Core Competencies

Oerlikon is a market leader in advanced materials, surface engineering and polymer processing. Our solutions encompass materials, coating equipment, coating services, and the engineering of entire plants.

We build our business on unique technology competencies, a wide global reach and trusted customer relations in highly demanding industries, such as aerospace, automotive, energy, tooling and textiles. Every day, we develop new materials, new surface technologies, new applications, components and textile manufacturing solutions to empower our customers to create and innovate better products.

Advanced Materials

Oerlikon understands the properties of materials on the smallest scale and is a world-class materials manufacturer of metal- and ceramic-based powders and wires for coatings and other industrial applications. Oerlikon provides hundreds of diverse products, including thermal spray coating materials, auxiliary products and materials specifically for additive manufacturing.

Areas of Expertise

Abradable materials.
A broad range of metals, composites, carbides, cermets and ceramics.
Computational designed metal alloys.
Extensive in-house materials manufacturing expertise and technologies.
Materials optimized for various surface technologies, AM and other industrial processes.
Standardized and customized materials.
R&D facilities for rapid tailoring:
- Novel materials for new applications
- Materials with improved performance

Surface Engineering

Oerlikon offers one of the most comprehensive portfolios of surface technologies. Together with customers, Oerlikon develops customized solutions for multiple industries - from the coating of large components to high-precision tools. Customers can choose from a standard portfolio or order customized materials and surface solutions for their specific applications.

Areas of Expertise

Comprehensive surface solutions portfolio including PVD, PACVD, thermal spray, thermal diffusion, cladding, weld overlay, nitriding, frictions systems, reconditioning and post processing of additive manufacturing parts.
Enabling more than 20 coating functionalities such as thermal, wear and environmental protection, clearance control, scratch resistance, thermal stability, chemical stability, anti-sticking, anti-reflection, decorative enhancement, protection against surface fatigue, conductivity, insulation, permeability control, capacity sensing, radar transparency and more.

Polymer Processing

Oerlikon is a leading global supplier with years of experience in the engineering and machine and equipment construction sectors for numerous polymers and along the entire value chain of polymer processing. Our systems enable leading textile manufacturers across the world to produce in a more efficient and resource-saving manner, as well as to develop new textile solutions.