Case Study: D&K Powder Coating achieves 200% revenue growth with Steelhead Technologies

How Data Based Decisions Resulted in a 200% Revenue Increase

D&K Powder Coating, a Minnesota-based provider of powder coating, burn-off, and media blasting services for automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing customers, had spent years relying on gut feel, spreadsheets, paper travelers, and verbal handoffs. That left the team without real-time visibility into job costs and created hidden bottlenecks, while operators were initially hesitant to adopt new technology. Steelhead Technologies stepped in with job costing reports, digital work boards, and scalable, easy-to-use processes.

With Steelhead Technologies, D&K digitally tracked each part, gained instant visibility into job status and true costs, and gave the floor team clear instructions with photos and videos to reduce errors. The result was near-zero rework, better margin control, and full team adoption, helping D&K grow revenue 200% in 3.5 years from $4 million in 2022 to $15.68 million in 2025, including a major customer account that rose from $80,000 a month to $950,000 a month.

D&K Powder Coating

Dana Schnepf

Owner