Brillion, WI – Each year, top-performing coating and finishing shops across North America participate in the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Program to evaluate and improve their operational performance. More than just an award, the program provides participating shops with customized reports based on detailed benchmarking data — offering valuable insight into how their operations compare to industry peers across key performance categories. 

 “This is the 11th year of the Top Shops Benchmarking Survey — a program developed to give industrial finishers a non-biased, data-driven way of evaluating their business,” says Products Finishing editor-in-chief Scott Francis. “With each edition, we continue to refine the survey process and deliver benchmarking reports that offer real value for participants.” 

The Top Shops program measures impacts of delivery, safety, ongoing business investment, environmentally controls, quality, team member involvement, customer feedback and the companies overall impact at being one of the best in the metal fishing industry. 

In addition to these custom insights, qualifying shops receive recognition across Products Finishing’s media platforms and at industry events, making Top Shops status a very meaningful achievement within the finishing industry. 

Professional Plating Inc. has once again this year been named a 2025 Products Finishing Top Shop, based on results from this year’s benchmarking survey. 

“Sincere congratulations to the team at Professional Plating for earning recognition as a 2025 Top Shop,” says Francis. “This distinction reflects strong performance across a range of business and operational metrics — a testament to the dedication and excellence of your entire team.” 

Professional Plating General Manager Ms. Kerry Behnke commented “we are super proud of our team maintaining their track record of being named a Top Shop in each of the 11 years of the Product Finishing competition.  Our team has worked very hard to stay at the top of the metal finishing game, earning the Top Shops each of these 11 years in both the plating and painting divisions. Our team is our business.  And the honor they have earned for the Top Shop award is a true testament to their daily commitment to meeting and exceeding customer needs and expectations”!

To learn more about the Top Shops Benchmarking program, visit: gardnerintelligence.com/report/top-shops-benchmarking