Top Shops

Capital Expenditures and Growth

The axiom says that you must spend money to make money. Turns out the statistics prove it true, too. Top Shops spend money to make money, and keep more of it.

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Employees Take Ownership of Arlington Plating

Arlington Plating is being recognized as a Products Finishing Top Shop not only for its rebirth as a major plating operation in the U.S., but also for its work in transforming its relationship with employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) initiated in 2016.

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Medina Plating Earns No. 1 Top Shops Status

Medina Plating’s operational performance earned it the distinction of being the No. 1 shop in the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey conducted in late 2016.

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Hohman Plating Practices Are Astronomical

Hohman Plating holds a client roll not for the weak of heart, which is why it has been named a Products Finishing Top Shop again in 2017 and earned honors for its Practices and Performance over the past year.

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Marsh Plating Takes on Growth, Expansion

The ability to manage business growth and thrive is one reason Marsh Plating earned its Products Finishing Top Shops status and special recognition in the business strategy category.

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2017 Finishing Industry Economic Forecast

What the team at Gardner Business Intelligence sees ahead for the industrial finishing industry in 2017.

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Data-Driven Coater Uses Technology to Improve Finishes

Iowa’s Co-Line is a Top Shop that uses analytics to improve efficiencies.

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When Good Enough Never Is

Get ready for the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey.

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Benchmarking a Plating Operation to No. 1

Indiana’s Electro-Spec uses Top Shops data to improve efficiencies.

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Top Shops: Keystone Koatings, Top HR and Training Programs

President Rick Gehman says employees and management that have helped earn a Products Finishing Top Shops award for the past two years, and its HR practices could mean it will be recognized for years.

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