Houston Plating & Coatings has been selected as the #1 Coating Shop in North America by Products Finishing magazine in its annual assessment of plating and coating shops. In the magazine’s September 2019 issues HP&C was also recognized as one of the 50 “Top Shops” for plating in North America. HP&C is one of only six firms to be recognized for BOTH coating and plating and is the only plating shop in Texas selected for the recognition. The annual Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking assessment includes more than 40 questions with the top 50 shops being recognized as best in their categories. About the Top Shops Benchmarking Assessment The annual Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking assessment was launched in 2014 to aid electroplating shops in comparing their key operating metrics with others in the industry. The magazine conducted an extensive benchmarking survey that analyzed hundreds of finishing companies in several different areas, including Current Finishing Technology, Finishing Practices and Performances, Business Strategies and Performances, and Training and Human Resources. Houston Plating & Coatings is pleased to have participated in the assessment and proud to have been selected by Products Finishing magazine as a “Top Shop.” The assessment was designed so that finishing businesses could identify their optimal shop floor practices, as well as help them improve their operational and business approaches that define what would be considered a “world-class” finishing operation. The results from the several hundred shops that took part between November and December of 2014 was an incredible compilation of statistics, best practices and operational strategies that clearly defined what would be considered a “Top Shop” and what would be considered the “rest of the field.” The results of the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking assessment were broken into four distinct categories: Finishing Technology: What certifications the finishing shop held and what approvals they had received, plus which types of finishing operations the shop offers. In addition, we asked about the type of testing and lab work the shop performs for customers. Finishing Practices and Performances: Which practices and improvement methodologies a shop used, and how they ranked in order of lead times, scrap/rework percentages and other customer- oriented operations. Business Strategies and Performances: About current supply chain practices the shop uses and their annual sales growth rate. Human Resources: The HR practices and programs the shop uses, as well as the formal training each full-time employee receives annually.
HP&C Selected as #1 for Coating and ‘Top Shop’ for Plating
