About Us

Vernon Plating Works is a metal finishing and electroplating shop based in Queens, serving aerospace, defense, and industrial customers who need high-quality plating with tight tolerances and consistent results. For over 60 years, we’ve been helping engineers and manufacturers solve plating challenges that require more than a standard process.

We specialize in silver, gold, copper, nickel, and tin plating, as well as selective plating and masking for complex parts. Every job that comes through our shop is handled by a team that understands the risks and demands of mission-critical work. When parts require close control, careful inspection, and real accountability, our customers come to us.

The purpose of every plating operation is to deposit the right thickness of the right materials in the right places through a combination of detail-oriented operations. A single part may be plated with multiple different layered finishes, or plated in select areas only and left un-plated in others. All metals require thorough chemical preparations before they can be plated. Some metals cannot effectively be plated electrolytically, and are instead plated entirely through chemical means.

Vernon was founded in 1962 and is still located in Woodside, Queens. Many of our employees have been with us for over 20 years. Their experience is what makes it possible to maintain a high level of quality with short turnaround times.

We keep operations lean, which lets us stay hands-on, flexible, and quick to respond. All plating is performed in-house, with regular monitoring of solution chemistry and surface quality. Every job is carefully inspected before it leaves our facility.

Our team works directly with engineers and project leads who are under pressure to meet specs, fix urgent problems, or keep production moving. We are responsive, realistic, and here to offer guidance and support as your collaborative partner. What sets us apart is our ability to think critically, adapt our process, and bring decades of practical knowledge to jobs that don’t necessarily fit into a standard workflow.

Plating of "problem" jobs that other shops cannot handle is our specialty. 

Over the years, our plated parts have been used in satellites, defense systems, and electronics assemblies that require performance under pressure. Vernon was the sole-source supplier for plating components on the first round of GPS satellites sent to space. More recently, our work was used in NASA's DART asteroid re-direction mission and Europa Clipper spacecraft.

These projects are not outliers. They reflect the level of trust we’ve built with companies that rely on consistent, verified results.

We do not take on electroplating jobs unless we are confident in the outcome. That may mean reviewing a spec line-by-line, running sample parts, or having a direct conversation about expectations before work begins. This upfront clarity is what allows us to maintain strong relationships and a near-zero rejection rate.

Precision is more than just a matter of proper plating technique. During our inspection process, we carefully examine samples from every batch to ensure that the allowable tolerances have not been exceeded. Our customers value speed, but not at the cost of accuracy. We have built our reputation by understanding what matters most to each job and delivering it without excuses.