Mass Finishing News

Distributor Spotlight: SurfacePrep
Our Distributors’ success leads directly to our overall company’s success, and we value the relationships we have built with each of them. To highlight our Distributors, we’ve created a new category within our newsletter page entitled the “Distributor Spotlight.” In...

Product Spotlight: Semi-Automatic Centrifugal Disc Finisher
In this video, Cole Mathisen, MFI Sales and Marketing Manager gives a run-down of the RF-50 SA, a semi-automatic Centrifugal Disc Finishing System with Media Separator. This product comes in three different sizes: 50L, 100L, and 200L. How it Works Centrifugal Disc...

Racing Towards Savings: MFI & Roush Yates Partnership Runs Smooth
In early 2021, Mass Finishing Inc. announced a multi-year partnership with Roush Yates Engines and Roush Yates Manufacturing Solutions (RYMS), Roush Yates Engines is the exclusive engine builder for all Ford’s NASCAR teams and they “[supply] engines and provide team...

MFI Hosts First Ever Dealer Summit
In late July, MFI hosted the first ever Dealer Summit at our facility in Howard Lake, MN….and it was fantastic! Nearly 30 people representing 10 different Dealers traveled from all over the country to be with us for two days of product training, information sharing,...

Cole Mathisen Presents at RAPID + TCT 2022
Mass Finishing’s own Sales and Marketing Manager, Cole Mathisen, recently presented at the RAPID + TCT 2022 Conference which ran from May 17-19 in Detroit, MI. The conference included over 130 technical presentations from industry experts, and attendees saw over 400...

Employee Spotlight: Jim Mikelson
Jim Mikelson is the newest member of the Mass Finishing team and started this April. He filled a new role as Mass Finishing’s Inventory Control Specialist, where he looks forward to assisting and applying his knowledge of Inventory Control principles. Jim believes in...

MFI Process Lab Video Tour
The best first step in any project is having a customer send us parts for testing. MFI has a variety of capabilities in-house depending on what samples we’re running. In this video tour, Cole Mathisen, MFI Sales and Marketing Manager briefly explains our sample...

NEW Equipment Spotlight: HZ-175
In this newsletter, we’re highlighting the brand-new HZ-175 High Energy Centrifugal Barrel Finisher. This is the latest addition to the HZ-Series of tumbling equipment MFI offers. While the HZ-175 operates with the same efficient “Farris Wheel” style action, it offers...

Employee Spotlight: Cole Mathisen
Cole started working on the Mass Finishing team in his early teens, when his father Mike and his uncle Tommy owned the company. He would mow the lawn, sweep the floors, and do other odd jobs around the facility. He worked at MFI during the summers through high school...

How to Use the Media Store
If your company has finishing or tumbling equipment, then you need media to make it all work right. MFI offers an incredibly wide variety of scientifically driven, lab-tested finishing media to suit virtually any surface finishing situation. If you have an MFI...

Employee Spotlight: Cory Carr
Cory Carr has worked on the Mass Finishing Inc. (MFI) team for nearly 8 years and is the Engineering Project/Production Manager. Cory originally started as the Engineering Project Manager and has since added “Production Manager” to his title. He has a AAS degree in...

Our Process: Free Sample Processing
An essential step in determining the right equipment for your part is running samples in our lab. Seeing is believing, so we offer sample processing at no cost to prove that we can give you the return on investment and quality finish you need to make your business...