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Products Finishing recently conducted its sixth annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey for the liquid and powder coating industries. Analysts from the Gardner Intelligence team combed through aggregate data submitted by hundreds of survey participants from the U.S., Canada and Mexico to identify trends indicating how finishers are performing and how companies can use those data to identify areas for growth and improvement. Shops were measured based on more than 50 operational metrics including lead time, on-time delivery, first-pass quality yield and finishing equipment usage, among others.
Listed below are 50 Top Shops for 2020 along with their top official:
Company Name |
Top Official |
Location |
|
Georgia Powder Coating |
Dallas Cooley, VP Sales |
Gainesville, Ga. |
|
Professional Plating Inc. |
Larry Dietz, General Manager |
Brillion, Wisc. |
|
Houston Plating & Coatings |
William H. Howard, Jr., CEO |
South Houston, Texas |
|
Select Powder Coating |
Cole Scego, President |
Union, Mo. |
|
Freedom Finishing Inc |
Gloria Ender, President |
Benton Harbor, Mich. |
|
All-Color Powder Coating Inc. |
Mark Mortensen, President |
Oregon, Wis. |
|
Militex Coatings Inc. |
Andre Maas, President |
London, Ontario |
|
Roy Metal Finishing Company |
John Pazdan, Managing Director |
Conestee, S.C. |
|
Aircraft X-ray Lab |
Gary Newton, CEO |
Huntington Park, Calif. |
|
A.M. Metal Finishing |
Rick Hunter, President |
Orlando, Fla. |
|
Parker Trutec |
Jay Kromalic, President |
Urbana, Ohio |
|
Superior Powder Coating Inc. |
Charles Briggs, President |
Elizabeth, N.J. |
|
Recubrimientos Metalicos de Mexico |
Carlos Cielak |
Mexico City, Mexico |
|
Bristol Powdercoat |
Allan Phillips, Business Manager |
Burlington, Ontario |
|
JIT Powder Coating Company |
Timothy A Milner, President/Owner |
Farmington, Minn. |
|
Pilkington Metal Finishing |
Van Pilkington, President |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
|
Crest Coating |
Jeff Erickson, President |
Anaheim, Calif. |
|
S&B Finishing Co Inc. |
Kenneth Spielman, President |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Westside Finishing Company Inc. |
Korey Bell, President |
Holyoke, Mass. |
|
Winona Powder Coatings Inc. |
Jamie Visker, CEO/Owner |
Etna Green, Ind. |
|
Fitzgerald Finishing LLC |
Tom Melita, President |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Wolkerstorfer Company Inc. |
Steffen Wolkerstorfer, President |
New Brighton, Minn. |
|
Ace Anodizing and Impregnating Inc. |
David Vaughn, President/Owner |
Hillside, Ill. |
|
Orion Industries |
Bruce Nesbitt, CEO/CTO |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
TLC Metal Restoration Inc. |
Uzi Othman, COO |
Mineola, N.Y. |
|
Surgical Coatings |
James Morris, President |
Sedalia, Colo. |
|
Andrews Powder Coating, Inc. |
Scott Andrews, President |
Chatsworth, Calif. |
|
TWF Industries Inc. |
Tom Furrer, President |
Alexandria, Minn. |
|
Atlantic Engineered Products |
Rob Williamson, President |
Brusnwick, Ga. |
|
Federal Paint Shop Inc. |
Alexis Brien, President |
Montreal, Quebec |
|
Barrette Outdoor Living |
Charles A Howison, VP Operations |
Brooksville, Fla. |
|
BFG Manufacturing Service |
Jeffrey Grube, President |
Punxsutawney, Pa. |
|
LoneStar Corrosion Services Inc. |
Glen Cronin, President |
Houston, Texas |
|
Autotech Production Services Inc. |
David Angeles, General Manager |
San Luis, Ariz. |
|
Keystone Koating LLC |
Rick Gehman, President |
Lititz, Pa. |
|
Profile Finishing Systems LLC |
Chris Knuth, CEO |
Kaukauna, Wis. |
|
Perfection Industrial Finishing |
Charles Zinke, President |
Tucson, Ariz. |
|
BCM Powder Coating |
Bill McKeand, Owner |
Jeddo, Mich. |
|
Safeway Services of Rockford Inc. |
Tom Lynde, President |
Rockford, Ill. |
|
Progressive Coating |
Stephen Walters, President/CEO |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
BK Industrial Finishing |
Barry Kendall, Owner |
Merrimack, N.H. |
|
Spectrum Metal Finishing Inc. |
Jared Ruggieri, National Sales Manager |
Youngstown, Ohio |
|
Mettler Toledo LLC |
Herb Aten, General Manager |
Columbus, Ohio |
|
Pro-Kote LLC |
Lanny Woods, Owner |
Jackson, Tenn. |
|
Colourfast Corp. |
Joseph Manzoli, President/CEO |
Concord, Ontario |
|
Reliable Powder Coating |
Shawn Taylor, President |
San Leandro, Calif. |
|
Oklahoma Custom Coating |
Sam Adkisson, Owner |
Seminole, Okla. |
|
Applied Finishes |
Steven Slabaugh, President |
New Paris, Ind. |
|
Speedy's Industrial |
Kelly Jordan, Owner |
Ozark, Mo. |
|
Aegis Industrial Finishing Ltd. |
Chris McKinnon, CEO |
Surrey, British Columbia |
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