BY TIM PENNINGTON EDITOR
PKG Equipment helps Monroe
Plating revive a used line.
Making Plating
Lines New Again
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NOVEMBER 2015 — pfonline.com
PLATING P L A T I N G
John Rowe has never thought of himself as a "new car"
kind of guy, preferring instead to kick the tires of a great
used car that will get the job done for him just as well as a
showroom model.
As general manager of Monroe Plating in Rochester,
New York, he took that same approach when he joined the
company four years ago when owner Ken McAlpin brought
him on board to run the finishing company.
"Ken brought me on to grow this business," Rowe says.
"When I came on, our barrel line work was a shift a day, and
after about two-and-a-half years, we grew it to where we were
running it 24 hours a day, five days a week."
So when he couldn't fit more hours in a day to get addi-
tional work, Rowe started looking at adding capacity, which
meant expanding Monroe's operation and adding a new line.
"Our customers had the additional work for us," he says.
"We just couldn't take it on."
Monroe Plating specializes in electroless nickel and electro-
plated zinc in its 39,000-square-foot facility which has served
ABOVE: Monroe Plating began looking at adding
capacity, which meant expanding its operation and
adding a finishing line.