Oerlikon Balzers

Oerlikon Balzers is a world leading supplier of surface technologies that significantly improve the performance and durability of precision components as well as tools for the metal and plastics processing industries. Extremely thin and hard coatings, marketed under the brands BALINIT and BALIQ, reduce friction and wear. The BALITHERM brand opens a broad range of heat treatment services, whereas BALTONE coatings are available in a full range of elegant colours, perfectly suited for decorative applications. Under the technology brand BALIFOR, we develop the technologies for tailor-made solutions for the automotive market, and ePD delivers solutions for the metallization of plastic parts with chrome effects. Worldwide, more than 1,100 coating systems are in operation at Oerlikon Balzers facilities and its customers. Oerlikon Balzers operates a dynamically growing network of more than 100 coating centres in 35 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia.