A new wet plating method for plastic materials.
A new process where etching (surface roughening) is miniaturized to a nano level of approximately 15-50 nm and then used as an anchor for the plating, which allows for addition of functionality, such as, metallization of the entire surface without losing the materials surface conditions or fine shapes and complex shapes.

For resin screws like those in the photo, thin film plating electroless Ni onto the nano-etched anchors adds a metallic exterior without affecting the concave and convex shapes.

In addition, by finishing the product to thickness of 0.1-0.3 μm, required in order to achieve a glossy appearance of the plating film thickness after nano-etching, it can be used for a wide variety of applications and fields including "adding a metallic exterior to mirror finished resin materials" and "hologram-like diffraction grating processing".

<<Nano-etching plating compatible materials>>
・Polycarbonate
・ABS
・Polycarbonate/ABS alloys
・Polyurethane
・Acrylic (Limited to hard coat products)
・Acrylic ultraviolet curing resins
*Contact us for information on resin materials other than the above.