Largest Coating Plant for Tools

The Liechtenstein-headquartered coating specialist Oerlikon Balzers has opened the largest European coating plant for tools in Bielefeld. The 6,000 sqm facility, a combination of three previous plants, houses state-of-the-art surface technologies for machining, forming and plastics processing to serve customers in a wide range of sectors, including the automotive and pharmaceuticals industries. It will also be the first center to offer the market innovation Baliq Unique, a one-of-a-kind family of color coatings from Oerlikon Balzers.