About Us - Consulting
We from CompCote International are a team specializing in the newest development
of cutting edge Anodic and Hard Anodic Oxide Finishes on Aluminum and in supporting
the industry with Metallurgical, Materials and Process Consulting.
With fundamental scientific and business background and almost 60 years
of combined experience in the industry, we know what you need.
Together with our licensees and business partners we offer you optimized solutions
to make your Aluminum based products function better and look better. We also
support you to make your finishing processes more reliable, more environmentally
friendly and more productive.
With CompCote® we license our unique, patented Anodizing and Hardanodizing process, which offers outstanding benefits compared to conventional Anodizing and Hardanodizing processes ( Type I, II and III ) and other surface finishing processes on Aluminum.
Learn more about the CompCote® process
Metallurgical, Materials and Process Consulting
Jude M. Runge holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University
of Illinois at Chicago. She worked five
years at Northrop Corporation, Defense Systems Division in Rolling
Meadows, Illinois, as a senior engineer in the Reliability Analysis
Laboratory. Following her experience at Northrop, she worked for ten
years at Bodycote-Taussig Associates in Skokie, Illinois, a metallurgical
consultancy and laboratory, helping various industrial clients to identify
and solve problems in the field of metals, metal processing, surface
treatment, heat treatment and other materials and processes. This period
was followed by five years at Saporito Finishing in Cicero, Illinois,
as Director of Research and Development. Most recently, Dr. Runge was
employed as a research metallurgist at the Argonne National Laboratory
working in the field of electrochemical nuclear waste recycling focusing
on high-end coating techniques for extreme conditions.
Dr. Judy M. Runge has worked for over 30 years as a technical expert
on countless cases throughout the entire industry.
Her experience therefore spans all kinds of materials, processes and applications.
She also worked and works on high profile product liability cases to identify
the root cause of failures. Today, Dr. Runge teaches also electrochemical basics
to our customers to improve their knowledge level and analyzes their processes
to improve quality and reliability.
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