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Company profile

Institute of Materials Finishing

UK company 00498619, incorporated on 18 August 1951.

Institute of Materials Finishing Materials finishing since 1925

Institute of Materials Finishing is a UK company with status active founded in 1951.

Company number

00498619

Incorporated

18 Aug 1951

Companies House status

Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated

18 August 1951

Company number 00498619

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Legal name

INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS FINISHING

Company type

PRIVATE-LIMITED-GUARANT-NSC-LIMITED-EXEMPTION

Region

Unknown

Registered address

Unknown

Insolvency history

Corporate ownership

Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49

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Institute of Materials Finishing

No active corporate controller recorded.

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

1 event

18 Aug

1951

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

2 awards

First funded

2005

Funded years

2005, 2020

Age at first award

53 years

Projects

2020 Collaborative R&D

Recovery of Gallium from Ionic Liquids (ReGaIL)

1 Nov 2020 to 31 Jul 2021

Awarded

£10,963

Total cost £15,661

Recovery of Gallium from Ionic Liquids (ReGail) aims to develop a recovery process of Gallium from bulk sourced end-of-life (EoL) LEDs to supply the uptake of Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors in power electronics, machines, and drives (PEMD). The work in developing this EoL process will also lay the foundation for upscaling EoL recovery of GaN in PEMD...

2005 Collaborative R&D

Nano-Structured Electroplated Coatings

1 Jan 2005 to 31 Dec 2008

Awarded

£55,000

Total cost £110,000

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

Collaborative R&D