Purecoat North

What Purecoat North does

Purecoat North LLC is a Nadcap-accredited, ISO 9001:2015-certified metal finishing service provider headquartered in Belmont, Massachusetts. Operating from a 40,000 square foot facility with eight independent plating lines, two-ton crane capacity, vibratory plating, X-ray thickness testing, and an on-site atomic absorption spectroscopy laboratory, the company applies electrolytic and electroless plating processes — including gold, silver, electroless and electrolytic nickel, copper, tin, tin-lead, zinc, cadmium, and tri-alloy (white bronze) — as well as chromate conversion coatings (chemical film), sulfuric acid anodizing, and passivation. A proprietary process, Burr-Chem 101, enables precise reduction of red metals without the use of electric current, serving as a differentiated offering for tight-tolerance burr removal. The company's plating work is qualified to extensive MIL-SPEC, AMS, and ASTM specifications relevant to aerospace, defense, and electronics applications.

Purecoat North serves enterprise customers across aerospace, defense, microwave/RF, electronics, and industrial verticals. Named customers include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, GE, BAE Systems, Loral Space Systems, L3 Harris, Rolls-Royce Marine, L3 Narda West/East, Cobham, IBM, ITT, Teradyne, Amphenol, Winchester Interconnect, Parker Hannifin, Eaton, Tyco, Chromerics, and Dresser. A dedicated microwave/RF services offering targets waveguide, filter, duplexer, and connector manufacturers requiring high-conductivity silver and gold plating for cellular, GPS, and PCS systems.

The business operates on a quote-based service revenue model: customers submit specifications via a website form, and technical sales representatives (Paul Murphy, Paul Mattera) follow up with custom pricing. All distribution is direct to enterprise; there are no resellers, marketplaces, or digital channels beyond the quote form and a LinkedIn presence. Purecoat North is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding history, and no revenue disclosure. Leadership includes Thomas Mahoney (President/CEO), Stephen Aldred (COO), George S. Bognar (President), and a small management team. In 2024, the owners established a sister company, Purecoat International, LLC, in West Palm Beach, Florida, extending geographic reach into the Southeast US under common ownership.

Name

Purecoat North

Legal name

Purecoat North LLC

Website

https://purecoatnorth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Purecoat North LLC is a Nadcap-accredited, ISO 9001:2015-certified metal finishing service provider in Belmont, Massachusetts, offering electrolytic and electroless plating, anodizing, passivation, and the proprietary Burr-Chem 101 process to aerospace, defense, microwave/RF, and industrial enterprise customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial metal finishing and plating services

NAICS

Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring (332813)

akta.pro primary industry

Electroplating & Metal Finishing (Anodizing/Galvanizing/Passivation) (IMAIAKAE)

Keywords

• Metal finishing services
• Electrolytic plating
• Electroless nickel plating
• Aerospace plating
• Gold silver plating

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Metal Finishing/Plating Services: Purecoat North generates revenue through providing metal finishing services via electrolytic and electroless plating processes to customer parts. Services are customized to meet specific customer end-use requirements and conform to individual customer specifications as well as commercial and military standards. Pricing is quote-based, with costs varying by process type, part complexity, and specifications required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Purecoat North applies specialized metal finishes to customer-supplied components using electrolytic and electroless plating processes, including gold, silver, electroless and electrolytic nickel, copper, tri-alloy, tin, tin-lead, zinc, cadmium, plus chemical film, anodize, and passivation. Services are customized to commercial and military specifications and delivered from a 40,000 sq ft facility in Belmont, Massachusetts. The company serves aerospace, defense, microwave/RF, electronics, and transportation OEMs with Nadcap-accredited, ISO 9001:2015-certified quality systems.

