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expensive than other materials.
SCS OPENS NEW COATING
CENTER IN CZECH REPUBLIC
Specialty Coating Systems (SCS)
opened a new parylene coating facility
in Plzen, Czech Republic, approximate-
ly 100 kilometers southwest of Prague.
The new coating facility in Plzen will
meet the needs of SCS’ mainland
Europe customer base and enable the
company to provide parylene coating
services to a broader regional group of
medical device, electronics, automotive
and military/aerospace customers. The
930 square meter facility is SCS’ third
European coating facility, joining existing sites in the United Kingdom and
Ireland, and represents the company’s
tenth coating center worldwide. The
two-level facility is comprised of dedicated rooms for shipping/receiving,
cleaning and component preparation,
and a large production area for coating, in addition to several offices and a
conference room. Headquartered in
Indianapolis, IN/USA, SCS is a leader
in parylene conformal coating services.
IVC INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
OPENS NEW PLANT
IVC Industrial Coatings has opened a
new facility in Brazil, Indiana. In 2008,
IVC announced it was moving its world
headquarters from Indianapolis to
Brazil. The firm also has an existing
powder division located in Brazil in
addition to other locations in Arizona,
Georgia and Michigan as well as China,
Malaysia and the United Kingdom. The
company makes conformal coatings
that go onto electronics. IVC’s commercial and consumer customers include
Bose, Dynamic Plastic Corporation and
Herman Miller.
PPG AEROSPACE EARNS NORTHROP
GRUMMAN SUPPLIER AWARDS
The Huntsville, AL aircraft transparencies facility and the Los Angeles
and Atlanta Application Support
Centers operated by PPG Industries’
aerospace business have been honored by Northrop Grumman Corp. as
2009 Platinum Source Preferred suppliers for their performance and quality in delivering transparencies, coatings, sealants and other value-added
services.
This is the fourth time PPG
Aerospace’s Los Angeles and Atlanta
centers have received the Northrop
Grumman award, which recognizes
companies for achieving distinction
