Automotive Part Electroplating

Automotive Part Electroplating delivering protective, functional, aesthetic advantages.

Automotive Part Electroplating at Summit enhances functional, safety, and durability characteristics required in this demanding industry. We surface-coat functional and decorative parts to meet manufacturing specs and ensure they deliver proper operation in harsh outdoor environments. Our performance-focused Plating makes us a preferred supplier for automotive part manufacturers seeking high-cycle-wear surface solutions capable of withstanding insertion forces and high heat.

Electroplating finishes we offer include Nickel and other economical metal Alloys that provide excellent corrosion protection. Summit can administer these coatings to individual, separated parts — or to continuous-form stamped parts for improved cost efficiency.

Auto Part electroplating for aesthetics with precious and semi-precious metals

Along with delivering enhanced performance and wear durability,  our auto part plating options can deliver stunning visual advantages. Summit electroplates with a variety of precious and semi-precious metals to provide select trim and control components with unique finishes and characteristics that hold up to elements and repetitive ergonomic wear.

Auto Industry Plating metals Summit utilizes include:

Palladium, a metal light-silver in color, resists oxidation and tarnishing, and offers excellent corrosion resistance. It also possesses a unique ability to absorb hydrogen gas, making it an important component in modern catalytic converter systems.

Tin and Tin Alloy Plating provide economical, corrosion-resistant durability for automotive parts that are exposed to harsh environmental elements. Tin and Alloy finishes can also be polished to a luster close to that of chrome!

Gold Plating is another chemistry we utilize for electronic automotive parts that need excellent conductivity characteristics. Gold Plating is also used on highly visible components as a way of enhanced appearance while also delivering outstanding corrosion protection.

Typical components we can and have plated for use in the Automotive Industry include:

• Auto chassis assembly components
• Automotive gauges and electronics
• Auto lighting
• Automotive safety equipment parts
• Automotive ignition parts
• Auto navigation system components
• Under-the-hood components
• Brake system components
• Catalytic converter parts

Summit’s Plating’s proven abilities in electroplating to perform have made us a vendor/partner of choice for auto part manufacturers in need of economical or innovative ways improve product quality.  For companies looking to compete in the competitive arena of auto-part supply,  Summit Plating delivers reliable, winning results for Automotive Part Plating.