Finishing for the Big Screen
Leonhardt Plating Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio provides finishes for several components that make up the kettles and other parts in popcorn machines at your local cinema.
Movie popcorn popper components are electropolished (top) and chrome (bottom) plated at Leonhardt Plating Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio). Founded in 1950, this family-owned electroplating job shop’s services include decorative chrome plating, electropolishing, electrolytic and electroless nickel plating, passivation, gold plating and polishing and buffing. One of the company’s longstanding customers makes popcorn machines for movie theaters across the country.
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