Aerospace and defense finishing for Harlingen, run about forty minutes west at our McAllen plant. AS9100D registered, ITAR registered, DFARS compliant, with Type III hardcoat and cadmium run in the Valley.
Harlingen carries the Valley’s densest concentration of aviation work, and aviation prints do not leave much room for interpretation. They name a specification, a type, a class and often a revision, and they expect the finisher to hold all four and prove it. That is a different conversation from general job-shop plating.
Type III hardcoat anodizing to MIL-A-8625 runs at McAllen. It is the only Gleco plant that runs it, which means Harlingen aerospace work does not have to travel to North Texas for hardcoat.
Cadmium to AMS-QQ-P-416 runs at McAllen. Legacy aerospace and defense hardware still specifies it under narrow derogations, and we run it to the type and class on the drawing, with embrittlement relief where required.
AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 registered, ITAR registered and DFARS compliant. Certificate of Conformance against the exact specification revision, backed by retained process records.
MIL-DTL-5541 chem film in Class 1A and Class 3, hexavalent-free Type II where called for, and Type II sulfuric anodize, so masked dual-finish parts stay on one purchase order.
The McAllen plant is at 3800 W. Ursula Ave, roughly forty minutes west of Harlingen. For aerospace work the distance matters less than the alternative: the nearest certified finishers outside the Valley are in San Antonio, Houston or the Dallas–Fort Worth area, which turns a finishing operation into several days of transit each way plus the handling risk that comes with it.
Salt spray testing to a certified result is sourced from an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory rather than performed in house. If your specification requires a certified test report, tell us at quote time so the lead time includes it.
Yes. Both plants operate under an AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 registered quality system, and Gleco is ITAR registered and DFARS compliant.
Yes, at the McAllen plant, to MIL-A-8625. Type III is not run at Rowlett, so hardcoat work from the Valley stays in the Valley.
Yes, to AMS-QQ-P-416 at McAllen, for legacy aerospace and defense prints that still specify it. Where a program allows a replacement, zinc-nickel to AMS 2417 is the usual substitute and we run that too.
Where the specification and the part hardness require it, parts are baked to the governing specification and the bake is recorded against the order. Tell us the material condition and hardness on the print.
Roughly forty minutes west, at 3800 W. Ursula Ave in McAllen.
The McAllen plant covers the Valley from Mission through to Brownsville. Same processes, same certifications, same purchase order.
Give us the specification, type, class and revision, and the alloy and heat treat condition. We will confirm the process and a real lead time.
Precision metal finishing since 1979. Plating, anodizing, coatings and passivation from three Texas facilities.
Our paint, powder & Cerakote division: Gleco Paint & Powder Coating
Gleco Rowlett
2220 Grisham Drive
Rowlett, TX 75088
972-475-4300
Gleco McAllen
3800 W. Ursula Ave
McAllen, TX 78503
956-800-4069
