Top Shops
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.
Read MoreTop Shops: Georgia Powder Coating, Top Finishing Technologies
GPC started with four employees working in a poultry processing warehouse. Now it has 45, and is recognized for its finishing technology in the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey.
Read MoreTop Shops: Freedom Finishing, Top Finishing Practices/Performances
Erik Ender prefers to use statistical process controls to let him know how efficient his powder coating and electrocoating lines are humming at Freedom Finishing.
Read MoreTop Shops: Burkard Industries, Top Business Practices
Jay Burkard likes to keep things simple and promotes his company to customers as their “one-stop coating shop,” which is being recognized for its business practices in the Products Finishing Top Shop Benchmarking Survey.
Read MoreTop Shops: Metokote is No. 1 Top Shop Liquid/Powder for 2016
MetoKote is the No. 1 facility on the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey rankings for liquid and powder coatings in 2016, based on statistical analysis from more than 45 criteria.
WatchTop Shops: 2016 Liquid/Powder Coating
The Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey for the liquid and powder coating segment yielded interesting statistics about how coating shops run their business, as well as some best practices that many others should emulate.
Read MoreTop Shops Profile: Barry Avenue Plating
Los Angeles-based Barry Avenue Plating was founded in 1947, and Chuck Kearsley is president and Cruz Maldonado is vice president of operations. They opened BAP Aerospace in Mexico in 2012 to serve that region.
Read MoreTop Shops: Training is Key to Techmetals’ Success
Extensive, high-level staff training and certifications show company’s commitment to customers and to employees.
Read MoreTop Shops: New Plating Lines Spur BFG Manufacturing Services
Company’s dedication to updating finishing technology leads to production of 300 million coated parts a year.
Read MoreA Conversation with...Jeff Smith, Electro-Spec
A former athlete at Notre Dame, Smith's shop was named the No. 1 plating shop in the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey
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