Alex Budd was offered a job in metal finishing while completing his MBA six years ago, and he realized it might be his calling.

“I had always been interested in industries that are under the radar that you just don't think about,” says Budd, now the owner of the shop he went to work for, Greensboro Industrial Platers, having bought it six years ago from the woman who hired him. “This was perfect. You don't realize how every metal you see is coated in or treated. And it just fascinated me.”

But if you think owning a plating shop at 24 is daunting, realize that Budd took another monumental leap when he recently acquired crosstown rival United Metal Finishing and merged the two companies.

Expanding his company's services and capacity was at the deal's heart. Read the full article at https://finishingandcoating.com/index.php/plating/2367-acquisition-helps-greensboro-industrial-platers-grow-footprint