Tanury Industries of Lincoln, Rhode Island, is displaying its aerospace coatings and metal finishing work here at MEBA 2014. Performed “primarily for VVIP and VIP jet interiors,” according to chairman Thomas Tanury, the company provides finishes for “cup holders, lights, vents, inlays, seat-belt buckle covers, basically any metal part on the inside of an aircraft. Our claim to fame is quality and service.”

Exhibiting at MEBA for the third time, the company (Stand 640, U.S. Pavilion) recently provided the gold plating for the interior of a head-of-state Boeing 747 completion, but confidentiality agreements forbid disclosing details of the work, Tanury said. Nonetheless, gold plating is one of the company’s specialties among the more than 150 aviation finishes it offers.

“When I first started, we analyzed the gold plating on competitors’ products,” Tanury said. “We measure gold plating in millionths of an inch. Our competitors were using what we call a ‘flash’ of gold, which is three to five millionths of an inch. We give customers 10 millionths of an inch, for the same price. The cost of gold,” he added, “isn’t the big factor. It’s the labor required.”

Representing what it calls “the cutting edge” of aviation plating, Tanury has pioneered new technologies such as a heavy platinum coating process and electropheretic clear coat systems. It was the first aviation-plating company to obtain an FAA repair station certificate, and the first decorative electroplater in the U.S. to achieve ISO-9002 certification. In addition to cosmetic finishes, Tanury also uses physical vapor deposition (PVD) to harden metal parts, such as door thresholds and other parts exposed to wear.

The company’s capabilities aren’t confined to aircraft interiors, and can be applied to “the interiors of yachts, palaces and restaurants, anything requiring very high-end metal finishing,” Tanury said. The company has examples of its finished parts on display here at MEBA and is eager to meet attendees interesting in learning more about its high-quality finishing.