Search for: Enter Your Email for Blog Updates HOME ABOUT EPNER MISSION QUALITY FAQ PHOTO GALLERY VIDEOS PRESS / MEDIA TRADE SHOWS BLOG CONTACT US Call 800-823-7637 A message from David Epner, Pres. Your Web search has landed you on the site of, arguably, the most technically sophisticated specification electroplating company in the country, and maybe in the world according to the University of Leicester in the UK. To back up that statement, Epner Technology is the only plating company who has had a proprietary process, Laser Gold, selected for its peerless IR reflectivity, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST) for their catalog of Standard Reference Materials! Founded in 1910, as a jewelry plater, Epner’s high tech experience goes back more than 80 years to the silver and gold plating of microwave “plumbing” for the first ever, top secret, radar systems. Perhaps as important as our technical prowess, is our ability to thoroughly communicate with our customer. We want a complete picture of our customer’s requirements and we take the time to make sure we have a clear understanding of the problem that our unique talent and hundred years of experience might solve. To make navigating this site as simple as we can, the links below may be helpful. We are especially proud of our Testimonials, our unconventional Mission Statement, and of the research published by James Tuttle, a research engineer and NASA Goddard, in Cryogenics Journal. What We Do * Markets we Serve * Other capabilities * Testimonials Dear Valuable Customers, I want to share with my readers a recently received letter. With our customer, Raytheon, we again achieved our constant goal of being The quality supplier that “came through”. Besides sharing this letter with you, we are putting a copy in with every employee’s paycheck this week. I want each of them to take it home and proudly show it to their family, letting them know what important work our company does and how their hard work and skill is what helps makes our company great. Click Here for direct access to the letter. Sincerely, David Epner, President, Epner Technology Inc. Laser Gold: From Nasa’s MMS Spacecraft… to The Oscars Click for more information Click for more ABC Oscar Video! Epner Technology’s proprietary 24 karat gold process, Laser Gold, achieves the theoretical IR reflectivity and ultra-low emissivity of a pure gold. With a Knoop hardness of almost 200, Laser Gold is three times harder than any other pure gold plating process. Specified by NASA for thermal control of instruments, Laser Gold is aboard virtually every spacecraft from the earliest GOES weather satellites to the infrared cameras on the Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope. In 2016, the Motion Picture Academy, for the first time, chose Laser Gold to adorn one of the most recognized symbols of quality in the world… the Oscars! Critical housing for the Geostationery Lightning Mapper. Laser Gold plated to help maintain thermal stability aboard The yet-to-be-launched GOES-R weather satellite. Gold Coating Keeps Oscars Bright Industrial Productivity NASA Technology The Academy Awards ceremony is probably the last place most people would look for NASA technology, but it turns out the Space Agency has had an impact even on the glammest of Hollywood red carpets: the coveted Oscar trophy. Click for more info Our Flagship Processes Laser Gold Laser Gold plating is a proprietary, pure, hard electrochemically deposited gold coating that combines the theoretical reflectivity and emissivity of gold, with a surface that can actually be physically cleaned! Read More Specification Plating Epner works in accordance with all applicable ASTM, AMS, MIL, and Prime Contractor specifications. Epner maintains a Quality System implementing ISO 9001:2008. Read More Light Pipes and Homogenizers Epner Technology manufactures custom designed Infrared Light Pipes, Hollow Waveguides and Homoginizers. These are tubes lined with a highly polished infrared reflective coating of Laser Gold. Read More Metalizing Plastic and Difficult Substrates Some of the earliest patents for plating on plastics were owned by Epner Technology. They were for gold plating plastic military buttons and insignia during World War II, saving millions of pounds of brass being use for shell casings. Read More Laser Black A velvet-like metallic oxide, Laser Black is an inorganic coating that will not out-gas. It can be applied to any substrate that can withstand 100C. It has been said that, “It seems to swallow light.” Read More High-Q Silver Epner Technology offers an ultra pure, un-brightened, type 1 matte silver that achieves its brightness not with organic brighteners, but rather grain refiners that enhance its crystal structure. Read More Works of Art Epner Technology set up a division that draws on its high technology know-how and applies it to the world of art, sculpture and jewelry, in order to contribute to the artist’s creativity. Read More Laser Gold Thermal Foil A copper foil .001″ thick (0,025 mm) is coated with Laser Gold for the ultimate thermal control barrier. The auto race car market has driven the need to protect carbon fiber components from the blistering heat generated by the engine and exhaust system. Read More Request quote or ask a question click to make your request 27 Processes & Products 3 Specification Plating 2 Laser Gold®- NIST Standard Reference Material #1929 2 Laser Black 1 Electroless Nickel 4 Gold Platinum Plating 2 Rhodium 1 Cadmium 3 Copper 1 High-Q Silver® 2 Electroforming Low Emissivity Turn-Key Manufacturing Refining Polishing, Buffing & Diamond Turning Repair, Replate & Salvage 13 Markets We Serve Defense and Military Space, Satellites and Astronomy Contract Machinists and Fabricators Microwave and Electronics Laser, Optics and Photonics Gas Sensors Semi-Conductor Automotive 3D Printing Artists and Sculpture Medical Research and Development Other Platers 12 Capabilities 2 Gold Plating and Silver Plating on Plastics and Carbon Fiber Light Pipes and Homogenizers Cold Shields Thermal Control Exotic/Difficult Substrates Base Metal Substrates Masking Brush Plating Corrosion Resistance IR Reflectors Microwave Filters / Resonators Click on the above icons (+) to open or (-) to collapse the menu Previous “The Laser-Gold plated tool now looks great and has received good reviews from our tool fabrication people. 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