Top Shops

Top Shops

Armoloy's New Owners Use Simple Marketing Strategy to Build Electroplating Business

Nolan Hannan and Jacob Meier purchased Armoloy in 2017, and knew they wanted a data-driven shop that they provided information on how well the shop was operating, and where improvements could be made.

Read More
Anodizing

Competing to Be the Best Electroplating Shop

A competitive nature drives many Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey participants to want to be considered in the elite 80th percentile.

Read More
Electroplating

Houston Plating and Coatings Celebrates 30 Years

HPC has over 1,500 active customers and processes over five million parts annually, and has been named a Products Finishing magazine Top Shop for both plating and spray coating processes.

Read More
Top Shops

Finishing Shops Celebrate Top Shops Awards in Unique Ways

As we get ready to open the next survey to determine which finishing operations will be crowned the 2019 Products Finishing Top Shops, we look at how previous winners have celebrated the honor.

Read More
Liquid Coating

A Conversation with Rick Hunter, A.M. Metal Finishing

His shop has been a Products Finishing Top Shop for both plating and powder coating almost every year since the survey began. Hunter runs the Orlando, Florida, shop with his wife, Sloane.

Read More
Electroplating

Hohman Plating Celebrates 100th Year

The shop was founded in 1918 in Springfield, Ohio, by William Hohman, and has been named several times to the Products Finishing Top Shops list.

Read More
Powder Coating

2018 Top Shops for Liquid and Powder Coating

The 2018 Products Finishing Tops Shops are listed below, gleaned from the several hundred survey respondents.

Read More
Electrocoating

Burkard Industries Climbs the Ladder to No. 1

The Michigan shop makes its way to the top of the 2018 Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey.

Read More
surfin

30-in-30 from the 2018 Products Finishing Management Stage

Download the “30-In-30” that delivered 30 great tips and ideas from Top Shop operators on ways to improve efficiencies, in a fast-paced 30-minute presentation.

Read More
Top Shops

How to Read Your Top Shops Customized Benchmarking Report

Video from Michael Guckes from Gardner Intelligence explains how to read and understand your Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking custom reports you received if you took part in the recent survey.

Watch
The Finishing Industry’s Education and Networking Resource
plating and surface finishing additives
New Acid-Free Bright Nickel Process
Metal Pretreatment Technology
Pretreatment Washer and Finishing Equipment
Gardner Intelligence
Filtration Systems
Heatmax Heaters ad with immersion heaters
cfs masking