United Plating Works

In 1953, Willard Anthony Emery founded Southwest Metal Finishing Company. Later changed to Southwest United Industries, the company began operations as a metal processor, offering non-destructive testing, anodizing, cadmium plating and painting. Initially, Southwest served the energy and geophysical industry. In 1958 the company began providing its services for the aerospace industry. During that same year, the company became one of the first processors in the Midwest to apply hard chrome plating on aluminum. Southwest s capabilities lead to the development of new customers in the energy, medical and transportation industries. In 1999, the company purchased Plasma Coating Corporation in Gardena, Calif., to provide thermal spray services to customers on the west coast. Southwest continues to be an industry leader, providing innovative ideas and solutions for the McDonnell Douglas C-17, Lockheed Martin F/A 22 and the Lockheed Martin J35 Joint Strike Fighter programs. The company continues to be family-owned and operated.

Established in 1940, Ebsco Spring Company is a custom coil spring manufacturer. Located in Tulsa, Okla., it serves a broad range of industries, including fluid power, aerospace, construction equipment, electronics, sports equipment, robotics, agricultural, defense equipment and many others. Ebsco Spring Company specializes in heat-treating, pre-setting, electro polishing, vibrating, passivation, magnetic particle inspection, etc. The company offers different types of springs and wire forms ranging from .004" to .625" in diameter. Ebsco Spring Company has over 60,000-square foot facility and utilizes latest in CNC equipment, wire forming machines and a full range of secondary equipment for non-standard springs. The company is Women Business Enterprise (WBENC) certified.

Founded in 1923, Earle M. Jorgensen Company is one of the leading independent suppliers of steel and aluminum bars and tubular products to the manufacturing industries throughout North America. It operates a service center that features tubes, bars and plates made of iron, stainless steel, aluminum, brass and carbon metals. Headquartered in Lynwood, Calif., the company provides value-added processing services that include saw cutting, plate burning, grinding, honing, skiving, roller burnishing, end finishing, facing and centering. It also provides bending, chamfering edge conditioning and trimming, electropolishing, fabricating, pipe threading, plasma beveling and punching services. Earle M. Jorgensen Company additionally offers shape cutting, shearing, skin milling, slitting, tee splitting and straightening, thermalizing, welding and shot blasting services. It operates more than 35 service and processing centers that stock an inventory of over 25,000 products. The company offers online order tracking options. Earle M. Jorgensen Company maintains a location in Tulsa, Okla.