Over 100 Years As The Longest Running Metal Finishing Company In The Nation.
F.M. Callahan & Sons is a NADCAP Certified, ISO 9001, and ROHS compliant precision plating house. Specialist in Plating, electroplating & anodizing, and rack and barrel plating. Callahan Plating serves all industries while being a key supplier of services to the Aerospace industry.
Meet F.M. Callahan
F.M. Callahan & Son (Malden, MA) has been plating parts since 1910 and is a NADCAP and ISO 9000 certified electroplater as well as being ITAR Registered.
This is an organization of specialists skilled in all phases of industrial plating. The company has combined ability, service, and quality to produce plating on sizes from microscopic pin-point to gigantic two-ton pieces. The company specializes in the plating of precious metals of silver and gold, Electroless nickel, Sulfamate nickel, Zinc, Copper, Tin, and Tin-leads. Our surface treatments include black oxide, pickling, passivating, conversion coating, and also chromating.
F.M. Callahan & Son is a full-service company with over a 40,000 square foot state of the art facility and has 100 plus years of family ownership.
Certifications
The company has been NADCAP certified for approximately twenty years. This important standard indicates that accredited shops follow documented guidelines on how the parts are processed. The result is a consistently plated part.
Company President Eric Jacklin is in a good position to compare the two quality certification programs. “NADCAP tends to be more specific and a lot more intense than ISO,” he says. “For NADCAP, the auditors that come in are trained in metal finishing. They may have particular expertise in one area, such as anodizing; but they have also worked in the finishing industry and in the labs. Thus, they have a very specific checklist.”
“We have ISO 9000 as well, and it is looking at specific quality things. But, it is more general than the NADCAP. It deals with what you are actually doing; whether it is welding or chemical processing
or something else,” he concludes.
Jacklin believes the NADCAP certification is worth the intense auditing process. “If you are NADCAP certified you are probably also GE certified or Rolls-Royce certified, he says. “The Boeings of the world really trust the NADCAP system. They are leaning more on the NADCAP auditors and doing a lot fewer specific prime audits themselves.”
F.M. Callahan On Display
Reaching out to current customers and NEW ones; the company has invested their efforts in the area’s leading Industrial Showcases such as The Design 2 Part Trade Shows of MA, CT, and New York.
F.M. Callahan & Son has, over the years, been a consistent Exhibitor at the Design 2 Part shows held in in CT, New York, and the event held each early October at the Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlboro, MA. This is the region’s largest design and contract manufacturing trade show.
This show allows attendees the opportunity to search for anything from design ideas to custom and stock parts or through final assembly alternatives. The Show also allows for these Manufacturers from New England and nationwide to have the opportunity to meet high-quality, reliable, American job shops and contract manufacturers who can help build their products better.
The October Show has over 250 exhibiting companies and includes were F.M. Callahan’s Eric Jacklin (Company President) who enthusiastically covers the Callahan booth over two days while talking and meeting with numerous company representatives who are looking to find new suppliers to improve their quality, reduce their manufacturing costs, and shorten time-to-market for their products.
Eric Jacklin, commenting on his own company’s experience at the Show, says that “I totally enjoy the experience of being an Exhibitor at the Display 2 Part Show and meeting the traffic of key people walking the show’s aisles; it is always so impressive! We are always able to generate sales leads with not only new accounts but existing accounts as well. It is gratifying to see our customers that we have talked with for years and are able to provide a number of these accounts with new ideas for future projects.”
F.M. Callahan & Son, Inc. currently plates precious metals of silver, gold, electroless nickel, sulfamate nickel, zinc, copper, tin, and tin-leads in a 40,000 square foot facility on Eastern Avenue. Their services also include black oxide, pickling, passivating, iridating and chromating. F.M. Callahan & Son, Inc.’s history of military and aerospace work continues under the quality certifications of NADCAP and ISO 9001.
F.M. Callahan’s Logo is “Where the Finish Comes First” This is an organization of specialists skilled in all phases of industrial plating. Since 1910 the company has combined ability, service, and quality to produce plating on sizes from microscopic pinpoint to gigantic two-ton pieces. Close co-operation between all departments, developing, plating, maintenance, inspection, and the front office means superior workmanship for you.
