Top Shops
How to Build a Powder Coating Brand
Maui Powder Works, a 2022 Products Finishing Top Shop, shares the story behind how it grew from an island job shop to a recognized voice in the finishing community.
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Top Shops Benchmarking Survey FAQs
Products Finishing’s Top Shops Benchmarking Survey is gearing up for 2025. Mike Shirk, senior market research analyst for Gardner Intelligence, offers insights for taking the survey and interpreting the results.
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Top Shop Provides Tailored Plating Solutions
U.S. Chrome discusses its formula for success, which includes custom fixturing and creative plating solutions for its customers in a range of industries.
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Powder Coating Top Shop Focuses on Growth, Expanding Markets
Indiana-based Winona Powder Coating has become one of the leading industrial powder coating providers for the Midwest and continues to emphasize new growth as it looks to the future.
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Consistency is Key for this Plating Top Shop
A recurring theme from Products Finishing's recent visit to Varland Plating was a commitment to continuous improvement.
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The 2022 Top Shops Benchmarking Results Have Arrived
With hundreds of finishers participating, this year’s benchmarking survey data shows that automation solutions are one of the primary makers of a Top Shop.
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An Opportunity for a Second Chance
Perfection Industrial Finishing has a remarkable way of cultivating its workforce: It hires people as they leave the prison system and reenter society.
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Embracing Tools for Continuous Improvement
Triplex Plating is a great example of how to use benchmarking, training and employee feedback as tools for continuous improvement.
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Products Finishing Reveals 2022 Liquid and Powder Coating Top Shops
8th annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey for liquid and powder coating qualifying shops list announced.
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Episode 20: Jesse Baldwin, Triplex Plating
Jesse Baldwin, chief operating officer for 2022 electroplating and anodizing Top Shop Triplex Plating, discusses the importance of benchmarking and the company’s formula for success.
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