2021 Top Shops Benchmarking Opens
Beginning in 2021, the Tops Shops program will allow survey values to be compared to a larger, cumulative database of results, expanding the benefits of participation.
Scott Francis
Editor-In-Chief, Products Finishing
National Surface Finishing Day 2021
National Surface Finishing Day will be celebrated March 3. The annual event is a way to showcase the industry to local trade schools, businesses, officials and media, as well as to celebrate employees and staff.
Carlisle Fluid Technologies Hires Marketing Director, Business Director
Judy Lietzke and John Owed have 33 and 36 years of industry experience, respectively.
Acme Manufacturing Appoints COO, Promotes Five Others
Changes include promotions to various sales, marketing and quality positions.
Hubbard-Hall Inc. Appoints Shelley Lusas to Director of Marketing
Hubbard-Hall has promoted Shelley Lusas to a new director of marketing position. Lusas has been with the company for three years.
Westside Finishing Keeps Moving Forward
Founded nearly 40 years, Westside Finishing, a perennial Products Finishing Top Shops award recipient, has grown into one of New England’s largest powder coating job shops.
All-Color Powder Coating Emphasizes Quality and Customer Service
Mark Mortensen of All-Color Powder Coating, one of Products Finishing's Powder Coating Top Shops, says communication is key to success.
Podcast: Shaping the Industrial Buying Process
Dave Necessary, Gardner Business Media's director of strategic engagement, shares key insights from 2020 Industrial Buying Influence Report on Industrial Strength Marketing podcast.
Jenny Rush
Managing Editor, Products Finishing
2020 Top Shops for Liquid and Powder Coating
The sixth annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey measured shops based on more than 50 operational metrics including lead time, on-time delivery, first-pass quality yield and finishing equipment usage, among others.
What Makes a Top Shop?
Productivity, efficiency and on-time deliveries are all hallmarks of a great finishing shop, but at the heart of it all is a commitment to employees and customers.
2020 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey Results for Electroplating & Anodizing
North American Market Shows Mixed Results for the 2019 Reporting Year
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.
April Issue: Electroplating/Anodizing Top Shops
The April issue of Products Finishing is now available. Below you’ll find a few highlights from the issue as well as additional featured articles and other online content.
Top Shops Executive Summit: An Exchange of Finishing Industry Ideas and Best Practices
This year’s inaugural Top Shops Executive Summit offers an opportunity for shop owners, executives and managers in the finishing industry to gather for networking and ideation.
Scott Francis
Editor-In-Chief, Products Finishing
Vince Hankins Joins Organic Dyes and Pigments
Organic Dyes and Pigments (ORCO) has hired Vince Hankins as vice president of sales, responsible for all of ORCO’s sales and marketing management.
Speakers Announced for Products Finishing Top Shops Executive Summit
Presenters include presidents, CEOs of Top Shops in North America.
Atotech Announces Staff Updates
Specialty chemicals and equipment company has management changes in sales and marketing.
Wisconsin's Professional Plating Provides Triple Threat as 5-Time Top Shop
Professional Plating is a 5-Time Products Finishing Top Shop winner that provides plating, powder coating and electrocoating services.
A Conversation With William Howard Jr., Houston Plating and Coatings
William Howard’s Houston Plating and Coatings checked in as the No. 1 liquid and powder coating operation in the 2019 Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey.
January Issue: Professional Plating and Automotive Coatings
The January issue of Products Finishing focuses on Wisconsin’s Professional Plating, a 5-time Top Shops award winner, as well as automotive coatings.
June Issue: Liquid and Powder Coating Benchmarking
Products Finishing’s June issue covers the top ranking shops in our Top Shops benchmarking survey for liquid and powder coating.
Scott Francis
Editor-In-Chief, Products Finishing
Westside Finishing Honored as 'Super 60' Winner
Westside Finishing, which has been named a Products Finishing Top Shops for several years, has previously won the Super 60 award.
Quality Finishing Creates New Growth at Apex Anodizing
Apex Anodizing is a Products Finishing Top Shop in the liquid and powder coating benchmarking survey, and growing thanks to a busy aerospace sector.
Minding Your Own Business
The Products Finishing Top Shops Executive Summit in October 2020 will give you that opportunity.
Employee Buy-In Drives Chicago Powder Coater
S&B Finishing Company is a 5-Time Products Finishing Top Shop Recipient, thanks to its long-time employees.
Products Finishing Top Shops Executive Summit Planned for 2020
Owners and managers of plating, liquid and powder coatings shops to converge at singular conference to share best practices in peer-to-peer setting.
2019 Top Shops for Liquid and Powder Coatings
The data from the survey is used to select the overall Top Shops, which are listed along with their top official.
