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Locations

Locations

Gleco Plating runs two full-service metal finishing plants in Texas, both under the same AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 quality system.

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  • AS9100D
  • ISO 9001:2015
  • ITAR Registered
  • Rowlett & McAllen, TX

Our Texas Locations

Process Capability by Location

ProcessPrimary SpecRowlettMcAllen
Zinc (Acid / Chloride)ASTM B633✔✔
Zinc (Alkaline)ASTM B633✔—
Zinc-NickelAMS 2417✔✔
CadmiumAMS-QQ-P-416—✔
Electroless NickelAMS 2404✔✔
Sulfamate Nickel (Engineering Nickel)AMS 2424—✔
Bright Nickel (Watts Bath)QQ-N-290✔✔
Chem FilmMIL-DTL-5541✔✔
Anodize – Type IIMIL-A-8625✔✔
Anodize – Type III (Hardcoat)MIL-A-8625—✔
Passivation – NitricAMS 2700✔✔
Passivation – CitricAMS 2700✔—
Tin – BrightMIL-T-10727✔✔
Tin – MatteMIL-T-10727✔—
GoldMIL-DTL-45204—✔
Silver – MatteQQ-S-365✔✔
Silver – Bright / Semi-BrightQQ-S-365—✔
Dry Film LubeMIL-PRF-46010✔—
Zinc PhosphateMIL-DTL-16232 Type Z✔—
Bright DipCopper & brass✔✔

Both Texas plants are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified and ITAR Registered, but each runs a different line-up of processes. Use the matrix above to see where a given finish runs. Not sure which plant fits your part? Send us the print and we’ll route it.

Location-specific notes

  • Anodize color: Rowlett offers a full range of anodize colors; McAllen offers black and clear.
  • Yellow chem film: gold/yellow (hexavalent) chem film is run at Rowlett; McAllen runs clear/RoHS chem film.
  • Black zinc: available at Rowlett.
  • Zinc: chloride (acid) zinc runs at both plants; alkaline zinc is Rowlett only.
  • Paint, powder & Cerakote: handled at our Rowlett Paint & Powder facility (not McAllen).
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Our plants

Gleco Plating Rowlett, Texas plant exterior

Rowlett — Dallas–Fort Worth

2220 Grisham Drive, Rowlett, TX 75088
(972) 475-4300

Zinc rack and barrel, alkaline zinc, zinc-nickel, nickel, tin, matte silver, chem film, Type II anodize, citric and nitric passivation, dry film lubricant.

About the Rowlett plant
Gleco Plating McAllen, Texas plant

McAllen — Rio Grande Valley

3800 W. Ursula Ave, McAllen, TX 78503
(956) 800-4069

Cadmium, gold, bright and semi-bright silver, sulfamate nickel, Type III hardcoat anodize, plus zinc, zinc-nickel, electroless nickel, tin and chem film.

About the McAllen plant

Service areas we cover

Both plants ship across Texas, but most of our work moves inside a short drive. These pages cover what each area typically specifies, how long it takes, and how parts get to us and back.

Metal Finishing — Edinburg, TXHidalgo County manufacturing and machine work, run at our McAllen plant.Metal Finishing — Pharr, TXCross-border and bridge-corridor work, ten minutes from the McAllen plant.Metal Finishing — Mission, TXFabrication, agricultural and oilfield equipment in the western Valley.Metal Finishing — Weslaco, TXMid-Valley manufacturing and stainless passivation to AMS 2700.Metal Finishing — Harlingen, TXAerospace and defense work, with Type III hardcoat and cadmium at McAllen.Metal Finishing — Brownsville, TXPort, marine and heavy fabrication in a coastal service environment.Metal Finishing — Garland, TXPlating, passivation, anodizing and coating under one roof, minutes from Garland.Zinc Plating — Dallas, TXRack and barrel zinc with clear, black and yellow trivalent chromates.Zinc-Nickel Plating — Dallas, TX10–15% nickel alloy for high salt-spray life and elevated-temperature service.Anodizing — Dallas, TXType II and Type III hardcoat, clear and dyed, on 6061, 7075 and 2024.Passivation — Dallas, TXCitric and nitric passivation to ASTM A967 and AMS 2700, with test verification.Cadmium Plating — Dallas, TXType II cadmium to AMS-QQ-P-416 with embrittlement relief per ASTM B850.Chem Film — Fort Worth, TXMIL-DTL-5541 Type II, Class 1A and Class 3, clear and gold.Electroless Nickel — Fort Worth, TXMid and high phosphorus EN to AMS 2404, uniform in blind holes and bores.

South Texas, the border and northern Mexico

The same two plants and the same AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 quality system serve the I-35 corridor, the Gulf coast and the maquiladora base across the river.

Laredo, TXThe busiest land port on the border, plus its trailer, chassis and machine shop base.San Antonio, TXAerospace maintenance, automotive supply and medical device work, reachable from either plant.Corpus Christi, TXPort, marine and refining support where salt air drives the finish selection.El Paso, TXThe Borderplex electronics, automotive and defense base, planned around consolidated freight.Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoThe industrial center of northern Mexico, about two hours from the crossing.Reynosa, Tamaulipas, MexicoMaquiladora electronics, automotive and medical work, minutes across the bridge.Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MexicoAutomotive, electrical and medical manufacturing on the Gulf coast.Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MexicoThe Laredo gateway supply base, transportation and material handling hardware.Saltillo, Coahuila, MexicoThe Coahuila automotive cluster, where corrosion performance and audit trail both matter.

Related at Gleco

What runs at this plant, and the work around it.

Ready when you are

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Gleco Plating — Finish Well

Precision metal finishing since 1979. Plating, anodizing, coatings and passivation from three Texas facilities.

Our paint, powder & Cerakote division: Gleco Paint & Powder Coating

  • AS9100D
  • ISO 9001:2015
  • ITAR Registered
  • DFARS Compliant
  • RoHS

Locations

Gleco Rowlett
2220 Grisham Drive
Rowlett, TX 75088
972-475-4300

Gleco McAllen
3800 W. Ursula Ave
McAllen, TX 78503
956-800-4069

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