Electropolishing Systems

Name

Electropolishing Systems

Legal name

Electropolishing Systems, Inc.

Website

https://electropolishingsystems.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Electropolishing Systems (ESI) is a privately held B2B metal finishing services provider based in Plymouth, MA, delivering electropolishing, passivation, anodizing, hardcoating, and laser marking for medical device, semiconductor, aerospace, and industrial customers under ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certifications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Plymouth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Metal Finishing Services: Provides electropolishing, passivating, anodizing, hardcoating, and laser marking services for machine metal parts. Services include both high-volume production and job-shop finishing, with lot tracking, testing, and statistical process control. Revenue generated through service fees for metal finishing operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Electropolishing Systems provides industrial metal finishing services including electropolishing, passivation, anodizing, hardcoating, and laser marking for machine metal parts (stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, and exotic metals). The company serves medical device, semiconductor, aerospace, and industrial manufacturers with both high-volume production and custom job-shop work. Services are processed at their Plymouth, MA facility with validated processes meeting ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ASTM, and MIL-spec standards.

Product overview

Electropolishing Systems provides metal finishing services through a unified portfolio of specialized processes. The core offering includes electropolishing and passivation services for stainless steel (removing burrs, correcting tolerances, and creating corrosion-resistant surfaces), aluminum anodizing (Type II decorative and Type III hard anodizing with chromate conversion), titanium anodizing (color anodizing for product identification and biomedical applications), and laser marking for permanent part identification. Additional services include hardcoating, pickling, and EDM deburring. The company operates as a one-stop-shop for medical device, semiconductor, aerospace, and industrial metal finishing needs, with capabilities spanning both high-volume production and job-shop custom work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electropolishing

Quantifiable outcome

• Meets or exceeds ASTM A-380, ASTM A-967, ASTM F-86, and ASTM B-912 standards for passivation
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Anoplate Corporation: Anoplate is a US metal finisher offering electropolishing, passivation, anodizing, and specialty coatings to medical, aerospace, and semiconductor customers; directly comparable service mix and customer verticals.
• Master Finish Company: Master Finish Company provides metal finishing services including polishing, buffing, and surface treatments to industrial OEMs in the Midwest; comparable contract finishing business model.
• Techmetals: Techmetals is a US contract metal finisher offering plating, anodizing, and surface treatments; comparable on industrial B2B finishing services to overlapping end markets.
• Advanced Plating Technologies: Advanced Plating Technologies provides functional metal finishing including electropolishing, anodizing, and passivation for medical device and industrial customers; directly comparable on capability mix and customer profile.
• Able Electropolishing: Able Electropolishing is one of the largest US contract electropolishers, offering passivation and metal finishing to medical, aerospace, and semiconductor customers; directly comparable on services, end markets, and regulatory certifications.
• K&L Anodizing: K&L Anodizing provides aluminum anodizing, hardcoat, and specialty metal finishing serving aerospace, defense, and industrial OEMs; closely comparable on aluminum anodizing capability.
• Valley Chrome Plating: Valley Chrome Plating is a US metal finisher offering hard chrome, anodizing, and finishing to industrial customers; comparable services and contract manufacturer customer base.

Broad incumbents

• SIFCO Industries: SIFCO Industries operates a broader industrial finishing platform including selective plating and surface treatments across aerospace and industrial customers; comparable on metal finishing but operates at a much larger scale and scope.
• Element Solutions Inc: Element Solutions is a global specialty chemicals and coatings platform serving electronics and industrial finishing markets; broader incumbent comparable through its surface treatment chemistry and finishing footprint.
• Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies: Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies delivers shot peening, plating, and other metal finishing services to aerospace and industrial OEMs; broader portfolio incumbent comparable on metal finishing for regulated aerospace customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance10 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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