Environmental & Legislative Advocacy
Anodizing Industry
Another AAC Success Story
During the last decade, the Council successfully won recognition for the anodizing industry as being distinctly unlike electroplating subsequent to the US EPA’s attempts to revise wastewater effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards in ways that would have increased costs substantially for the anodizing industry and, in all likelihood, driven many smaller anodizers out of business. Because of the Council’s success, anodized aluminum is recognized as a finish that is uniquely compatible with today’s environmental concerns. The technical and legal representation organized by and through the Council was more comprehensive and effective than would likely have been achievable by most any single company alone. Once again, the combined and unified voice of the anodizing community was focused through the efforts of its Council.