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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc.

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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc.
Rogers Business Park, 2511 Technology Dr., Ste. 114
Elgin, IL 60123
IL Tel. 847-844-1753
Fax 847-844-3306

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.oerlikon.com/coatingservices/us
Employees: 400

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc., a subsidiary of Switzerland-based OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, ofers coating services for metalworking tools and precision components. Its PVD (physical vapor deposition) coatings are marketed under the BALINIT brand name. The company's coatings, which are extremely thin but hard, are designed to impart wear resistance and increase the reliability of tools, medical instruments, and plastic bottle preforms. Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA also also offers contract coating services through its network of 15 North American coating centers. The first coating center in North America opened in 1984.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2007:
Sales: $25.3M

Officers:
President: Christian Kunz
Director of Operations: Paul Olore
Director of Finance and Administration: Carl Comstock

Competitors:
Kuntz Electroplating
Seco Tools
Tanury Industries

 
 
 

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