chemical processing electronics & semiconductors food manufacturing medical & pharmaceutical oil & gas packaging plastics & rubber molds powder bulk solids printing space founded 1952 founder dr. charles p. covino headquarters linden new jersey number of locations ventura california arlington texas ajax ontario canada key people candi aversenti ceo edmund aversenti coo products coatings for metals website http www.magnaplate.com general magnaplate is a company that researches and produces surface coatings for metals . one of its products hi t lube is recognized by the guinness book of world records as the world s most slippery solid . 1 timeline edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message 1952 magnaplate metal finishers is established in hoboken new jersey . 2 1967 tufram inc. opens in linden new jersey to produce cookware which is ranked number 1 in the u.s. two years in a row by consumer reports . 3 1968 canadize is invented a coating that augments surface hardness for titanium and titanium alloys . 4 1969 the first man walks on the moon and thanks to general magnaplate he was able to drill into the moon s surface . a canadize treatment on both the inside and outside of the titanium core sample drill tubes prevented samples being contaminated by titanium particles from the drill . 5 1970 nedox was invented a coating that significantly increases metals corrosion resistance and wear life . 6 1980 general magnaplate opens its ventura california facility . 7 1982 general magnaplate s texas facility upgrades to its new arlington location and candida covino joins the company . 1985 ed aversenti joins the company 1986 candida covino becomes president of general magnaplate and magnaplate sns is invented . 8 1989 plasmadize is invented a coating which combines the advantages of thermal spraying with controlled infusion of dry polymers dry lubricants or other materials to provide an entirely new composite with improved properties . 9 1995 hi t lube is recognized by the guinness book of records as the solid with the lowest coefficient of friction in the world . 10 2002 general magnaplate celebrates its 50th anniversary 2002 general magnaplate obtains iso 9001 certification 11 2004 general magnaplate plays a critical role in the mars rover landing by providing coatings for the landing mechanism . 12 2007 founder dr. charles p. covino dies . 13 references edit new jersey inventors hall of fame to induct six on february 18 at new jersey institute of technology . njit . 1999 02 03 . retrieved 27 may 2010 . new jersey daily press may 16 1952 magnaplate makes history globalspec machine design magnaplate website canadize globalspec macrae s blue book magnaplate website products and services high beam research the free library by farlex magnaplate website accreditations machine design manhattan college quadrangle archived october 18 2010 at the wayback machine . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title general magnaplate & oldid 706798839 categories engineering companies of the united stateshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing cleanup from may 2010all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from may 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 february 2016 at 10 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view