Cooperative Plating Company offers approximately 50 metal finishing processes for more than 20 different types of metal. The company s capabilities include alkaline derusting, baking, bright dip, degreasing, etching, hard coat, stripping, polishing and bead blasting. Cooperative works with materials, such as aluminum, copper, brass, beryllium copper, bronze, stainless steel and zinc die cast. The company also performs silver and gold plating on radio frequency filters for both the commercial and aerospace industries. Cooperative also works with companies and agencies in the military, telecommunications, wireless, computer, medical, automotive, industrial manufacturing and electronics industries. Founded in 1923, Cooperative Plating has 55,000 square feet of production space at its headquarters in St. Paul, Minn.