The Finish Line Podcast
1) Shop Profile: Doug Orantes, Aero Plating
Since 2017, Doug Orantes and his wife, Loida, have been trying to get Aero Plating in Lancaster, California, off the ground. Still, a miscommunication with local city officials derailed those plans un...Show More
2) Shop Profile: Jim Leidig, Matrix Finishing
Jim Leidig is the General Manager of Matrix Finishing in Harrington, Delaware. For the last year, Leidig has had the dream job of designing and building — and now running —a hi-tech powder coating ope...Show More
3) Shop Profile: Ashley Hunsaker, HTS Coatings
Ashley and Jason Hunsaker are owners of HTS Coatings in Madison, Illinois, which offers thermal spray coating for corrosion protection. HTS Coatings is expanding and growing not only as a coating shop...Show More
4) Shop Profile: Guillermo Aguilera and Brenda Tapia, Metal Chem
Guillermo Aguilera and Brenda Tapia are owners of Metal Chem in Chatsworth, California, a shop that offers chem film, passivation, anodizing, electroless nickel, zinc, and phosphate conversion on the ...Show More
5) Shop Profile: Jeffrey Rubin, Testrite Visual
Jeffrey Rubin is President of Testrite, a manufacturer of visual display products located in Hackensack, New Jersey. After decades of wishful thinking about bringing powder coating in-house, in 2025,...Show More
6) Shop Profile: Park Kersman, Lorin Industries
Park Kersman is President of Lorin Industries, which he purchased from his family in 2006. His grandfather founded the Muskegon, Michigan coil and batch anodizer in 1943, which has over 400,000 square...Show More
7) Legends: Gary Burton, GW Lisk
Gary Burton has spent over 50 years in the metal finishing industry, working on all sides of the spectrum, including as an applicator and with suppliers. Burton returned to his roots in running platin...Show More
8) Shop Profile: Carl Troiano, Trojan Powder Coating
Carl Troiano is owner of Trojan Powder Coating, which has facilities in Florida and New York. He was recently honored by the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) for over 20 years of ser...Show More
9) Legends: Jim Lindsay, General Motors, Ret.
We chat with James Lindsay, Ph. D., a retired research engineer from General Motors who has volunteered for numerous surface finishing industry groups over the past several decades. Dr. Lindsay receiv...Show More
10) Shop Profile: Bob Bertelsen, A Plus Powder Coaters
We had a chance to talk with Bob Bertelsen, owner of A Plus Powder Coaters in Northeast Ohio. When Bertelsen began A Plus Powder Coaters, he envisioned a simple production shop with possibly a conveyo...Show More