F.M. Callahan: Serving the Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, Biomedical, Communications, and Other Industries Since 1910
Malden, Massachusetts based manufacturer, F.M. Callahan & Son has been plating parts since 1910 and is a NADCAP and ISO 9000 certified electroplater as well as being ITAR Registered.
The company specializes in the plating of precious metals of silver and gold, electroless nickel, sulfamate nickel, zinc, copper, tin, and tin-leads. Surface treatments the company offers include black oxide, pickling, passivating, conversion coating, and chromating.
F.M. Callahan & Son is an organization of specialists skilled in all phases of industrial plating. The company has combined ability, service, and quality to produce plating on sizes from microscopic pinpoint to gigantic two-ton pieces.
F.M. Callahan & Son is a full-service company with a 40,000+ square foot state of the art facility and has 100 plus years of family ownership who has always focused in on being a partner “where the finish comes first.”
F.M. Callahan & Son’s NADCAP certified quality control systems assures consistency and conformity to military and commercial specifications. They have proven excellence and quality with customers in the following industries:
- Aerospace
- Medical
- R.F. Communications
- Automotive, and…
- General commercial companies
They company’s Ultra Filtration Membrane System ensures compliance to local and Federal Regulations.
- Rack Plating – An industrial plating process with special designs for critical parts to prevent damage.
- Barrel Plating – A bulk process that is an economical method of obtaining a long-lasting superior finish.
- Their state-of-the-art lab ensures maximum quality control of in-process chemicals and final inspections of the plated finish to give their customers the very best in industrial plating.
Certifications
The company has been NADCAP certified for approximately twenty years. This important standard indicates that accredited shops follow documented guidelines on how the parts are processed. The result is a consistently plated part.
Company President Eric Jacklin is in a good position to compare the two quality certification programs. “NADCAP tends to be more specific and a lot more intense than ISO,” he said. “For NADCAP, the auditors that come in are trained in metal finishing. They may have particular expertise in one area, such as anodizing; but they have also worked in the finishing industry and in the labs. Thus, they have a very specific checklist.”
“We have ISO 9000 as well, and that is looking at specific quality guidelines. But it is more general than the NADCAP. It deals with what you are actually doing; whether it is welding or chemical processing or something else,” he concluded.
Jacklin believes the NADCAP certification is worth the intense auditing process. “If you are NADCAP certified you are probably also GE certified or Rolls-Royce certified,” he said. “The Boeings of the world really trust the NADCAP system. They are leaning more on the NADCAP auditors and doing a lot fewer specific prime audits themselves.”
SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH DOWNTOWN BOSTON PROJECT COMPLETION
F.M. Callahan is the proud supplier of anodized parts that are now installed into the glass panes of the One Congress Street/State Street Tower building.
The parts were processed with clear and black anodize and are used in the lobby atrium of the new building.
If you have been in Boston lately the tower is located between Government Center and North Station in the vicinity of Haymarket Square.
The building is unique with an elliptical shape that climbs to some 600 feet tall.
This project highlights F.M. Callahan & Son quite literally soaring to new heights!
The Aerospace and Aircraft Industry:
George Abelli, F.M. Callahan & Son’s Technical Support Manager, noted recently the important role the company has in the Aircraft and Aerospace industries throughout the USA and abroad.
Said Mr. Abelli; “Our continued commitment in working directly with the prime aerospace and defense contractors is one of the keys to our growth and success. Meeting the critical demands in today’s aerospace & defense market allows F.M. Callahan to provide its customers with the latest most up to date critical process requirements in today’s metal finishing market.
“F.M. Callahan is not only committed in providing excellence for the aerospace & defense markets; we also provide demanding metal finishing process requirements for the automotive, electronic, semiconductor, railroad, and biomedical industries.”
F.M. Callahan will continue to grow into the future providing the domestic and global markets we serve with the level of excellence that is required in today’s very challenging and competitive marketplace.”
“Our continued presence at the SAE meetings gives F.M. Callahan the opportunity to work with all of the prime aerospace contractors in working out the needs and requirements in today’s demanding aerospace and defense metal finishing market. This allows F.M. Callahan to better provide their customers with the latest and most up to date process requirements required in today’s market.”
F.M. Callahan & Son, Inc. also has proven excellence in partnering with medical, R.F. Communications, automotive, and general commercial companies. For more information about F.M. Callahan & Son, Inc. please call them at 781-324-5101 or visit the company website at www.fmcallahan.com.
22 Sharon St,
Malden, MA 02148
Phone: (781) 324-5101
Url: www.fmcallahan.com
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