Top Shops
Products Finishing Reveals 2024 Qualifying Top Shops
PF reveals the qualifying shops in its annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey — a program designed to offer shops insights into their overall performance in the industry.
Scott Francis
Editor-In-Chief, Gardner Business Media
Eliminating No-Value-Added Services Adds Value for Customers
Answering questions about how to best meet customer needs led this Products Finishing Top Shop to stop using trucks to provide value-added services and instead, start offering in-house solutions.
Read MoreProduct Finishing’s 2024 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey Deadline Approaches
Taking this year’s Products Finishing’s annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey? Respondents are urged to complete the survey by April 30, 2024 in order to be considered as a qualifying top shop.
Read MoreTop Shop Aces Outstanding Customer Service
More than a finishing shop, this anodizing, powder coating and vacuum resin impregnating business goes above and beyond for its customers by being a resource for whatever their finishing needs might demand.
Read MoreTop Shop Savors Past 20 Years of Prosperity
This one-stop finishing shop was rescued by new management in 2004. Since then, its rejuvenation has brought substantial growth and success to the business.
Read MorePlating Shop Leverages Ingenuity to Strive for Perfection
With unique systems in place, this zinc plating Top Shop offers several value-added services for its customers while focusing on top-notch customer service.
Read MoreAttentive Employees Support Large Customer Base
As a Products Finishing Top Shop, this company’s success with offering a variety of finishing services would not be possible without its employee dedication and the pride that’s been instilled in them to produce quality products for its long list of customers.
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PHTPlus: All-In-One Business Software for the Finishing Industry
The cutting-edge ERP software is designed to revolutionize surface finishing operations.
Defining a Top Shop: Quality, Quickness, Communication, Community
Luke Engineering & Anodizing Co. takes an active role in its community and the industry while also focusing heavily on the quality of its work and employee treatment.
Read MoreProducts Finishing Reveals 2023 Qualifying Top Shops
Each year PF conducts its Top Shops Benchmarking Survey, offering shops a tool to better understand their overall performance in the industry. The program also recognizes shops that meet a set of criteria to qualify as Top Shops.
Read MoreHighlights from SUR/FIN 2023
Products Finishing offers a recap of some of the topics that were top of mind at the SUR/FIN 2023 finishing industry trade show.
Read MoreStrategic Acquisitions and Versatility Set This Shop Apart
Associated Finishing continues to evolve and grow, stretching its capabilities to meet the needs of its customers.
Read MoreTop Shop Leader Focuses on Its People as Key to Success
Twin Cities job shop, Avtec, was named a Top Shop for the third time in 2022, due in no small part to its commitment not only to the work it produces but to those who produce it — its employees.
Read MoreTake the 2023 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey
Participate in the Top Shops Benchmarking Survey to find out if you qualify as a 2023 Products Finishing Top Shop.
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Top Shop’s Journey to Building a Unique Brand
Since this new Ohio plater took over the space and assets of a former plating business, it is intentional about setting itself apart from prior ownership.
Lori Beckman
Senior Editor, Products Finishing
Top Shops Benchmarking Survey — FAQs
Products Finishing’s Top Shops Benchmarking Survey is gearing up for 2023. Jan Schafer, director of marketing research for Gardner Intelligence, offers insights for taking the survey and interpreting the results.
Read MoreHow 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.
Read MoreTop 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.
Read MorePowder 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.
Read MoreConsistency 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreEmbracing Tools for Continuous Improvement
Triplex Plating is a great example of how to use benchmarking, training and employee feedback as tools for continuous improvement.
Read MoreProducts Finishing Reveals 2022 Liquid and Powder Coating Top Shops
8th annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey for liquid and powder coating qualifying shops list announced.
Read MoreEpisode 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.
Read MoreSolving Unmet Needs of the Medical Device Industry
Pioneer Metal Finishing's Medical Center of Excellence has expanded the company's capacity to serve the critical medical device industry. With ISO 13485 certification in hand, the company is now a key driver in medical innovations.
Read MoreProducts Finishing Unveils 2022 Plating and Anodizing Top Shops
2022 Top Shops for electroplating and anodizing recognized at Products Finishing awards presentation at SUR/FIN in Rosemont, Illinois.
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