Voestalpine Eifeler Coatings Opens PVD Facility in Tennessee
This opening follows the company’s opening of their coatings facility in Walnut, California, in June. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Voestalpine Eifeler Coatings opened their newest coatings facility in Cleveland, Tennessee, just north of Chattanooga. The new facility is strategically located to provide physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings solutions to the manufacturing communities in the southeastern United States.
This opening follows the company’s opening of their coatings facility in Walnut, California, in June. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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“Our new facility allows us to improve our service to existing customers and expand the reach of our value-added services into new markets where PVD coatings can help improve the manufacturing process and functional part performance,” says Jim Clay, general manager at Voestalpine Eifeler Coatings USA.
The Cleveland facility is equipped with PVD arc systems technology, and will feature duplex coatings, including Crosal Plus, Tigral and Variantic, whch are suited for a variety of applications ranging from metal forming to die casting and plastic injection molding.
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