Walgren Celebrates its 50th Year
of Manufacturing Finishing Lines –  and
its 500th Installation!

Walgren is proud to have engineered and manufactured quality finishing lines
for virtually every industry, for manufacturers large and small, for job shops of
every type, and for a broad range of military / defense entities.

General Industry Customers

80/20
Columbia City, IN
Hardware
Anodize

A-CMI
Hawesville, TN
Automotive
Etch Line

Alcoa
Barberton, OH
Transportation
Auto / Bright Dip / PAA

Alcoa
Cleveland, OH
Automotive
Anodizing

Alcoa
Hungary
Automotive
Anodizing

Alcoa
Mexico
Automotive
Phos. Acid Anodizing

Alcoa Wheel Products
Collingwood, Ontario
Aluminum Wheels Chem-Feed

Alexandria Extrusions
Alexandria, MN
Job Shop
Anodizing /Hardcoat

Arvin Meritor
Wuhu, China
Automotive
Paint, Ecoat

BF Goodrich
Troy, OH
Aerospace
Anodizing

Blue Line Equipment
Prescott, AZ
Ind. Carpet Cleaners
Powder Coat

Bowers Mfg
Kalamazoo, MI
Job Shop
Anodizing Addition

Brake Parts
Litchfield, IL
Automotive
Anodizing Addition

Calphalon
Perrysburg, OH
Cookware
Anodizing Modification

Calphalon
Toledo, OH
Cookware
Hardcoat Anodizing

Caterpillar
Oxford, MS
Engines
Barrel Unload

Daimler Chrysler
Kokomo, IN
Automotive
Anodize

D-B Metal Finishing
Rockford, IL
Job Shop
E-Coat

Dresser Measurement
Houston, TX
Energy/Power
Anodizing / Hardcoat

Elm Plating
Jackson, MI
Job Shop
Anodizing Addition

Eli Lilly
Indianapolis, IN
Pharmaceutical
Electropolishing

Floturn
Cincinnati, OH
Copy Machines, Computers
Anodizing

Floturn
China
Copy Machines
Anodizing

Ford Motor Company
Livonia, MI
Automotive
Anodizing, Refrigeration System

General Motors
Detroit, MI
Automotive
Lab Line, Automation

Henkel Technologies
China
Chemical Autophoretic

Hilite Industries
Carrollton, TX
Automotive
Anodizing

Horsburgh & Scott
Cleveland, OH
Energy
Nital Etch

Hussey Copper
Eminence, TN
Electronics
Automatic Overhead Hoist

Hydro Aluminum
North Liberty, IN
Architectural
Anodizing

Ingersoll Rand (Schlage)
Tijuana, Mexico
Hardware
Plating, Cu, Ni, Cr, Brass

Jackson Plating
Jackson, MI
Job Shop
Plating Equipment

Kawneer
Franklin, IN
Architectural
Anodizing

Kawneer
Hernando, MS
Architectural
Anodizing

Kawneer
Scarborough, Ontario
Architectural
Color Tank

Kemet Electronics
Mexico
Electronics
Nickel Tin Plating

Kohler
Union City, TN
Curtin Walls
Anodizing

Linn Products
Charlotte, MI
Architectural
Anodizing

Major Reflector
Northbrook, IL
Lighting
Anodizing / Bright Dip

Metokote
Omaha, NE
Automotive
Material Handling

Meyer
Thailand
Cookware
Hardcoat Anodizing

Modern Anodizing
North Adams, MA
Job Shop
Anodizing, Ventilation

Modern Industries
Phoenix, AZ
Electronics
Anodizing

National Mfg
Sterling, IL
Hardware
Brass Plating

North American EN
Elk Grove, IL
Job Shop
Electroless Nickel

PTF
Miami, FL
Job Shop
Automatic Railrider Hoist

Premier
Grand Rapids, MI
Job Shop
Autophoretic

Rapids Tumble Finish
Eaton Rapids, MI
Job Shop
Plating

Richcoat
Sterling Heights, MI
Automotive
Anodizing

Sapa
Portland, OR
Architectural Job shop
Anodizing

Square D
Lexington, KY
Electrical
Automation, Barrel Tin

St. Catherines
China
Automotive
Anodizing

TFT
Valparaiso, IN
Firehose
Anodizing

Tifton Aluminum
Tifton, GA
Architectural
Anodizing

Treffers Precision Products
Phoenix, AR
FAA repair facility with automatic
Type 11 anodizing

