Performance Powder Coating

What Performance Powder Coating does

Performance Powder Coating (PPC) is a privately held, family-owned industrial finishing service provider operating from a single facility in Russia, Ohio since its founding in 2008. The company's core offering is powder coating — an electrostatic dry-powder application cured under heat — supported by stripping/media blasting (chemical and thermal paint removal), custom color matching against 300+ in-stock colors or via an affiliated laboratory for an additional fee, and custom masking services for critical surfaces. PPC's processing capacity is anchored by a thermal burn-off oven measuring 8'W x 9'H x 10'D and a bake oven measuring 8'W x 8'H x 20'D, which together allow the shop to handle oversized industrial parts and a range of volumes from small consumer jobs up to enterprise-tier runs.

PPC serves a dual-customer base. On the enterprise side, named customers include Clopay, Norcold, Airstream, Hobart, Honda, Mac Tools, Aerovent, Superior, Twin City, and Gem City Metals, spanning building products, appliances, recreational vehicles, food equipment, automotive, and industrial tools. On the SMB and motorsports side, customers include Gardner Motorsports, Gary Powell Racing, and Brandon Vaughan Racing, alongside custom/hot-rod and residential jobs. The company goes to market exclusively through a direct, quote-based model — customers initiate contact via the website's Contact/Quote form and services are rendered on-site — with no dealer, distributor, or e-commerce channel and no disclosed geographic footprint beyond Ohio. Revenue is project-based and per-part, with custom color matching and custom masking offered as add-on services; no pricing tiers, contract terms, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. PPC's public positioning includes a Fox Business Network Manufacturing Marvels spotlight (aired July 15) and a portfolio-driven website at ppcfinishers.com that functions as the primary lead-generation and recruitment channel.

Name

Performance Powder Coating

Legal name

Performance Powder Coating

Website

https://ppcfinishers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Performance Powder Coating is a family-owned powder coating service provider in Russia, Ohio, offering powder coating, media blasting and stripping, custom color matching, and custom masking to enterprise, motorsports, custom/automotive, and residential customers across Ohio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Powder Coating Services

NAICS

Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (33281), Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (3328)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Powder Coating Services (IMAIAKAD)

Keywords

• Powder coating services
• Industrial finishing services
• Media blasting services
• Custom color matching
• Surface preparation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Russia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Powder Coating Services: Core service providing eco-friendly powder coating for various parts and products. Applied to commercial, industrial, motorsports, and residential applications. Revenue is service-based, typically per-project or per-part pricing.
2. Stripping/Media Blasting: Paint removal services including chemical stripping, thermal stripping, and media blasting. Prepares surfaces for re-coating.
3. Custom Color Matching: Color matching services - either from 300+ in-stock colors or custom laboratory-matched colors for an additional fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Performance Powder Coating provides electrostatic powder coating services for commercial, industrial, motorsports, hot rod, and residential customers from its Russia, Ohio facility. The core offering is supplemented by paint removal services (chemical stripping, thermal stripping via an 8'x9'x10' burn-off oven, and media blasting), custom color matching from a 300+ in-stock library or via an affiliated laboratory, and custom masking for protected surfaces. The company handles both small and large parts in both low and high volumes.

Product overview

Performance Powder Coating is a family-owned, single-location powder coating service provider offering industrial finishing services. The core offering includes powder coating as the primary service, supplemented by stripping/media blasting, custom color matching (with 300+ in-stock colors or custom lab-matched colors), and custom masking services. The company serves multiple industry verticals including industrial, motorsports, commercial, and residential sectors. Services are delivered at their Russia, Ohio facility with equipment including an 8'x9'x10' burn-off oven and an 8'x8'x20' bake oven, accommodating parts of various sizes in both small and large quantities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Powder Coating

Quantifiable outcome

• Powder coating tends to hold up longer than other coatings

Named customers14 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

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• IFS Coatings: Specialty powder coating manufacturer focused on architectural and industrial finishes including custom color matching and low-cure chemistries. Comparable as a supplier of the powder and color-matching ecosystem PPC draws on for its custom color service; not a direct service competitor but an adjacent participant in the same value chain.
• TCI Powder Coatings: U.S.-based powder coating material manufacturer supplying applicators across architectural, industrial, and custom-finish markets. Comparable as an ecosystem supplier providing the powder chemistry that PPC and its customers rely on, though operating upstream rather than as a competing applicator.
• Tiger Coatings (Tiger Drylac): Global powder coating manufacturer offering one of the industry's broadest specialty color libraries and custom-matching services. Comparable to PPC's custom color capability from the supplier side — Tiger competes for the custom color wallet PPC charges a premium on, even though Tiger does not itself apply finishes.
• Gema Switzerland / ITW Gema: Leading global manufacturer of powder coating application equipment and systems, including electrostatic spray guns and automated lines. Comparable to PPC as a key supplier of the equipment that powers PPC's production floor, though Gema operates strictly upstream in the value chain.
• Nordson Corporation: Industrial equipment manufacturer whose powder coating systems division produces the application guns, booths, and curing ovens used by applicators like PPC. Comparable as an enabling equipment supplier in the same powder coating value chain rather than as a competing service provider.

Broad incumbents

• PPG Industries: Diversified global coatings manufacturer with industrial and specialty powder coating lines serving automotive, appliances, and industrial equipment customers. Comparable to PPC as a dominant supplier-side incumbent in many of PPC's end markets; PPG also operates finishing-adjacent services that occasionally overlap with regional applicators.
• AkzoNobel: Global paints and coatings major with a substantial powder coatings business serving automotive, industrial, and architectural end markets that overlap with PPC's served verticals. Comparable as a large incumbent whose powder division competes for the same OEM finishing wallet, though AkzoNobel operates primarily as a material supplier and brand owner rather than a regional applicator.
• Sherwin-Williams: Major U.S. coatings manufacturer whose Industrial and Performance Coatings groups serve OEMs in appliances, building products, and industrial equipment — verticals served by PPC. Comparable as a broad incumbent with powder coating offerings, though primarily on the manufacturing/material side rather than as a service applicator.
• Axalta Coating Systems: Global coatings company specializing in industrial and transportation finishes with a meaningful powder coatings portfolio. Comparable to PPC through overlapping customer verticals (industrial OEMs, automotive, light truck/RV builders) and through Axalta's direct applicator relationships that compete for the same outsourced finishing volumes.

Direct peers

• Keystone Koating: Mid-Atlantic powder coating applicator serving industrial, automotive, and architectural OEMs. Directly comparable to PPC: it operates large-format cure and burn-off ovens, offers custom color matching, and supplies enterprise manufacturers on a quote-based service model — a clearer direct peer than the global coatings majors.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ppcfinishers

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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