History
2010
PerformCoat is founded by industry veterans in order to provide industry with innovative thin-film technologies. From the beginning, a modular machine concept is established to achieve utmost flexibility while maintaining a high degree of standardization. The first PVD machines are built and a comprehensive and competitive coating portfolio is developed.
2011
PerformCoat North America is established as a showroom and support center for North America as well as a coating service supplier. Asian spare parts and support center starts in Taiwan. Several machines are installed in Asia and USA.- PfC 450 and PfC 400 DLC/RF are introduced in the market.
- A competitive coating portfolio for cutting tools is developed.
2012
First machine is installed in Japan. HPfC Alu, a coating for machining of high and low Si containing aluminum alloys, is introduced at IMTS. Turnkey operations start up in the Philippines and Taiwan.- The compact PfC 300 machine for small operations is launched.
- The PfC 600, the first PVD/PeCVD Hybrid, is introduced.
- HPfC Hardmill coating for hard machining is introduced.
2013
Equipment assembly moves to a new building in Dettingen/Germany. PfC St 300 is introduced at the EMO. Turnkey operations start in Malaysia, Taiwan, Mexico, and France. The 25th PeformCoat coating machine is installed.- The PfC 650, a larger machine, is introduced for mold and die applications.
2014
First PerformCoat coating equipment is delivered to Latin America. Technical collaboration for sputter technology with Georg Erkens/Surcoatec starts. HPfC Titan, a revolutionary new coating for the machining of aerospace materials, is launched at GrindTec.- PfC 400 Hybrid for coating of wear components is launched.
2015
PerformCoat Korea is established. Turnkey operations start in USA and Korea. Revolutionary Duplex DLC treatment is launched.- The PfC 900, a large coater for high volume production and big dies, is introduced.
- HPfC cast for machining of ductile cast iron is launched.
2016
Two turnkey coating centers are installed in South Korea.- New product lines for peripheral equipment are launched: PerformBrush, PerformClean, PerformDrag, and PerformMblast.
2017
- PerformCoat is opening a new R&D and Application Development Center in Switzerland to accelerate innovation and to better serve European customers.
2018
- PerformCoat enters India strongly with the realization of several turnkey projects.
- Broadening the technology development partnership with the OSG Corporation, Japan.
- Multiple types of equipment are installed on the US west coast.
- New machines for degassing (PerformHeat), decoating (PerformStrip), and grinding (PerformGrind) complement the lineup.
2019
- New fully equipped turnkey operation in Bursa, Turkey opened.
- New R&D system with sputter, arc, and DLC capabilities placed in the development center.
- Competitive treatment for gear cutting tools introduced in the market.
- New innovative equipment platform, PfC 540, introduced.
2020
- Ten year anniversary of PerformCoat, over 75 coating machines installed.
- New coating facility opened in Arizona by our joint venture partner, Titanium Coating Services AZ, LLC.
- Ten new PfC 540 coating machines installed in our coating centers worldwide, vastly expanding coating capacity.
2021
- New service and manufacturing center, Primus Vietnam LLC, opened.
- HP Dura, our new AlCrN based coatings launched for gear cutting and forming tools.
- Primus Coating Oregon, LLC begins high end deco coatings and moves into a new facility.
2022
- Primus Canada inaugurated.
- Two more coating centers in Japan equipped with PfC coating technology.
- PerformClean 450XL for difficult to clean part (e.g. 60xD drills with coolant holes) launched.
