Keshav Kumar is owner of Plateronics Processing in Chatsworth, California, which offers anodizing, chem film passivation, electroless nickel, and various other plating substrates, including gold, silver, tin, and zinc.

Kumar purchased the company five years ago because of its diversity in application processes.

”We have tried to stick into the more technologically advanced areas where we can add more value to our customer rather than going after bigger volume,” he says.

For example, a typical part of the aerospace giant Boeing might undergo four or five finishing processes. Kumar says this makes Plateronics Processing the perfect partner for many aerospace manufacturers who need various finishes on their components.

“ What we have seen is if you want to do quality and complicated work, the one finishing process may not cut the deal,” he says. “ If you have one process, you can't win it.”