For more on this story, look for the upcoming July/August issue of Metal Finishing magazine.