Well-known car and tool manufacturers are based in Pitesti, such as one of Oerlikon Balzers Romania's largest customers, among others: A big plant of Renault Dacia is located in the immediate vicinity.
The anniversary event underscored Oerlikon’s commitment to advancing technologies across industries, with a special focus on local-to-local PVD coating service for tools and components as well as global-to-local
State-of-the-art thin film equipment has been developed with the knowledge of nearly 30 years of experience in tool manufacturing industry.
The segmentation of the ceramic thermal barrier coating is an ideal tool to improve the strain tolerance of the coatings.
It persuades with coating properties that enable exceptionally high cutting speeds and even longer tool service lives, which together result in significantly improved productivity.
The Segment also continued to bring next-generation coating technologies for tools to the market, such as BALINIT® CROMA, the extremely wear-resistant thin-film coatings, INNOVENTA mega, a physical vapor
Coating services of Oerlikon Balzers showed strong growth driven by the automotive and tooling industry in Europe, Asia and the US.
Its enhanced tool performance contributes to sustainable manufacturing practices by reducing the need for frequent tool replacements and minimizing the environmental impact.
“We are well positioned close to our customer base and can take advantage of the technology we need to keep us competitive in the cutting tool, mold and die markets.”
Gwangju area,” says Marc Desrayaud, Head of Business Unit Tooling Solutions at Oerlikon Surface Solutions.
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