ASEF- American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society: Publishes Plating and Surface Finishing Magazine. They also support research in the plating/finishing area. See their research reports.
Dawn Research - Electrochemical Consulting: Dawn Research provides consulting in electrochemical engineering. Disciplines include coatings, free standing electroform technologies, low stress alloy plating, engineered material properties, electronic monitoring of stress in applied metal coatings.