Published 04/01/2020

2020 Top Shops for Electroplating and Anodizing

Data from the Benchmarking Survey is used to name 50 Top Shops, which are listed along with their top official.

Edited by: PF Editorial Team

The North America electroplating and anodizing industry showed many key operational metrics in 2019 — including finishing equipment usage, a measurement of productivity — generally unchanged relative to 2018, in this year’s Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey, which was conducted in December 2019 and was the sixth in a series of annual industry surveys. More than 50 metrics were measured in the survey, which included shops from the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Complete survey results.

Listed below are 50 Top Shops for 2020 along with their top official:

Company Name	Top Official	Location
A.M. Metal Finishing	Rick Hunter, President	Orlando, FL
Ace Anodizing and Impregnating	David Vaughn, President	Hillside, IL
Acme Galvanizing	Edward Weiss, President	Milwaukee, WI
Active Metal Finishing	Allan Phillips, President	Toronto, Canada
Advanced Metal Finishing of Virginia	Dwayne Robinson, President	Roanoke, VA
AeroDynamics	Cara Burzynski, President	Seabrook, NH
Aircraft X-Ray Labs	Gary Newton, CEO	Huntington Park, CA
All Metals Processing of Orange County	Michael Coburn, CEO	Stanton , CA
American Metal Coatings	Konstantine Dotsikasm, President	Mentor, OH
Armoloy of Illinois	Nolan Hannan, COO	Dekalb, IL
Cadillac Plating	Nick Salvati, President	Warren, MI
Censa	Francisco Hornelas, General Manager	Tlalnepantla, Mexico
ChromeTech of Wisconsin	Alan Henry, President	Franklin, WI
Electrolizing Corporation of Ohio	Chris Noble, COO	Cleveland, OH
Electro-Spec	Jeffrey Smith, President	Franklin, IN
Elite Metal Finishing	Dan Rose, President	Oceanside, CA
Embee Processing	Michael Coburn, CEO	Santa Ana, CA
Freedom Metal Finishing	Keith Eidschun, President	Clearwater, FL
Great Lakes Metal Finishing	David Wachter, General Manager	Erie, PA
Green Bay Anodizing	Charles Dunham, President	Green Bay, WI
Hohman Plating	Brad Kremer, President	Dayton, OH
Houston Plating & Coatings	William Howard Jr., CEO	South Houston, TX
Industrial Polishing Services	Enrique Mereles, Sales/Marketing Director	San Diego, CA
Jagemann Plating	Scott Jagemann, President	Manitowoc, WI
KC Jones Plating	Robert Burger, President	Warren, MI
Luke Engineering	Chris Jurey, President	Wadsworth, OH
Lustrous Metal Coatings	Mike Paxos, President	Canton, OH
Marsh Plating Corporation	Matthew Marsh, President	Ypsilanti, MI
Master Finish	Aaron Mulder, CEO	Grand Rapids, MI
Microfinish	William Stock, President	Saint Louis, MO
Miramar Metal Processing	Marcos Cielak, President	San Diego, CA
Nico Products	Peter Waldo, CEO	Minneapolis, MN
Paulo	Ben Rassieur, President	Murfreesboro, TN
Perfection Industrial Finishing	Charles Zinke, President	Tucson, AZ
Pilkington Metal Finishing	Van Pilkington, President	Salt Lake City, UT
Pioneer Metal Finishing	Kevin Stevick, CEO	Green Bay, WI
Plateco Inc.	Jim Schweich, CEO	Reedsburg, WI
Plating Technology	Kirk Urmey, CEO	Dayton, OH
Professional Plating	Larry Dietz, General Manager	Brillion, WI
Protech Metal Finishing	Mike Huddleston, CEO	Vonore, TN
Recubrimientos Metalicos de Mexico	Carlos Cielak, CEO	Mexico City, Mexico
Roy Metal Finishing	John Pazdan, Managing Director	Conestee, SC
Surface Technology	Michael Feldstein, President	Princeton, NJ
Surtronics	Angela Stanley, CEO	Raleigh, NC
Techmetals	Phillip Brockman, President	Dayton, OH
Temecula Quality Plating	Duc Vo, President	Temecula, CA
U.S. Chrome Corp. of New York	John Carpenter, CEO	Batavia, NY
Valence Surface Technologies - Garden Grove	Juan Cadenas, General Manager	Garden Grove, CA
Valence Surface Technologies - Lynwood	Tracy Glende, CEO	Lynwood, CA
Wolkerstorfer Company	Steffen Wolkerstorfer, President	New Brighton, MN