"J&M Plating" in Rockford, IL, USA offers plating, coating, electroplating, sorting, heat treating and Patch-"The Monty" would hazard a guess that there are not more than 10 companies in North America that offers this combination. While it has been a challenging time for fasteners manufacturers in the US Midwest, J&M has found business to be robust enough to add further heat-treating capacity.

Recently the company brought on line a 4,000 pound/hour Can Eng mesh belt furnace line capable of neutral hardening and case hardening. The line has an automated loading system, a complete datalogging system, oil quenching with an in line tempering furnace. With the addition of this line, the company now has over 200,000 pounds per day of continuous heat-treating capacity.

About J&M Plating; Since J&M Plating's beginning in 1986 as a zinc electroplater, the cornerstone of our business philosophy has been that our customers are our business partners. That philosophy still holds true today as a full-service provider offering heat-treating, dip-spin coating, zinc/zinc-nickel electroplating, sorting and patch. In all of our business operations, our employees are constantly looking for ways to improve our business relationships and to truly become active partners in our goal of attaining a greater competitive advantage for each and every one of our customers and ourselves.