NEWS & LINKS
General Automotive News
http://www.auto.com
http://www.automfg.com/
http://www.autonews.com/
http://just-auto.com/
http://autopedia.com/html/APAutoNewsRoom.html
http://www.thecarconnection.com
http://waw.wardsauto.com/
Environmental News
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewshome.cfm
http://www.enn.com/news/index.asp
Batteries
http://www.cleancarcampaign.org/FactSheet_BatteryAlts.pdf
http://www.rbrc.org/index.html?sp=true
http://www.uscar.org/techno/store.htm
http://www.collectnicad.org/index_flash.html
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/2003rule/03board/anderman.pdf
End of Life (ELV) Legislation Europe
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2000/l_269/l_26920001021en00340042.pdf
Finishing
Nickel Institute has produced a series of technical publications on electroplating and
electroforming:
Nickel Plating and
Electroforming
Electroplating on
Plastics
Electroforming
Electroless Nickel
Plating
Nickel Alloy
Plating
Other Nickel Institute Plating Technical Publications
Other finishing articles are listed below:
Driving Forward: ALook at Future
Finishing Trends in the Auto Industry
Automotive Chrome-nickel Bright Plating
Alternatives to Hexavalent Chromium
Other sources of finishing information:
http://www.aesf.org The American Electoplaters and Surface Finisher
Society, Inc.
http://www.aesf.org/plating/index.html Plating and
Surface Finishing
http://www.finishing.com/ Finishing Industry Website
http://www.pfonline.com/ Products Finishing Magazine
Fuel Cells
http://www.sae.org/automag/features/fuelcells/index.htm
http://fuelcells.sae.org/
http://www.lanl.gov/energy/est/transportation/trans/pdfs/fuelcells/fc.pdf
http://www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/
http://www.nfcrc.uci.edu
Hybrid/Electric Vehicles
http://www.evworld.com/databases/printit.cfm?storyid=311
http://evworld.com/index.cfm
http://www.greenercars.com/hybrids.htmlx
Hydrogen Fuel
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid304.php (a good
thing)
http://www.evworld.com/databases/printit.cfm?storyid=551
(a contrary opinion)
International Material Data System (IMDS)
http://www.mdsystem.de/html/en/home_en.htm
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCA)
http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/lcaccess/index.htm
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Nickel
Recycling
http://www.bir.org/aboutrecycling/EOLV/index.asp
http://css.snre.umich.edu/css_doc/CSS01-01.pdf
http://www.recyclingtoday.com/articles/article.asp?ID=3533
Nickel Institute and Nickel Recycling
Stainless Steel
http://www.worldstainless.org/articles/ss_automotive.pdf
http://www.euro-inox.org/e/frames/main/findex.html
check Automotive Applications under Topics
http://www.afonline.com/articles/00fall04.html
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/mmc/publications/aem_tms02.pdf
Stainless Steel National Associations
Australian Stainless Steel Development Association ASSDA http://www.assda.asn.au/
Brazilian Stainless Steel Development Association (NUCLEO INOX) http://www.nucleoinox.org.br/
British Stainless Steel Association BSSA http://www.bssa.org.uk/index.htm
Centro Nacional para el Desarrollo del Acero Inoxydable, A.C. http://www.cendi.org.mx/home.html
European Stainless Steel Development Association (Euro Inox) http://www.euro-inox.org
Indian Stainless Steel Association (ISSDA) http://www.stainlessindia.org/
Informationstelle Edelstahl Rostfrei (ISER) http://www.edelstahl-rostfrei.de/
International Chromium Development Association (ICDA) http://www.chromium-asoc.com/
International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) http://www.imoa.info
International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) http://www.worldstainless.org/
Italian Stainless Steel Development Association (CentroInox) (http://www.centroinox.it/
Japanese Stainless Steel Development Association (JSSA) http://www.jssa.gr.jp/
New Zealand Stainless Steel Development Association (NZSSDA) http://www.hera.org.nz/nzssda/Default.htm
Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (SASSDA) http://www.sassda.co.za
Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) http://www.ssina.com
