This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in electroplating, plating, anodizing, coloring, buffing, polishing, cleaning, and sandblasting metals and metal products for the trade. Included in this industry are establishments that perform these processes on other materials, such as plastics, in addition to metals.

Including:

• Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade
• Buffing metals and metal products for the trade
• Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade
• Cleaning and Cross-Referencealing metals and metal products for the trade
• Coloring metals and metal products (except coating) for the trade
• Depolishing metals and metal products for the trade
• Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade
• Gold and silver plating metals and metal products for the trade
• Laminating metals and metal formed products without fabricating
• Pickling metals and metal products for the trade
• Plastic, glass, or other media blasting services
• Plating metals and metal products for the trade
• Polishing metals and metal products for the trade
• Sandblasting metals and metal products for the trade
• Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) metal and metal products for the trade