Is West Valley Plating NADCAP certified?

Yes. West Valley Plating has held continuous NADCAP accreditation for chemical processing since 2004. The company is also FAA approved and USFCR verified.

What aerospace prime contractors approve WVP as a supplier?

WVP holds approvals from Boeing, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney (NextGen), IHI, Donaldson, and PTI.

What types of anodize does WVP run?

Type II sulfuric (clear and dyed), Type III hard-coat with hardness up to RC 70, Type IC boric-sulfuric (chromate-free), and titanium anodize per AMS2488 — all per MIL-A-8625.

What plating processes are available?

Electroless nickel (MIL-C-26074, AMS 2404) in high, medium and low phosphorus plus Ni-Boron, nano-composite and black variants; cadmium (AMS QQ-P-416); zinc-nickel (Type I and II); plus bright, sulfamate, hard and black nickel (QQ-N-290); tin (Mil-T-10727), copper, silver and gold.

Does WVP offer non-destructive testing (NDT)?

Yes — liquid penetrant per ASTM 1417 Methods A & D, magnetic particle per ASTM 1444, nital etch, pre-penetrant etch for titanium / aluminum / stainless, and AMS 2446 testing.

Where is West Valley Plating located?

21061 Superior Street, Chatsworth, California 91311. Phone: +1 (818) 709-1684.

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Metal Finishing · Chatsworth, CA · NADCAP Since 2004

We help the worldfly — and beyond.

Name: West Valley Plating, Incorporated
Address: 21061 Superior Street, Chatsworth, CA, 91311, US
Telephone: +1 (818) 709-1684
Price range: $$$$

Seventy plating tanks, a NADCAP-certified wet-chem lab and a one-stop discipline that runs anodize, plate, chem-film and passivate through the same approved supply chain — Boeing, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney.

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Quality posture

Audited, approved, and prime-contractor qualified.

Every lot WVP runs moves through the same quality envelope — NADCAP-audited chemistry, FAA-approved process, traceable from receiving to ship.

Special Process · Chemical

NADCAP

National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program · continuous since 2004

Federal Aviation

FAA Approved

Approved supplier for FAA-regulated aerospace work

USFCR
VERIFIED

U.S. Federal Contractor Registry

Federal Contractor Registry

USFCR Verified Vendor

U.S. Federal Contractor Registry — compliance-verified for federal procurement

Prime-contractor approvals

Boeing · Raytheon · Rolls-Royce · Pratt & Whitney · IHI · Donaldson · PTI

The Standards

Every print,
every spec,
in-house.

The full mil-, AMS- and ASTM-spec list West Valley Plating runs under one NADCAP-audited roof. Spec-traceable, lot-recorded, audit-defensible — every cert ships with the parts.

Continuous NADCAP since 2004 · FAA approved · USFCR verified

Anodize

Aluminum anodize, Type IC through Type III hard-coat, plus titanium per AMS2488.

MIL-A-8625Type II / Type III
AMS2488Titanium anodize
Type ICBoric-sulfuric · chromate-free
Class 2Dyed films

Plating

Seventy tanks. Electroless nickel + composites, cadmium, zinc-nickel, precious.

MIL-C-26074Electroless nickel
AMS 2404EN — high / med / low P
AMS QQ-P-416Cadmium · Type I & II
QQ-N-290Nickel · bright / sulfamate

Conversion

Chem-film, passivation, phosphate, black oxide — the chemistries between metal and finish.

MIL-DTL-5541Type I hex · Type II tri
AMS 2700Passivation · Type II / VI
ASTM 967Citric-acid passivation
MIL-STD-573Phosphate coatings

NDT & Specialty

Penetrant, mag particle, nital etch, dry lube, primer/paint — the spec the audit asks for.

ASTM 1417Liquid penetrant · A & D
ASTM 1444Magnetic particle
AMS 2446NDT pre-pen etch
Mil-PRF-46010HDry-film lubricant

70+Plating tanks

6Service lines · in-house

2004NADCAP since

ZeroDischarge · closed loop

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Inside the Chatsworth Shop

Six lines.
One roof.

Every WVP part moves through this shop — no outside vendors, no opaque hand-offs. Anodize through final cert, all on one floor.

21061 Superior Street · Chatsworth, CA

70-tank plating shop — West Valley Plating shop floor — 70-tank plating shop
Anodize, electroless nickel, cad, zinc-nickel, precious metals — every chemistry in-house

Type II · III · IC · Ti — West Valley Plating shop floor — Type II · III · IC · Ti
Clear, dyed, hard-coat to RC 70 · titanium anodize per AMS2488

Electroless nickel + composites — West Valley Plating shop floor — Electroless nickel + composites
Ni-PTFE, Ni-SiC, nanodiamond · cad, zinc-nickel, gold, silver, copper, tin

MIL-DTL-5541 Type I & II — West Valley Plating shop floor — MIL-DTL-5541 Type I & II
Hex and RoHS-compliant tri · plus passivation, phosphate, black oxide

Penetrant + mag particle — West Valley Plating shop floor — Penetrant + mag particle
ASTM 1417 A/D · ASTM 1444 · nital etch · AMS 2446 pre-pen etch

Dry lube · electropolish — West Valley Plating shop floor — Dry lube · electropolish
PREP · Mil-PRF-46010H · primer + paint · masking · bake to 525°F

Photography sourced from the active West Valley Plating shop

Running today

By the NumbersRunning today

1998

Founded · Chatsworth, CA

NADCAP

Continuous since 2004

70+

Plating tanks under one roof

Zero

Discharge · closed-loop rinses

02 · THE PROCESS

Receivingto shipping.One floor.

Every part moves through the same six-step finishing pipeline — incoming inspection, masking, chemistry, cure, lab inspection, ship. The cert pack lands with the parts.