Rio Grande, a Berkshire Hathaway company, exists to support the bench jeweler, the jewelry designer, the retail jeweler, the jewelry manufacturer and the educator. As your jewelry business grows, you can count on us to keep you profitable with innovative solutions and exemplary service.
Since bench jeweler Saul Bell founded our company in 1944 on historic Route 66, we have been part of the Albuquerque, New Mexico community.
Today Rio Grande is one of the jewelry industry’s largest wholesale suppliers. We manufacture, source and distribute tools and equipment, gemstones, metals, findings and more. Offering unparalleled support from our Jewelry Tech Team, educational content and programs like RioPro and Rio for Schools, we nurture businesses and support the industry’s next generation.
We share your passion for jewelry.
Connect with us at www.riogrande.com or give us a call at 800.545.6566.
Founded in 1945, Pioneer Metal Finishing (PMF) offers the widest array of metal finishing services including anodizing, electroless nickel, chromate, tin zinc and precious metal platings. We have locations across the United States and Mexico. PMF is more than just a metal finisher. We offer "trusted finishes" to customers through proven processes, expertise, and positive long-term relationships with customers and employees alike. PMF has grown considerably since 1945 and strives to help customers achieve their time to market and product differentiation goals through great customer service, technical support, and the widest array of metal finishing processes with our unique, all-in-one philosophy of servicing small to large customers across the industry.
Mission
To create value for our customers, associates and shareholders by providing the highest quality products and services in the metal finishing industry. Our success will be measured by the relationships we build with our customers, employees, suppliers and community. These relationships will be based on trust, respect and commitment to protecting the environment.
Vision
Pioneer will serve its customers and markets by offering the best products and services in our industry. We will accomplish this by providing world-class finishing services specifically targeted to our customers' demands. Striving for continued improvement, we will look at ourselves critically with a mindset of how we can improve service to our customers. Collectively, these efforts will position Pioneer to capitalize on the inability of our competitors to provide top-notch services.
Our Values
Serving Our Customers, Employees and Community
Maximizing Our Potential
Always Strive to Balance Short-Term and Long-Term Goals
Relational Honesty
Trust
Anoplate was founded by Milt Stevenson, Sr., in 1960 to serve a growing need among what was then a very small, locally based machine shop and tool industry. Anoplate operates from a 120,000 square foot facility, single location in Central New York State.
Anoplate offers metal finishing services nationwide including plating of copper, nickel, chromium, zinc, silver, gold, cadmium and tin, various types of anodizing of light metals, conversion coatings such as passivating and phosphating, dry film lubrication, small lot painting, and vacuum impregnation.
Anoplate's reputation for quality and workmanship, diversity in process offered, and ability to meet rigid specifications has led it to serve a broad base of industries including aerospace, computers, defense, electronics, medical, optics, and recreation.