Tyco Products
Changsha, China
Zinc barrel

Universal Products
Grand Rapids, MI
General Industrial
Paint Stripping

Vistawall
Terrell, TX
Architectural
Anodizing

Vistawall
Greenville, TN
Architectural
Anodizing, Waste Treatment

Visteon
Juarez, Mexico
Automotive
Anodizing, Selcoater

Weiser Lock
Nogales, Mexico
Hardware
Hoists

Whimet
Warsaw, IN
Medical
Anodizing

WS Machining & Fab
Manitoba, Canada
Outdoor Furniture
Autodeposition

Aerospace / Military Customers

AAR Mobility
Goldsboro, NC
Manual cleaning of aluminum

Air Capitol Products
Wichita, KS
Manual Type 111 anodizing

Alcoa
Vernon, CA
Automatic etching of aluminum

Auto Air
Lansing, MI
Manual phosphoric acid anodizing

BE Aerospace
Winston Salem, NC
Anodizing

Bell Helicopter
Dallas, TX
Automatic cleaning, etching,
deoxidizing, phosphoric acid
anodizing

Bell Helicopter
Dallas, TX
Automatic Type 1 anodizing,
copper plating, cadmium plating,
black oxide, magnesium conversion
coating, silver plating, stripping

Bell Helicopter
Dallas, TX
Automatic copper plating

Bendix
Rocky Mount, NC
Automatic anodizing

Boeing
Philadelphia, PA
Manual boric sulfuric anodizing,
phosphoric acid anodizing,
and alodine

Boeing Precision Gear
Bedford Park, IL
Manual Type1, Type 11, copper plate,
nickel plate, Alodine, black oxide,
electroless nickel

Boeing/Royal Korean Air Force
Sosun, Korea
Automatic Type 11 anodizing

DSL Sanchez
Mansfield, OH
Automatic Type 1 and
Type 11 anodizing

Eaton Corporation
Sarasota, FL

Egypt Ministry of Defense/
General Defense
Cairo, Egypt
Automatic Type 1 and
Type 11 anodizing

Fairchild Dornier
San Antonio, TX
Manual Type 1 anodizing

FN
Columbia, SC
Hard chrome / multiple finishes

General Electric
Burlington, VT
Manual phosphoric acid anodizing

General Electric
Cincinnati, OH
Automatic cleaning

General Electric
Greenville, SC
Platinum plating

BF Goodrich
Troy, OH
Automatic Type 11 anodizing

Leonard’s Metals Corp.
Oklahoma City, OK
Manual Type 1, Type 11, and
chemical milling of aluminum

Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth, TX
Automatic Type 11, Alodine,
and automatic titanium cleaning

Louisiana Army Ammunitions Plant
Shreveport, LA
Phosphate and Type 1 Anodizing

Lucas Aerospace
Jamestown, ND
Manual Type 1, Type 11,
and Alodine

Maasara
Cairo, Egypt
Anodizing + Phosphating

Magnetic Inspection Lab
Chicago, IL
Aerospace
Plating, Anodizing, Black Oxide

MIL
Chicago, IL
Multiple finishes

Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant
Picayune, MS
Automatic Type 1 and Type 11

Orbit Ind.
Cleveland, OH
Aerospace
Etch Line

Pioneer Metal Finishing
Minneapolis, MN
Manual Type 1 and Alodine

Praxair
Indianapolis, IN
Automatic platinum plating

Pratt Whitney
Tijuana, Mexico
Manual phosphoric acid anodizing

Robins Air Force Base
Warner Robins, GA
Automatic plating, phosphating
and anodizing

Scranton Army Ammunition Plant
Scranton, PA
Automatic phosphating

Sikorsky Aircraft
Stratford, CT
Manual Type 1 anodizing and alodine

Stewart Warner
Troy, IN
Aerospace
Chromate Conversion

Tinker AFB
Oklahoma City, OK
Manual phosphoric acid anodizing

Unison Industries
Dayton, OH
Aerospace
Turco Clean Line

Valentec Olivette
St Louis, MO
Automatic Type 1 and
Type 11 Anodizing

Wright Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH
Lab line for research and development