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Noble Aerospace Now Parent Company of Embee, All Metals
Embee Processing and All Metals Processing were named Products Finishing Top Shops in 2019, and have become leaders in the aerospace finishing industry.
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Gaining Traction to be a Great Finishing Operation
Burkard Industries, located near Detroit, was the Products Finishing’s Top Shop in 2018 for liquid and powder coating operations, using a management book to help them improve.
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Continuous Improvements Drive Elite Metal Finishing
Elite Metal Finishing was singled out for Best Practices in the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey because of their extremely high detail to quality and customer communication.
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American Metal Coatings Tops Out at No. 1 Electroplating Operation
Ohio’s American Metal Coatings is the No. 1 finishing operation in North America based on the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2018 Top Shops for Liquid and Powder Coating
The 2018 Products Finishing Tops Shops are listed below, gleaned from the several hundred survey respondents.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Products Finishing Top Shops Management Stage
Products Finishing will showcase the best-run finishing shops in North America at the Top Shops Management Stage at Sur/Fin, where owners and managers will be on hand to discuss what makes their plating and anodizing operations some of the most efficient and profitable in the business.
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A Conversation with Rick Gehman, Keystone Koating
Rick Gehman is president of Keystone Koating in Lititz, Pennsylvania, which has been a Products Finishing Top Shop numerous times.
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You Tell Us, for a Change
The Top Shops survey and the Hall of Fame are your chances to to talk to us. We are all ears. We have learned that the best deciders of what goes in the magazine each month are those who count on it to get their industry news and information.
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Top Shops: Colourfast’s Commitment is to Quality.
Canadian shop specializes in custom coatings for institutional furniture, seating, store fixtures and home décor.
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Top Shops: Good Practices Start at the Top for A&A Global Industries.
The manager of its powder coating division leads by example.
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