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Nickel, a tough metal with good resistance to wear and corrosion is used extensively
in electrodeposition.
Its applications are for decorative finishes, technical coatings and for electroforming.
Its major use in decorative coatings is as an undercoat for chromium plating
but being slow to tarnish is now being used as a finish in its own right.
Its technical uses include building up worn machine parts, coating for R.F.
screening and facing printing plates.
It is estimated that the production of electroforms consumes 6000-7000 tons
of nickel per annum.
A versatile metal with properties that can be varied (within limits) it is
the most dominant metal used in the electroforming industry.
The range includes tools, CD and record stampers, erosion shields, screens,
foils, printing cylinders etc. | 
