January 14, 2008
Reliable Plating Works has been chose as Raw Material / Sub Contract 2007 Supplier of the Year.
On behalf of the EST Company, I am plesed to announce that Reliable Plating Works has been chosen as the Raw Material / Subcontract 2007 Supplier of the Year.

RPW's performance remains outstanding in the areas of customer service, price structuring, quality control, and on-time delivery. more...

December 14, 2007
WE NEED A WIDER I-94 - BIZ BLOG Small Business Times
I am the vice president of the Airport Gateway Business Association (AGBA), which manages the Airport Gateway Business Improvement District #40 (AGBID). The AGBID has over 450 commercial property owners, and there are over 15,000 employees in the AGBA area. Also, my two brothers and I own three businesses on Milwaukee's south side, one of which has been owned by our family for over 78 years. This blog is on behalf of those organizations and our family's companies. On Dec. 11, Milwaukee's Common Council passed a resolution to maintain the status quo of Interstate 94 having six traffic lanes from the Illinois border through the Mitchell interchange more...

May 17, 2006
RELIABLE PLATING WORKS RECEIVES EMPLOYER AWARD FROM MILWAUKEE ACHIEVER LITERACY SERVICES
Reliable Plating Works, Inc., received the “Outstanding Joblink Employer for 2006 Award” for its participation in Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services’ JobLink program, a workplace literacy program in which Milwaukee Achiever collaborates with local companies who desire to improve the job-related literacy and performance of their workers. more...

2006
Power in Numbers - Manufacturers Cut Health Care Costs by Forming Holding Company
group of Milwaukee-area metal plating companies has found an unorthodox way to fight employee health care insurance cost increases. The owners of Artistic Plating, Chrome Tech of Wisconsin Inc., Elite Finishing LLC and Reliable Plating Works Inc. formed a holding company in late 2000, named Brilliance LLC. By grouping together, the members of Brilliance are able to purchase insurance - both health care and worker's compensation - commodities, transportation and lease equipment at rates that are usually offered to much larger firms. By standing together, the companies have limited their health insurance cost increase to just 5 percent since the group was formed more than five years ago. They've also been able to cut waste removal costs and attract better rates from financial institutions. more...

2005
Pro-active Job Shops Prosper In a Shrinking Finishing Market
Plating and finishing job shops in the U.S. have seen business decline in recent years, a trend that is still continuing. Some job shops, however, seem to buck the trend and are continuing to prosper, and in some cases even increase production. more...