Chrome plating and Corvettes. For lovers of early Corvettes, chrome plating played a major role in the overall styling. From the famed tooth grille of the C1 Corvette to those final chrome bumpers of ...

California air regulators voted Thursday to ban the use of a highly toxic metal for restoring classic car parts, protecting aviation components and producing a lustrous metallic finish for a variety ...

The European Union (EU) has recently proposed a plan to ban the use of chrome plating materials from 2024. According to the EU, this proposal is necessary because of health reasons. The ban is ...

Stellantis plans to no longer offer chrome in vehicles due to health and environmental risks, CNN reports. Chromium-6, used in chrome plating, can potentially cause cancer to workers who face exposure ...

Stellantis, parent company of Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and Chrysler, is done with chrome Walking away from chrome is a health-related decision, according to design boss Ralph Gilles VW's making a similar ...

Plating on plastics (POP) has long been valued in the automotive industry for its ability to transform lightweight polymer parts into durable metallic finishes. Historically, these coatings were most ...