March 2, 2010
Reliable Plating Works/Elite Finishing’s 3rd Annual Plating Education Month
Over 50 customers attended representing over 20 companies from OEM’s and Job Shops. The attendees were treated to lunch followed by a guided tour through the plant that detailed the metal finishing process. Those who attended went through the polishing, buffing and degreasing processes. They viewed the automated plating lines from the operators view point, seeing first hand how products go through pretreatment and cleaning, then the many plating options which include Zincating, Electroless Nickel, Sulfamate Nickel, Copper, Duplex, Bright, Satin, and Woods Nickel and Chrome plating options. They visited the lab where all chemistry is tested, verified for use and tracked on a very extensive system. Attendees then proceeded to the classroom and learned about the cost drivers involved in the metal finishing process, quote requirements, process and metal selection and much more.
Those who attended were very grateful for the experience and the RPW/Elite employees received many notes of thanks. Everyone left happy, more informed and with a memory stick which contained the presentation and several support articles that they will be able to reference in the future. If you missed it this year make sure you sign up for next year’s program, it’s free, just ask your RPW/Elite Representative to make sure they save you a spot. Five sessions were required to handle this year’s requests.
For those of you that attended this year sign up again next year as we expand our material based on our conversations with our Customers, Suppliers and Colleagues. This is just one more way that the RPW/Elite team works to provide value to its Customers.
You can view pictures of the tour and classes by clicking on this link.
February 4, 2010
Jeff Maliszewski appears on cover of Haviland Supplier Showcase brochure...
"We believe we have the perfect brightener system to meet our criteria - inexpensive, low maintenance, high quality"
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January 29, 2010
Reliable Plating scores a perfect score from Luitink...
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December 11, 2009
ModernDropForgeCompany gives Reliable Plating score of 100% for delivery rating for the quarter..
ModernDropForgeCompany gives Reliable Plating score of 100% for delivery rating for the quarter..
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May 15, 2009
How Reliable Plating Became Even Better by Converting to HP Nickel Processes
The Finishing Line - Haviland
Reliable Plating converts to Nickel processes to save money.
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May 15, 2009
Brothers lead Reliable Plating
By Eric Decker
Small Business Times
Jack, Jaime and Jeff Maliszewski are the third generation of their family to run Reliable Plating Works Inc., a Milwaukee-based nickel and chrome electroplating business.
Julian Maliszewski, their grandfather, bought the company in 1929. His son John, the father of Jack, Jaime and Jeff, started working in the business in 1953.
Jaime is the company’s president, Jack is executive vice president of production, and Jeff is vice president of quality. The company has about 60 full time employees, and its chrome-plating customers include Harley-Davidson, Master Lock, Kohler, In-Sinkerator and many of the other large manufacturers in the Midwest....
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April 15, 2009
RPW featured in article in NGM Advocate
In an article titled “Lean and Green” strategies fuel huge savings for Reliable Plating, RPW talked about their new “Lean & Green” efforts and it's allowing them to increase service and quality while keeping prices down!”
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April 1, 2009
Thanks to all who played in the 5th Annual RPW, Inc/ELITE Finishing Virtual Golf Outing!!!
We had a great time with our customers, suppliers and friends who joined us this year for our month long scramble event. It was perfect conditions at the Virtual Golf Course where the simulated game never allowed us to loose a ball. There were many great shots and some very interesting ones as well. We all had a lot of laughs and ton of fun at the end of a very long winter. As promised we have collected all the score cards and have the final results.
This year we have our first ever tie for first place with a great score of 7 under par. Both teams will receive passes to play Tuckaway CC with me this summer. It was a very good year as there were only 5 strokes separating the top team from the bottom team and there was only one skin taken, a birdie on #3 a par 3 surrounded by water.
We have a few pictures attached of the action and a 10 second video worth watching.
Here is our list of winners:
Short Drive #1
Nate - 206yd
Closest to Pin #3
Jim - 27’
Longest Drive #6
Andy - 295yd
Closest to Pin #7
Brian - 34’
Longest Putt #9
Trevor 31.5’
Longest hit old driver
Tim - 282yd
Sand Shots
Nate/Jim - 4
Water Balls
Egon - 4
Skins
Egon/Tim - #3
Prizes will be delivered over the next week or two.
We look forward to the summer and what we hope will be a fast recovering economy! This has been a great stress reliever after a long winter and a rough business climate. We are so glad we were able to get everyone out of the office and the day to day grind to just have FUN!
Hope that next year’s turnout is even better!! Join in the fun next year, it will be a blast! Thanks again to all that participated! We had a lot of fun!
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March 9, 2009
RPW featured in article in Cycle Source Magazine
In an article titled K-Town Choppers Pulls One Out of the Bushes,
RPW was quoted by Eric Barthule, K-Town Choppers, Kenosha, WI. He stated "And speaking of chrome, it came courtesy of RPW Inc, and Elite Finishing in Milwaukee; they do awesome work!”
