On this episode of Made in Virginia we are headed south to Madison Heights to visit TRU Ball | AXCEL Archery to see how top of the line archery equipment is made. Then to Roanoke to learn all about the anodizing process with Global Metal Finishing.
TRU Ball | AXCEL have been manufacturing release aids or triggers and bow aiming sights for 24 years and have established themselves as an elite professional brand used by Olympic archery teams around the world.
Learn more:
www.truball.com/
Global Metal Finishing is an anodizing company servicing the manufacturing industries throughout the middle-East-coast region of the United States. Located in Roanoke, Virginia their business anodizes around 30,000 parts per week including TRU Ball / AXCEL archery products.
Annodizing is an electrochemical process that converts the metal surface into a decorative, durable, corrosion-resistant finish. Aluminum is ideally suited to anodizing, although other nonferrous metals also can be anodized.
Learn more:
www.globalmetalfinishing.com/