We talk with Ken Hoffmann, president of Palm Springs Plating in California, who started the company more than 30 years ago.

Loreto “Larry” Capoccia came to the U.S. from Italy with his wife in 1966 and soon found a career in the metal finishing industry.

We chat with Dan Brockman, the founder of the Dayton, Ohio, shop Techmetals.

Our guest on The Finish Line is Reid Metal Finishing owner TJ Grandcolas, who has been running the Santa Ana, California company since 2018.

We talk with Chris Trimino, Vice President of Operations at Sav-On Plating in Phoenix, Arizona, about how, if a part is made in the U.S. and headed to Mexico to be assembled, then Sav-On Plating seeks to be a stop on the way.

We chat with John Lindstedt, whose family owns Advanced Plating Technologies in Milwaukee.

We talk with Rich DePoto, Business Development Manager with Uyemura International, on the future of plating EV parts with Silver.

We talk with Ralph Capalbo Jr. from New Method Plating in Worcester, Massachusetts, where Capalbo worked for almost 60 years in a company started by his father.

We talk with Eric Svenson Sr., president of Plating Resources, about the development of a new and safe way to add sulfate to hexavalent chrome plating baths, Buffered Sulfate Adjuster.

We spoke with Dan Rose, owner of Elite Metal Finishing in Oceanside CA, about the job coaching he has received from Jim Castigilia from Business Street Fighter Consulting.

We chat with Kevin Maas from Maas Brothers Powder Coating in Livermore, California, who runs the business outside of San Francisco with his brother, Kraig.

We chat with Stephen Rudy CEF, who has a 40+ year career in the finishing industry, and has seen — and solved — many issues that occur in plating operations.

Our latest podcast features Terry Giles, who spent more than 40 years in the finishing industry.

We chat with Andrew Kossowski, who three years ago  left the corporate world behind to buy a metal finishing operation. This year, he is building himself a new one.

We chat with Kettle Moraine Coatings's former owner John Heyer from Jackson, Wisconsin, who spent more than 50 years in the powder coating industry.

In this episode, we chat with Paul Springer, founder and president of SpringCo Metal Coating in Cleveland.

Frank Altmayer is a Master Surface Finisher and an AESF Fellow who is the technical education director of the AESF Foundation and NASF.

After 25 years working in shops, five years working for a supplier, and 10 years running his own sales business, Marko Duffy now finds himself running an electroplating shop in Danvers, Massachusetts, near his hometown.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be sending a PFAS questionnaire to electroplaters to collect data for the agency’s planned revision of the metal finishing and electroplating guidelines.

Our latest podcast features Vegas Metal Finishing owner Jessica Famiglietti Young and her husband, Mike.

Starting on the supplier side of the finishing industry, Adam Anderson has always wanted to try his hand at running an electroplating shop of his own.