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January 1, 2009
Reliable Plating Works, Inc. (RPW) a family owned business celebrating 80 years of going “From Bright Ideas, to Brilliant Products”.
Thank you to all of our customers. They make Motorcycles, Furniture, POP Displays, Hardware, Lawn and Garden Equipment, Barbeques, Paper Dispensers, Bicycles, Appliances and Hand Tools just to mention a few.
RPW plates Satin, Woods, Bright, Duplex and Triplex Nickels, as well as, Hexavalent (decorative) Chrome, from small lots and small parts to very large parts (up to 108” x 58” x 24”) and large volumes. We process carbon, cold rolled, hot rolled and hardened Steel, as well as, Stainless Steel. This is all done using three large, fully automated and computerized plating lines. Pre-plate processes include Polishing, Buffing, Blasting, Degreasing, Vibratory, and Pickling. Additionally we can handle your Tier One Responsibilities, Baking, Packaging and Direct Drop Shipping to your Customers.
Reliable Plating Works, Inc. has over 100 employees whose goal is to provide our customers with the highest quality decorative Nickel/Chrome products, on time and at the best possible price. RPW has won numerous awards over the years the most recent being “Wisconsin’s Small Family Business of the Year”, “Region V Small Family Business of the Year” and the EST Company’s “Supplier of the year”.
The Reliable Plating Works Family Thanks all of our Customers and Suppliers for helping us through ALL these years!
December 9, 2008
Greg Kulis, MSF, Project Engineer for Reliable Plating Works, Inc. (RPW) has achieved the level of Master Surface Finisher.
Greg Kulis
The RPW family is very proud of Greg’s accomplishment. This certification process required that he complete six grueling levels of testing through the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Foundation (AESF). His hard work and dedication to becoming the very best he can be now puts Greg in a very elite group of surface finishing experts. These are the very best and most knowledgeable in the surface finishing industry. He is fluent in plating all types of substrates and coatings, as well as, pre-plate preparation and post plate treatments. This certification also covers waste treatment.
Greg will be using this knowledge for new and special projects in support of RPW’s growth. He will continue to be key in the start up of new business and will be designing and developing the processes which will make these new projects a success for our Customers. He will also be improving existing processes.
Recently Greg also received his Green Belt Certification from WMEP along with three of his fellow RPW employees. He and his team members have helped RPW achieve higher quality, better lead times and avoid the increasing costs of materials and services.
RPW is growing due to the unbelievable loyalty of our Customers and the efforts of employees like Greg Kulis. We are committed to supporting this growth through education and training of our people. The RPW Family is extremely proud of Greg’s accomplishments and congratulates his achievements!
November 17, 2008
New Green Belts at Reliable Plating Works and Elite Finishing LLC
Reliable Plating Works, Inc. (RPW), in their ever growing mode of Lean Principles, certifies four Quality Improvement Team Members in “Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training”. The team members all completed projects directed by Judy Sullivan of WMEP.
WMEP held the four month course on site at one of RPW’s three Milwaukee Nickel/Chrome Electroplating plants. The results of the four team members’ projects saved RPW in excess of $100,000. With the rising costs of materials, utilities, labor and government regulations, compounded by customer pressures to reduce costs, these savings were greatly needed to keep the company profitable. The projects ranged from reduction of material scrap and waste, to reduction of rejects and raw material issues.
Continued profitability in these tough economic times will require the new Green Belts to forge on with new projects. Areas which are being attacked are waste treatment costs, customer service practices, quality and production efficiencies.
RPW is proud of their four new Green Belts and congratulates them, Judy Goggins (Quality Manager), Greg Kulis (Project Engineer), Jeffrey Maliszewski (VP Quality) and Jaime Maliszewski (President).
You can contact RPW about this process and/or their capabilities to help your company reduce costs and metal finishing related problems via email jaimem@rpwinc.net or calling direct 414-397-2171 and asking for Don Schmerling or Jaime Maliszewski.
(Pictured from left, Jaime Maliszewski, Jeffrey Maliszewski, Greg Kulis, Judy Goggins)
September 12, 2008
Reliable Plating Works, Inc. (a member of Brilliance LLC and parent company of Elite Finishing LLC) supplied the ground breaking shovels to “The Gateway to Milwaukee” for their ribbon cutting ceremony.
The occasion marked the first big beautification project the Business Improvement District completed on Milwaukee’s South Side. Ceremonial Shovels are the newest product line that RPW is offering its customers. We are honored to supply the shovels for this great start up project which hopes to act as a catalyst for more projects dedicated to revitalizing the businesses around Milwaukee’s great General Mitchell Field. RPW has supplied shovels to other area groundbreaking projects like Harley-Davidson’s Museum.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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