A walk through the sprawling 175,000-square-foot campus that is Durable Industrial Finishing Co. (DIFCO) in Tucker, Georgia, will tell you all that you need to know about how automated the operations are at this 60-year-old finishing operation.

Milt Stevenson Jr. is Vice President and  Chief Environmental Officer at Anoplate in Syracuse, New York, which he runs along with his brother, Jim. It was founded by their father in 1960 and operates in a 104,000-square-foot facility. Milt is an active member of the finishing industry and its association, and in 2019 was named an NASF Fellow for his life-long work and dedication to the industry.

Duke Vo is Sales Manager at Temecula Quality Plating in Temecula, California, and previously served in the U.S. Army.

For metal castings and powder metal parts exposed to harsh, high-pressure, or vacuum environments, holes and fissures are unavoidable.

Staying engaged with its customers is important to Coventya USA, so during these pandemic times where travel is limited or restricted, the supplier to the finishing and coating industry has developed a program to improve the knowledge of its customers.

Jaime Maliszewski is president and CEO of Reliable Plating Works and general manager of Elite Finishing in Milwaukee, a family-owned company that has been around since 1929. Not only does he lead one of the top industrial chrome plating shops in the U.S., but Maliszewski and his employees are actively involved in a number of community organizations.