Product overview

Purecoat North is a metal finishing service provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of electrolytic and electroless plating processes for aerospace, defense, electronics, transportation, and microwave industries. The company operates 8 independent plating lines at its 40,000 sq ft facility in Belmont, Massachusetts with 2-ton crane capacity. Their core services include Gold Plating (hard and soft), Silver Plating, Electroless Nickel, Bright and Sulfamate Nickel, Copper, Tri-Alloy (White Bronze), Tin, Tin-Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Chemical Film, Anodize, and Passivate processes. Specialized offerings include proprietary Burr-Chem 101 for precision burr reduction and Bright Dip for metal finishing. Nadcap-accredited processes support critical aerospace and defense applications. They serve major OEM customers including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and GE.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gold Plating Electrolytic gold plating available in nickel hardened, cobalt hardened, and soft gold variants for electrical conductivity and corrosion/oxidation resistance on electronic components; offered via barrel, rack, and vibratory plating.
• Silver Plating Electrolytic silver plating delivering the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal, available in bright, semi-bright, and matte finishes with optional anti-tarnish surface treatments for filters, duplexers, connectors, and bearings.
• Electroless Nickel Plating Autocatalytic electroless process depositing a uniform nickel-phosphorus alloy on metal substrates without electrical current, providing consistent corrosion resistance and hardness across all surfaces.
• Bright Nickel Plating Electrolytic bright nickel plating using nickel sulfate chemistry that produces a bright, lustrous decorative finish with high corrosion resistance.
• Sulfamate Nickel Plating Electrolytic sulfamate nickel plating producing an extremely ductile coating suitable for soldering, brazing, welding, and epoxy bonding, and commonly used as an undercoat.
• Copper Plating Electrolytic copper plating valued for conductivity and cost-effectiveness, commonly used as an undercoat to provide smoother plating surfaces, improved electrical properties, and enhanced adhesion.
• Tri-Alloy (White Bronze) Plating Electrolytic plating depositing an alloy of approximately 50-60% copper, 25-28% tin, and 14-18% zinc that delivers low porosity, high corrosion resistance, and exceptional solderability as a non-magnetic alternative to nickel.
• Tin Plating Electrolytic tin plating offered in bright and matte finishes, with bright tin for electrical contact applications and matte tin preferred for solderability.
• Tin-Lead Plating Electrolytic tin-lead plating available in 60-40, 90-10 matte, and 90-10 bright compositions that reduce whisker formation and provide low melting point and corrosion resistance for solderability applications.
• Zinc Plating Electrolytic zinc plating for corrosion protection with chromate conversion coatings available in olive drab, clear, yellow, and black finishes, and effective for anti-galling on threaded features.
• Cadmium Plating Electrolytic cadmium plating offering corrosion resistance in marine and harsh environments, with pliability, solderability, and exceptional lubricity plus chromate finish options.
• Chemical Film (Chromate Conversion Coating) Chromate conversion coating for aluminum and aluminum alloys that adds corrosion resistance while preserving electrical conductivity, offered in yellow and clear finishes with yellow preferred for paint adhesion.
• Anodize Sulfuric acid anodizing that converts the aluminum surface to aluminum oxide for corrosion and abrasion resistance, available in clear and black finishes via rack anodizing.
• Passivate Passivation of stainless steel to remove surface contaminants and maximize corrosion resistance without altering dimensions or appearance, available via barrel and rack methods.
• Burr-Chem 101 (Proprietary Burr Reduction) Proprietary electrochemical process that precisely reduces red metals and removes burrs without electric current, evenly reducing critical dimensions on all surfaces as a safe alternative to barrel bright dipping.
• Bright Dip Chemical brightening process for copper and brass base metals that enhances brightness and removes oxides without depositing material, leaving a shiny finish.
• Microwave/RF Finishing Services Dedicated metal finishing service line for microwave and RF applications including pure, semi-bright, and full-bright silver coatings for waveguides, filters, duplexers, and connectors, plus gold plating for contacts and connector bodies in cellular, GPS, PCS, and communications systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nadcap accreditation and ISO 9001:2015 certification ensure compliance with aerospace and defense quality standards

Named customers23 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Purecoat International LLCcoreOthersPurecoat North has a sister metal finishing company called Purecoat International, LLC located in West Palm Beach, Florida. This relationship allows the company to serve customers across different geographic regions and potentially handle larger or more diverse metal finishing requirements through combined capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Anoplate Corporation: Syracuse, NY-based Nadcap-accredited metal finisher offering electrolytic and electroless plating, anodizing and passivation. Closely overlaps Purecoat's aerospace/defense/electronics customer focus and process portfolio.
• Valence Surface Technologies: Aerospace-focused plating and surface treatment platform with multiple U.S. facilities, serving Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems and other primes with Nadcap-certified processes — directly comparable in customer mix and regulatory positioning.
• Electro-Spec, Inc. Indiana-based job-shop metal finisher offering gold, silver, electroless nickel, tin, copper and other plating services. Directly comparable mid-sized aerospace/electronics plating competitor.
• Hohman Plating & Metal Finishing: Dayton, OH metal finisher providing a broad portfolio of electrolytic and electroless plating, anodizing and conversion coatings to aerospace, defense and industrial customers — direct process and end-market overlap with Purecoat.
• KC Jones Plating Company: Michigan-based metal finishing job shop with Nadcap accreditation serving aerospace, defense, automotive and electronics customers with gold, silver, electroless nickel, zinc and other plating processes.
• Techmetals Inc. Ohio-headquartered plating and metal finishing provider with Nadcap-certified aerospace work, offering gold, silver, electroless nickel, tin and related processes to industrial and aerospace customers.
• Precision Plating Company: Chicago-area metal finisher offering precious metal plating, electroless nickel, anodizing and conversion coatings with aerospace/defense approvals — comparable in process breadth and customer focus.

Broad incumbents

• Aalberts Surface Technologies: Large global surface-treatment division of Aalberts N.V. providing metal finishing, heat treatment and related services across multiple industries. A broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities but a much larger, multi-region footprint than Purecoat.
• Bodycote: Public global provider of thermal processing and surface treatments serving aerospace, defense and industrial customers. Provides some overlapping metal finishing services but operates as a broad incumbent rather than a U.S. specialty plating specialist.
• Pioneer Metal Finishing: Multi-plant U.S. metal finishing company offering anodizing, plating, powder coating and passivation across industrial, aerospace and medical end markets — broader portfolio and larger scale than Purecoat.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance27 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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