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Shop Profile: Doug Orantes, Aero Plating
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Tim
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Season 2025
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Episode 23
Since 2017, Doug Orantes and his wife, Loida, have been trying to get Aero Plating in Lancaster, California, off the ground. Still, a miscommunication with local city officials derailed those plans until he was finally able to realize his dream of opening the doors in 2023.
“It’s been a long wait,” Orantes says. “But it has been very much worth it.”
Today, Aero Plating operates in an 8,500-square-foot facility that is certified to 9001:2015/AS9100D and Nadcap standards for chem-film and passivation applications.