Metal Finishing suppliers to Australia's Manfacturers and Restorers, A Class Metal Finishers Pty Ltd (A Class), is located in Lonsdale, South Australia.  Established in 1989 as a family partnership, A Class quickly developed a reputation for quality and service based on sound industry (plating & polishing) knowledge. From a single 300 square metre factory workshop, A Class has since grown to employ dozens of staff and provide a diverse suite of metal finishing services from expanded facilities on adjacent sites comprising over 5000 square metres in total.

 

Activities range from restoration of car and motorcycle chrome, to high volume polishing, to decorative plating, to specialised functional coatings for high tech products. Experience in each of these areas has further developed A Class's knowledge and led to our becoming a leading supplier when it comes to identifying solutions to the diverse range of electroplating, metal polishing and other surface finishing challenges.

The metal finishing industry has greatly diminished in size since the extensive use of chrome plated accessories by the auto industry in the 1970's. The industry has since become a relatively small one. Despite this challenge, A Class has managed to attract or develop a high level of industry knowledge and expertise and grown the company out of this knowledge (where some industry providers have faded away). Challenges for developing and retaining the specialised industry skills and knowledge remain, however A Class works proactively to identify alternatives for the future.  Our skills and knowledge have earned us a reputation as metal finishing industry experts.

A Class is NOT a developer of proprietary plating technology (the chemical companies are best at that). We are, however, very good at adapting and developing surface treatment technologies and processes to meet a specific customer requirement. The information provided in each "process" related page of this website provides insight to the uses and benefits of various metal finishing processes. A Class is also able to develop capabilities in a new processes or technologies to suit your needs - if there is a business case for it.

Satisfying our customer needs for quality service and production are primary aims. A Class is quality assured to the International Standard ISO 9001:2008. In addition, with a name like "A Class" of course we always strive to live up to our name!

A computerised job tracking and bar code scanning system underpins our quality control procedures, making it easier to track, control and prioritise the large volumes of work travelling through our plating and polishing plants, thus ensuring timely delivery jobs and customer confidence in our systems.

- We supply industries such as Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering, Defence, Aerospace and Mining

- Plating to mil-spec or other specifications is available on request.

- A Class has been recognised as an innovative and successful company, and earned recognition in several business awards.

- We have an On-site Laboratory capable of testing both the processing solutions and the plated coatings.

We have been know to plate or treat some strange things - gold plated teeth, chrome plated golf balls, baseball gloves, insects (only dead ones of course!), a grass wedding ring - the list goes on.

Whilst sometimes jobs like these can be "pains in the proverbial..." we do like a bit of fun and variety now and then so please don't hold back with your strange requests!!