Professional Plating Inc. has been recognized as one of North America’s top surface finishing facilities, earning a spot as a 2026 Products Finishing Top Shop. It marks the Brillion, Wisconsin, company’s twelfth consecutive year receiving the award, continuing a streak that goes back to the program’s first year. What Top Shops Measure The Products Finishing […]
Professional Plating Named Top Metal Plating Service of 2025 by Manufacturing Outlook We’re honored to share that Professional Plating has been named the Top Metal Plating Service of 2025 by Manufacturing Outlook! This prestigious recognition is especially meaningful to us because it wasn’t just awarded—it was earned through the voices of our most valued partners: […]
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 […]
In late 2024, Shop Talk spoke with Professional Plating Inc. regarding recent additions and refurbishments to its finishing lines. Former General Manager, Larry Dietz, highlighted more than $25 million in investments across the Brillion, Wisconsin facility, including a new Epoxy E-coat line and Zinc Barrel line. The line redistribution also expanded shipping, receiving, and warehouse […]
Less than a month ago we announced plans for a new barrel plating line to run by the end of 2023 to add more barrel zinc capacity. Today we are reaching out to say “Here We Grow Again” with another new capital project to design, build and install a new Epoxy Ecoat line to replace […]
Professional Plating is pleased to announce that we are expanding our footprint once again in an effort to continually meet the needs of our valued customers. An investment of over $4 million is being made on a brand new zinc barrel line that will be on-line by the end of calendar 2023 in our Brillion, […]
Professional Plating has been named one of Product Finishing’s “Top Shops”! We had a visit from some of the Product Finishing team members to tour our shop and to learn more about what we do to keep our business growing. Our team stood out to Products Finishing because of the organization’s ability to continually grow […]
The headline is referring to legendary road racing speed park, Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. Professional Plating is proud to announce associate sponsorship for this weekends NASCAR Xfinity Series “Henry 180” weekend. Race fans will have the opportunity to watch some of NASCAR’s future stars as they test their skills on the storied 4-mile, […]
Professional Plating Inc recently underwent an intensive five-day recertification audit to ISO 9001:2015. The audit was conducted by DQS Inc.. ISO 9001:2015 is an international quality standard that is designed to make sure companies are following good quality practices. Companies that wish to comply to ISO standards set procedures in place that show commitment to […]
Professional Plating (PPI) has been a preferred supplier and partner of Lincoln Industries for more than ten years. Currently, PPI processes and finishes more than 130 different part numbers for Lincoln Industries. Over the years PPI has become a key player in Lincoln Industries growth strategy as a member of Lincoln Industries’ supplier advisory council. At Lincoln Industries, we rely on PPI and their competent people to meet customer commitments, projects quality requirements and timelines. PPI continuously meets our demanding criteria for delivery performance, customer support and business impact. During the last couple years we have re-sourced multiple projects from poor performing suppliers to PPI. Cosmetic gloss powder is a difficult finish and very few companies have the systems and the technical abilities that PPI has, to be able to consistently process it successfully. Lincoln Industries people and PPI people have very close business relationships at each level and work closely on a daily basis. We appreciate PPI’s commitment as we work together to meet or exceed the high expectations of our customers.
