We will continue our virtual meetings, via Zoom, but with a twist...
We will be starting our meetings at 9am to accommodate those in other time zones.
We will be having a few "In Person" meetings at local SoCal restaurants at our normal 5:30-8:30 pm time slot. We will attempt to video and post the talks for  those of you who can't attend in person.

ZOOM MEETINGS:
9:00 am : Meeting call to order with introductions, Announcements and Speaker Introduction.
9:15 - 10:00 am : Speaker and Q&A
10:00 am  : Meeting will adjourn
In Person Meetings
5:30 pm Networking
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Speaker

 Dates

September 8, 2022
Taped Recording Available Here
October 13, 2022

November 10, 2022
" In Person Meeting"
Where: Mama Cozza's Restaurant, 2170 West Ball Road,  Anaheim, CA. 92804 (714) 635-0063
Time: 5:30 Networking, 6:00 Dinner, 7:00 Speaker
December 8, 2022
" In Person Meeting"
Where: Mama Cozza's Restaurant, 2170 West Ball Road,  Anaheim, CA. 92804 (714) 635-0063
Time: 5:30 Networking,
           6:00 Dinner
January 12, 2023

February 9, 2023
March 9, 2023















April 13, 2023

May 18, 2023
NOTE THE DATE

Speakers

Brittany McKinney
from Pavco

No Meeting in October

Geoff Blake from Client Services & Barbara Kanegsberg from BFK Solutions














Rob Mason from CTC Concurrent Technologies
No Meeting
Speakers:

Chris Rodriguez, Partner, SINGLETON SCHREIBER, LLP

Mehmet Pehlivan, Senior Geologist, Group Delta

Glenn Burks is the Founding Partner of the Environmental Division at Group Delta Consultants. He is nationally recognized for his work in Green Remediation and served as one of the principal authors of the ASTM Standard Guide to Greener Cleanups (ASTM E2893-13). Dr. Burks has over 27 years of diverse environmental engineering consulting experience, with an emphasis on technical and project management for site investigations, remediation, and hazardous materials handling projects. Dr. Burks has managed environmental components of large-scale construction projects and served as the technical lead on large-scale soil and groundwater remediation projects located at airports, regional groundwater extraction systems, constructed wetlands, industrial facilities, rail yards, and educational facilities.
Alicia Moreno
From Chrome Plating, USA
Justin Guzman
from Aircraft X-Ray
Justin Guzman is President of Aircraft X-ray Laboratories in Huntington Park, CA.. Aircraft X-ray recently received the Southern California Facility of the Year Award by the California Water Environment Association. Justin is a pioneer and innovator in metal finishing and non-destructive testing.  He has been involved in the field since 1985. He is Immediate Past President of the Metal Finishing Association of California.

Topics

Making the Transition: Hexavalent to Trivalent Chrome Plating

“Challenging Times For Surface Finishers  - Overly Burdensome California Regulations”
"Chemophobia: Why Useful Chemicals are Regulated or Banned & What Manufacturers Can Do About It"



Holiday Dinner Party






Recently Qualified Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings for Ground Vehicle Applications
Topic:  
“PFAS Compounds, Compliance with the Federal/State Requirements and Cost Recovery Potential for Plating Companies”
Presentation will cover the following topics:
*Current status of Federal and State Requirements for sampling and assessment
*Different action levels by states and what do they mean (Advisory levels, Notification Levels, Response Levels, Action Level, Clean up Level) and potential classification as a hazardous waste.
*Ongoing and potential class action lawsuits against the manufacturer of PFAS compounds, by cities, municipalities, and industry representatives.
*Can plating companies join on class action lawsuits or make claims on the class actions funds?


“Parts Handling In Electroplating -
Rack, Barrel, Hoist, Hand-Wire”
"Metal Finishing and NDT: Learning from the Past, Investing in the Future"
Abstract: Based on the history and ongoing activities of Aircraft Xray, Justin will discuss
• Tactics to keep businesses open in California and throughout the U.S.
• Best management practices, technological and environmental
• How achieving environmental excellence is essential to customer support
• Strategic technical investments to promote future business growth
• Melding cybersecurity with technology
Barbara Kanegsberg ( Program Chair) along with the rest of the SFEA board members, are hard at work lining up the 2022/2023 speaker list. We strive to find interesting and educational topics and knowledgeable speakers that will bring a message to benefit you and your business. You can help by …. Letting us know if there is a topic you would like to hear someone speak on  …OR…if you or someone you know would like to be a speaker for next year let us know!