Plating, anodizing, passivation and coatings for El Paso manufacturers and the Borderplex supply base. AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 registered, ITAR registered and DFARS compliant, with aerospace and defense specifications held to revision.
El Paso anchors one of the largest cross-border manufacturing regions in North America, with electronics and electrical assembly, automotive and appliance components, medical devices and a substantial defense presence. Finishing capacity that holds aerospace and defense registrations is thinner on that side of the state than the volume of work would suggest, which is why El Paso buyers routinely ship east for it.
MIL-A-8625 Type II and Type III, MIL-DTL-5541 Type I and Type II, AMS-QQ-P-416 cadmium, AMS 2417 zinc-nickel, AMS 2404 electroless nickel, AMS 2700 passivation and QQ-S-365 silver, certified to the revision your print invokes.
Bright and matte tin, gold, silver and electroless nickel for connectors, busbar, contacts and enclosures, with the thickness and underplate your print specifies rather than a house standard.
Electroplating, anodizing and passivation at Gleco Plating, plus powder coating, liquid coating and Cerakote through our coatings division. A part needing plate-then-paint does not need two suppliers.
Distance is real, so most El Paso customers batch releases rather than shipping lot by lot. We will help you plan the release pattern so the schedule works without cutting corners on process.
Our team works in English and Spanish, which matters when your engineers, buyers and drivers do too. Send the print in whichever language your team works in.
El Paso is a long way from either plant, and pretending otherwise helps nobody. What makes it work is planning: consolidated releases instead of single lots, lead times quoted against your actual production schedule, and honest routing when a process only runs at one plant. Buyers who are already shipping out of the region for AS9100D finishing are usually shipping a similar distance anyway.
If freight is the deciding factor, tell us your release pattern and required dates before you quote it. We would rather structure the schedule with you than lose the job to a distance we could have planned around.
That depends on the alternative. Buyers who need AS9100D registered, ITAR registered finishing are usually shipping out of the region regardless. Consolidated releases and a planned schedule generally make the freight a manageable line item rather than a dealbreaker.
Yes. Both plants operate under the same AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 registration, and Gleco is ITAR registered and DFARS compliant.
Your broker handles the crossing and the temporary-import paperwork; we handle the finish and the certification. Parts that are export-controlled need the right authorization in place before anything moves, so tell us the classification when you send the print.
Yes. Electroplating, anodizing and passivation run at Gleco Plating; powder coating, liquid coating and Cerakote run at Gleco Paint and Powder in Rowlett. One purchase order, one set of certifications.
A Certificate of Conformance referencing the specification and revision your purchase order invokes, plus any certified test results your specification requires from an accredited laboratory.
Two Texas plants under one AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 quality system. Same processes, same certifications, same purchase order.
Tell us the substrate, the specification, the quantity and your release pattern. We will confirm the process, the plant 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
