Anoplate Corporation
Alan Fries is an experienced facility project manager currently working at Anoplate Corporation since November 2021. Prior to this role, Alan served as the Director of Maintenance at Two Plus Four Management from July 2020 to November 2021. With a career beginning at PCA in January 1991, Alan held various positions before being promoted to Plant Superintendent in Allentown, PA, and later to Plant Manager of the Syracuse, NY facility in 2016. Alan received education at Millard North and Northeast Tech in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Anoplate Corporation
Anoplate was founded by Milt Stevenson, Sr., in 1960 to serve a growing need among what was then a very small, locally based machine shop and tool industry. Anoplate operates from a 104,000 square foot facility, single location in Central New York State. Anoplate offers metal finishing services nationwide including plating of copper, nickel, chromium, zinc, silver, gold, cadmium and tin, various types of anodizing of light metals, conversion coatings such as passivating and phosphating, dry film lubrication, small lot painting, and vacuum impregnation. Anoplate's reputation for quality and workmanship, diversity in process offered, and ability to meet rigid specifications has led it to serve a broad base of industries including aerospace, computers, defense, electronics, medical, optics, and recreation.