AMI DODUCO Develops Lead-Free Bronze Coating for Technology and Decorative Applications.Business Editors PFORZHEIM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2004 AMI DODUCO, a Technitrol (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TNL TNL The Next Level (church; gaming clan) TnL Transform and Lighting (video games) TNL Technical Newsletter TNL target nomination list (US DoD) ) Company, announced the availability of DODUBRONCE(R)-AF, its latest lead-free bronze coating for technological and decorative applications. DODUBRONCE-AF utilizes an electrolytic process to produce mirror-bright ductile layers of copper-tin-zinc alloys white in color. The layers have low porosity and good resistance to corrosion and electrical contact welding. Bronze coatings are typically used in connectors for automotive and communication applications and as finishes for jewelry and metalware met·al·ware n. Articles made of metal, especially flatware and other household implements. Noun 1. metalware - household articles made of metal (especially for use at table) . Unlike ordinary bronze coatings that use lead as a brightener, DODUBRONCE-AF meets the growing need for lead-free end products. It is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. under the Oko-Tex Standard 100 as being lead-free and thus suitable to the human ecological environment. "DODUBRONCE-AF is the product of intense ongoing research and development aimed at helping customers eliminate potentially harmful materials from their products and comply with the latest regulations," said Karl-Heinz Funke, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at AMI DODUCO. "This effort enables our customers to focus more on the needs of their end-markets." AMI DODUCO is a leader also in the development of cadmium-free electrical contact parts for automotive and appliance applications. Headquartered in Export, Pennsylvania, AMI DODUCO is a global leader in electrical contact technology and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. . The company supplies contacts and assemblies, contact materials, thermostatic and laminated metal products, electroplating electroplating: see plating. electroplating Process of coating with metal by means of an electric current. Plating metal may be transferred to conductive surfaces (e.g., metals) or to nonconductive surfaces (e.g. and surface treatment services, and precious metal refining and recycling to more than 3,000 customers. AMI DODUCO operates from locations in North America, Europe and Asia. The company's website is www.amidoduco.com. Copyright (C) 2004 AMI DODUCO, Inc. All rights reserved. All brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective holders. Cautionary Note: This message contains "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ materially. This release should be read in conjunction with the factors set forth in Technitrol's report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 26, 2003 in Item 1 under the caption "Factors That May Affect Our Future Results (Cautionary Statements for Purposes of the 'Safe Harbor' Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)." |
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