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Which category best describes your business?
Captive shop 12.5% 10.8% 11.3%
Contract shop 18.8% 24.3% 22.6%
Job shop 68.8% 64.9% 66.0%
How many finishing lines did your shop have in production?
Mean 5 5 5
Median 3 3 3
80th Percentile 6 6 6
20th Percentile 1 2 2
About how many total parts did your shop finish?
Mean 8,413,658 6,301,270 7,005,399
Median 3,750,000 1,006,907 2,000,000
80th Percentile 9,000,000 5,747,946 6,675,600
20th Percentile 1,028,808 120,000 240,000
About how many different parts did your shop finish?
Mean 22,934 10,609 14,553
Median 5,000 1,241 2,500
80th Percentile 50,000 18,933 24,387
20th Percentile 1,000 432 494
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Which certifications does your finishing shop have?
AAMA 2603 23.5% 2.2% 5.6%
AAMA 2604 23.5% 2.2% 5.6%
AAMA 2505 23.5% 0.0% 3.7%
API Q1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
ISO9901 41.2% 11.1% 15.9%
NADCAP 11.8% 1.1% 2.8%
PCI 3000/4000 17.6% 2.2% 4.7%
None of the above 29.4% 20.0% 21.5%
Which additional types of finishing operations does your
shop perform?
Abrasive Blasting 64.7% 62.9% 63.5%
Mass Finishing 11.8% 20.0% 17.3%
Plating 23.5% 11.4% 15.4%
Polishing or Buffing 17.6% 11.4% 13.5%
Printed Circuit Boards 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Spray Painting 47.1% 54.3% 51.9%
Vacuum Coating 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
None of the above 17.6% 28.6% 25.0%
George Koch Sons, LLC has a strong
history in providing turnkey automated
finishing systems globally.
, a division of George
Koch Sons, has joined the KOCH Team
as world leaders in turnkey anodizing and
plating equipment.
Following are samples of the statistics from the 2017 Top Shops
survey. Those who completed the survey will get a full report of all
the statistics.
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