Pablo Javier Ramos Cuevas

Pablo has a major in English and a master's degree in Spanish as a foreign language. He has been working in manufacturing-related companies since 2017 in Japan. Currently he is overseas sales supervisor for Taiyo Manufacturing, a plastic product manufacturer for automotive interiors, mainly in charge of sales for North America and giving support to the company's sales team in Europe. He is specialized in chrome-plated components, with some knowledge of plastic painted components as well.

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Presentation

Sustainable chrome plating: Cr3- and Cr6-free plastic plating milestones

In 2017, the REACH regulation limited the use of hexavalent chrome (Cr6) for chrome plating and defined a deadline for its use in 2030 in the European Union. Since then, many companies have tried alternative manufacturing methods for plastic components. Taiyo took the lead and, after developing a chrome plating method 100％ free of hexavalent chrome in pre-treatment and electroplating – mass production of which began in 2022 – has been improving it and adding new features such as the possibility of PC/ABS chrome plating or chrome colors virtually identical to those that can be achieved with hexavalent chrome.