For this 20 Questions segment, we went a little different and invited the owners of Bales Metal Surface Solutions — Sara and Stacey — to take part in this Q&A without seeing each other’s answers until they appear here.

It may be a reach to say that the DECC Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, saved rock and roll music, but stay with us on this one. Suffice to say, it was founder Evert Mellema’s ingenuity more than 56 years ago that kept many jukebox’s humming along, as well as dust and dirt free.

Like her grandfather who started General Magnaplate almost 70 years ago, Ashley Saunders Russo is a bit of an entrepreneur herself.

Adam Brumfield is the Director of Business and Product Development Roy Metal Finishing in Easley, South Carolina, one of the largest finishing operations in the U.S.

Zinc flake coating is a generic term for coatings and is used by several chemical providers globally. Zinc flake, by design, will lay and overlap on the products when coated. This allows for a blend of zinc flakes to formulate a uniform coating coverage. This specific coating is relatively thin (8-12 µm) and will produce a high level of corrosion protection for any part.

Meghan Bates is the Vice President at Luke Engineering in Wadsworth, Ohio, which specializes in anodizing and conversion coatings for the light metals of aluminum and magnesium.