Tide Rock acquires Electro‑Spec, owner of Franklin, Ind., plating facility

Tide Rock announced on 2026-10-21 in a press release via PR Newswire that it has acquired Electro‑Spec, which operates a plating facility in Franklin, Indiana, and a second site in Lexington, South Carolina.

Electro‑Spec, the release says, has provided high‑reliability and function‑critical plating solutions for more than 60 years and serves original equipment manufacturers and precision machining shops that require industry certifications including NADCAP, AS9100 and ITAR. The company’s stated capabilities include selective gold plating, electroless nickel, passivation and micro‑miniature (SBE) plating. Tide Rock’s release notes Electro‑Spec uses a combination of automated and semi‑automated PLC‑controlled plating lines and advanced metallurgical testing capabilities at its facilities and laboratories. (All items in this paragraph are reported in Tide Rock’s PR release.)

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