The Silver, Firearms, & Platinum Plating Specialists

Located in Westbrook, Maine Silvex is a second generation family owned and operated business that has been servicing leading manufacturers from all over the United States for over fifty years. Although Silvex specializes in the firearms and silverware industries and platinum plating, we also offer a wide variety of finishes processed to ISO 9001:2008, NADCAP, and AS 9100 and numerous other company standards for the defense, aerospace, telecommunications, water purification, power generation, hotel-ware, and firearms industries. The 50 years of experience we have gained from this diversification that has enabled us to excel in the surface finishing industry.

Silverware

Electroplating for Stainless Steel Flatware

Platinum

Platinum Plating Technology

Firearms

Advanced Plating Technologies for Firearms

Aerospace

Quality Precision Metal Finishes

Customers return to Silvex for quality finishes, on time delivery, competitive pricing, friendly service and expert consultation. Now offering Platinum Plated Titanium Anodes.

If you’re looking for a full service electroplating and surface finishing company with over 35 years experience with silver and platinum plating or aluminum anodizing, phosphating, look no further, you’ve found us.

Silvex welcomes your challenging plating and anodizing applications. Many of our unique plating capabilities are the result of innovative solutions to some of our customers’ more difficult surface finishing requirements. Our management staff has 100 years of combined silver, platinum, anodizing and phosphating, experience for industries like yours: aircraft, communications, defense, electrical, hotel-ware and firearms. We can solve your metal finishing problems and have the testimonials to prove it.

Silvex is committed to servicing your silver, platinum, phosphating, plating and anodizing needs with integrity and the highest level of quality and satisfaction possible.

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“Your quality, delivery, and cooperation has been splendid”

- Maine Machine products Company

TESTIMONIALS
“Your technical experience and quality assurance record as a metal finisher has established you a firm position on our bidders list. Your continued assistance will help maintain our reputation as a world class shipbuilder.”

- Dynamics Bath Iron Works Corporation

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“Professional and pleasant personell.”

- Bon Chef

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“Quality of the plating is far superior to the competition.”

- ODAT

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“Excellent quality and advise.”

- Fraen Machine

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“Great quality and service.”

- JC Machine and Motorsports

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“Easy to do business with.”

- World Tableware

TESTIMONIALS
“We are very grateful for your excellent services.”

- Windham Weaponry

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“Quick to quote, reasonable lead times and easy to do business with.”

- General Dynamics

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“Great customer service and final product and always willing to expedite special orders.”

- Table DeFrance

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“Rapid production time, great quality products and industry expertise.”

- Progressive Pro

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“Very good delivery and quality performance.”

- Oneida

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“Quick lead times, excellent responsiveness, minimal quality issues and competitive pricing.”

- LWRC

TESTIMONIALS
“Your dedication, quality and productivity have exceeded all our expectations.”

- Brookhaven National Laboratory

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“Yours was the only company to exude the confidence that our requirements could be met in a straight forward manner without extensive development. This ‘can do’ attitude and the quality of your proposal and oral presentations won you our contract. For an industrial vendor to attempt to do what has never been done before is rare but refreshing"

- Brookhaven National Laboratory

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“During our initial meetings with Silvex, we became aware of their extensive knowledge of plating, their internal controls of plating processes and their strong quality control program. As our relationship has continued with Silvex, we have found them to be very responsive to inquiries concerning problems and their mutual solutions.”

- Digital Equipment Corporation

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“We have found Silvex to be a high quality plating house whose performance has consistently been far above average. They have been particularly outstanding in their ability to provide technical assistance in platings and coatings…”

- GTE Corporation

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“I have enjoyed working with all my Silvex contacts during the past few years. In my opinion, you are the most reliable, responsive vendors. We probably seem pushy at times, as if we are your only customer, but you somehow manage to treat us that way and we appreciate it.”

- Mid State Machine

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“It is a pleasure working with Silvex!”

- Masters Machine Co.

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“Silvex personnel provide outstanding service to me. Silvex is a certified vendor, dock to stock supplier for us. Their record for quality and on-time delivery has allowed us to give them certified status. Great job overall!”

- Pratt & Whitney United Technologies Corp.

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“Your performance (in coating a variety of aircraft components) has been outstanding. High quality and quick turn around have greatly assisted us.”

- Pratt & Whitney

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“Thank you for the great service that your company has given us during these past few years. Our requirements for plating are very rigid. Some of the components that you plate are used in electronic equipment and go on towers over 2000 feet. They would be very costly to repair if we had any problems: Thanks to your excellent quality, we have had no failures.”

- Dielectric Corporation

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“Congratulations to your entire organization for successfully plating the first 60-foot beam tube for use in the superconducting supercollider (SSC)."

- Brookhaven National Laboratory

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“In the five-years that we have partnered with Silvex Inc., Oneida has enjoyed excellent quality, reliable service and has benefited from the industry knowledge they bring to our partnership.”

- Oneida

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“Silvex has consistently delivered a high level of quality and service which has allowed us to grow our business.”

- Mersen

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The Silver, Firearms, & Platinum Plating Specialists

Silverware

Platinum

Firearms

Aerospace

Customers return to Silvex for quality finishes, on time delivery, competitive pricing, friendly service and expert consultation. Now offering Platinum Plated Titanium Anodes.

Plating Process

Anodizing Process

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