General Magnaplate

Magnaplate is a company that offers surface enhancement coatings for metal parts and other substrates to increase hardness, reduce corrosion, increase chemical resistance and reduce surface friction.

Magnaplate

Company type	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	Arlington, Texas, United States
Area served	United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, India, Netherlands, Poland, South Korean, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Products	Surface treatments for metal parts including anodizing, nickel plating, thermal spray coatings, polymer coatings, titanium nitride coatings and thin dense chrome coatings.
Services	Nedox, Tufram, Plasmadize
Website	http://www.magnaplate.com

Timeline

• 1952 — Magnaplate Metal Finishers is established in Hoboken, New Jersey.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 1968 — Canadize is invented, a coating that augments surface hardness for titanium and titanium alloys.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 1970 — Nedox was invented, a coating that significantly increases metals' corrosion resistance and wear life.^[5]
• 1980 — General Magnaplate opens its Ventura, California facility.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• 1995 — Hi-T-Lube is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the solid with the lowest coefficient of friction in the world.^[9]
• 2002 — General Magnaplate celebrates its 50th anniversary
• 2002 — General Magnaplate obtains ISO 9001 certification ^[10]
• 2004 — General Magnaplate plays a critical role in the Mars rover landing by providing coatings for the landing mechanism.^[11]
• 2007 — Founder Dr. Charles P. Covino dies.^[12]
• 2020 - Ashley Russo appointed Chief Operating Officer
• 2024 - Ashley Russo appointed Chief Executive Officer