Internet-Based Projects

National Strategic Goals Program

The Strategic Goals Program (SGP) is a cooperative effort between the EPA and the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF), the National Association of Metal Finishers (NAMF), and the Metal Finishing Suppliers Association (MFSA)

to "test new ideas" that are both bold and "common sense" in nature for improved environmental protection by the metal fininshing industry. The SGP was created by key industry leaders and other important stakeholder groups for "cleaner, cheaper and smarter" environmental performance by metal finishing companies in the United States.

National Metal Finishing Resource Center

CAI Engineering is the contractor for a three-year project that has established the National Metal Finishing Resource Center (1995 to 1998). The prime contractor is the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. Project partners include the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), the National Association of Metal Finishers (NAMF), the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF), the Metal Finishers Suppliers Association, and the Pollution Prevention Roundtable. The project is funded by the Department of Commerce , National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and industry sources. The function of the National Metal Finishing Resource Center is to provide easy access to relevant, current, reliable, and comprehensive information on pollution prevention opportunities, regulatory compliance, and technologies and techniques for reducing pollution in the most competitive manner for the metal finishing industry. By providing needed information, the Center will enhance the ability of small businesses to implement risk-based pollution prevention alternatives. The information system is Internet-based.

Printed Wiring Board Resource Center

Established by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) in partnership with the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC), and is made possible by funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The main function of the PWBRC is to provide regulatory compliance and pollution prevention information to individual printed wiring board (PWB) manufacturers, industry vendors and suppliers, federal, state and local agencies, academia, and other interested parties.

Paint & Coatings Resource Center

Established by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and is made possible by funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The main function is to provide regulatory compliance and pollution prevention information to individual organic coating facilities, industry vendors and suppliers, federal, state and local agencies, academia, and other interested parties.