PRODUCTS FINISHING — pfonline.com
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Top Shops Survey
Opens in December
Is your electroplating shop one of the best
in North America? If so, PF is searching for
the best-run and most customer-driven
electroplating operations to join the ranks
of other Top Shops.
The annual PF benchmarking survey
of electroplating operations begins at
pfonline.com on Dec. 1, and data from the
survey will be used to determine the 2016
Products Finishing Top Shops.
Both job shops and captive shops
should complete the
survey, which asks
questions about
current fnishing
technology, fnishing
practices, business
strategies and training. Shops should be
prepared to provide statistical informa-
tion such as capacity utilization, order
lead times, rework percentages, capital
equipment expenditure, sales compared
to fnishing lines and other data.
All shops completing the survey will
receive a comprehensive benchmarking
report that they can use to compare their
numbers with others in the industry,
including the Top Shops, which represent
the top 20 percent of responses.
This is the second year that PF will be
conducting the electroplating bench-
marking survey. The magazine will also
conduct a liquid and powder coating
survey begining next summer.
Award winners will be featured in the
April issue of Products Finishing.
Saran Industries Invests $4.4M
in Kokomo Finishing Facility
Saran Industries, an Indianapolis-based
supplier of industrial fnishing and
custom processing of forgings, casting
and machined parts for manufac-
turers, plans to establish operations in
Kokomo, Indiana, creating up to 60 jobs.
Saran will lease and renovate a 250,000
square foot, vacant factory complex.
Saran Industries will invest more than
$4.4 million to renovate the facility and
install new equipment in Kokomo by
2016. The complex has been vacant
since the factory closed in 2008.
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