Great Lakes Metal Finishing

What Great Lakes Metal Finishing does

Great Lakes Metal Finishing is a privately held metal finishing company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania. The firm provides zinc plating services to industrial, automotive, and manufacturing customers, applying corrosion-resistant zinc coatings to metal components and parts as a functional surface treatment.

The company operates at a small scale, with the documented headcount range of 11-50 employees. Its digital footprint is minimal — the company website at goglmf.com currently displays only a loading/verification page — and the available third-party data provides no detail on plating capacity, line configurations, chemistry systems, surface finish options, or quality certifications (such as ISO 9001, NADCAP, or automotive OEM approvals). No information is available on the management team or ownership structure from the documented sources.

The business model is consistent with a contract job-shop finishing operation, in which revenue would be generated per part or per lot based on factors such as part size, coating thickness specifications, volume, and turnaround time. With no disclosed pricing, customer roster, certifications, or revenue figures, deeper visibility into margins, customer mix, and unit economics is not available from the input data.

Name

Great Lakes Metal Finishing

Website

https://goglmf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Great Lakes Metal Finishing is a privately held Erie, Pennsylvania-based metal finishing company founded in 1994 that provides zinc plating services to industrial, automotive, and manufacturing customers on a contract job-shop basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Metal Finishing Services

NAICS

Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring (332813), Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (3328), Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers (332812)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Protective Coatings, Galvanizing & Metal Finishing for Structural Steel (IMADACAK)

Keywords

• Zinc plating services
• Metal finishing
• Industrial coatings
• Automotive plating
• Manufacturing surface treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Erie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Core offering

Great Lakes Metal Finishing provides zinc plating services for industrial, automotive, and manufacturing operations. The company applies zinc coatings to metal components to deliver corrosion resistance and surface protection for parts used by industrial and manufacturing customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Zinc Plating Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• A&A Coatings: US metal finisher providing zinc, zinc-alloy, and other plating services to industrial customers. Comparable in service mix and end-market focus, though typically at smaller scale.
• Arlington Plating: Midwestern zinc and zinc-alloy plater serving automotive, industrial, and fastener customers. Directly comparable in core process offering and customer segments, though typically larger in scale.
• Hohman Plating & Metal Finishing: Ohio-based metal finisher offering zinc and zinc-nickel plating, anodizing, and other surface treatments to industrial and aerospace customers. Comparable as a regional multi-process finisher competing for similar accounts.
• KC Jones Plating: Mid-sized US plater focused on zinc, zinc-nickel, and tin plating for automotive and industrial customers. Comparable in process specialization, customer mix, and scale range to Great Lakes Metal Finishing.
• Anoplate Corporation: US metal finisher offering zinc and zinc-nickel plating alongside other finishes. Directly comparable as a specialized plater serving industrial and OEM customers with overlapping process capabilities.
• Cadon Plating: Regional zinc and zinc-nickel plater serving OEMs and Tier suppliers. Comparable as a focused protective-coating shop competing for similar automotive and industrial plating programs.

Broad incumbents

• Pioneer Metal Finishing: One of the largest North American metal finishers with multiple plants and a broad portfolio including zinc and zinc-alloy plating. Comparable because it serves the same automotive and industrial OEM customers, but at significantly greater scale and with broader service breadth than Great Lakes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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