The Finish Line
The Finish Line brings you news and interviews with some of the top companies and individuals in the finishing and coating industry, hosted by Tim Pennington, Editor-in-Chief of www.FinishingAndCoating.com
Podcasting since 2023 • 62 episodes
The Finish Line
Latest Episodes
Shop Profile: Jim Leidig, Matrix Finishing
Jim Leidig is the General Manager of Matrix Finishing in Harrington, Delaware.For the last year, Leidig has had the dream job of designing and building — and now running —a hi-tech powder coating operation that would be the envy of any f...
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Season 2025
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Episode 22
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26:15
Shop Profile: Ashley Hunsaker, HTS Coatings
Ashley and Jason Hunsaker are owners of HTS Coatings in Madison, Illinois, which offers thermal spray coating for corrosion protection.HTS Coatings is expanding and growing not only as a coating shop but also as a machining and grinding ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 21
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27:18
Shop Profile: Guillermo Aguilera and Brenda Tapia, Metal Chem
Guillermo Aguilera and Brenda Tapia are owners of Metal Chem in Chatsworth, California, a shop that offers chem film, passivation, anodizing, electroless nickel, zinc, and phosphate conversion on the plating side, as well as Mil-Specs, urethane...
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Season 2025
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Episode 20
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30:37
Shop Profile: Jeffrey Rubin, Testrite Visual
Jeffrey Rubin is President of Testrite, a manufacturer of visual display products located in Hackensack, New Jersey. After decades of wishful thinking about bringing powder coating in-house, in 2025, Jeffrey and his father, Larry, t...
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Season 2025
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Episode 19
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19:00
Shop Profile: Park Kersman, Lorin Industries
Park Kersman is President of Lorin Industries, which he purchased from his family in 2006. His grandfather founded the Muskegon, Michigan coil and batch anodizer in 1943, which has over 400,000 square feet of space.Lorin Industries has c...
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Season 2025
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Episode 18
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25:43