The North America electroplating and anodizing industry showed many key operational metrics in 2019 — including finishing equipment usage, a measurement of productivity — generally unchanged relative to 2018, in this year’s Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey, which was conducted in December 2019 and was the sixth in a series of annual industry surveys. More than 50 metrics were measured in the survey, which included shops from the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Complete survey results.
Listed below are 50 Top Shops for 2020 along with their top official:
| Company Name | Top Official | Location |
| A.M. Metal Finishing | Rick Hunter, President | Orlando, FL |
| Ace Anodizing and Impregnating | David Vaughn, President | Hillside, IL |
| Acme Galvanizing | Edward Weiss, President | Milwaukee, WI |
| Active Metal Finishing | Allan Phillips, President | Toronto, Canada |
| Advanced Metal Finishing of Virginia | Dwayne Robinson, President | Roanoke, VA |
| AeroDynamics | Cara Burzynski, President | Seabrook, NH |
| Aircraft X-Ray Labs | Gary Newton, CEO | Huntington Park, CA |
| All Metals Processing of Orange County | Michael Coburn, CEO | Stanton , CA |
| American Metal Coatings | Konstantine Dotsikasm, President | Mentor, OH |
| Armoloy of Illinois | Nolan Hannan, COO | Dekalb, IL |
| Cadillac Plating | Nick Salvati, President | Warren, MI |
| Censa | Francisco Hornelas, General Manager | Tlalnepantla, Mexico |
| ChromeTech of Wisconsin | Alan Henry, President | Franklin, WI |
| Electrolizing Corporation of Ohio | Chris Noble, COO | Cleveland, OH |
| Electro-Spec | Jeffrey Smith, President | Franklin, IN |
| Elite Metal Finishing | Dan Rose, President | Oceanside, CA |
| Embee Processing | Michael Coburn, CEO | Santa Ana, CA |
| Freedom Metal Finishing | Keith Eidschun, President | Clearwater, FL |
| Great Lakes Metal Finishing | David Wachter, General Manager | Erie, PA |
| Green Bay Anodizing | Charles Dunham, President | Green Bay, WI |
| Hohman Plating | Brad Kremer, President | Dayton, OH |
| Houston Plating & Coatings | William Howard Jr., CEO | South Houston, TX |
| Industrial Polishing Services | Enrique Mereles, Sales/Marketing Director | San Diego, CA |
| Jagemann Plating | Scott Jagemann, President | Manitowoc, WI |
| KC Jones Plating | Robert Burger, President | Warren, MI |
| Luke Engineering | Chris Jurey, President | Wadsworth, OH |
| Lustrous Metal Coatings | Mike Paxos, President | Canton, OH |
| Marsh Plating Corporation | Matthew Marsh, President | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Master Finish | Aaron Mulder, CEO | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Microfinish | William Stock, President | Saint Louis, MO |
| Miramar Metal Processing | Marcos Cielak, President | San Diego, CA |
| Nico Products | Peter Waldo, CEO | Minneapolis, MN |
| Paulo | Ben Rassieur, President | Murfreesboro, TN |
| Perfection Industrial Finishing | Charles Zinke, President | Tucson, AZ |
| Pilkington Metal Finishing | Van Pilkington, President | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Pioneer Metal Finishing | Kevin Stevick, CEO | Green Bay, WI |
| Plateco Inc. | Jim Schweich, CEO | Reedsburg, WI |
| Plating Technology | Kirk Urmey, CEO | Dayton, OH |
| Professional Plating | Larry Dietz, General Manager | Brillion, WI |
| Protech Metal Finishing | Mike Huddleston, CEO | Vonore, TN |
| Recubrimientos Metalicos de Mexico | Carlos Cielak, CEO | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Roy Metal Finishing | John Pazdan, Managing Director | Conestee, SC |
| Surface Technology | Michael Feldstein, President | Princeton, NJ |
| Surtronics | Angela Stanley, CEO | Raleigh, NC |
| Techmetals | Phillip Brockman, President | Dayton, OH |
| Temecula Quality Plating | Duc Vo, President | Temecula, CA |
| U.S. Chrome Corp. of New York | John Carpenter, CEO | Batavia, NY |
| Valence Surface Technologies - Garden Grove | Juan Cadenas, General Manager | Garden Grove, CA |
| Valence Surface Technologies - Lynwood | Tracy Glende, CEO | Lynwood, CA |
| Wolkerstorfer Company | Steffen Wolkerstorfer, President | New Brighton, MN |
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