Austrian production facility for high-performance coatings

Extreme Coatings has announced that its new manufacturing facility in Austria for the production of high-performance coatings for feedscrews in injection molding and extrusion applications is fully operational. The company will discuss its new production capabilities in Austria and its broad line of wear-resistant coatings at the upcoming Fakuma International Trade Fair (Hall FW-Stand FW-09) which runs Oct. 17-21 in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

The company has established a European subsidiary, Extreme Coatings GmbH, and formed a strategic partnership with a leading Austrian engineering services company to operate the facility. The new plant is already meeting the application needs of a range of European customers including plastic part manufacturers for the automotive, packaging, and profile markets.  

The increased capacity in Europe will shorten lead times, reduce shipping costs, and establish local supply for Extreme Coatings’ growing customer base throughout Europe, according to Scott Caplan, Executive Vice President, Extreme Coatings. The 15,000-sq-ft Austria plant expands Extreme Coatings’ global footprint which includes operations in India, South Korea, and Chile.

“We’ve expanded our global footprint so we can break the logistical logjam that exists today and ensure stable supply to all key European regions,” said Caplan.

Extreme Coatings has established a licensing agreement with Austria’s FS Maschinenbau, a family-owned engineering services business, to provide engineering and manufacturing services. Extreme Coatings has transferred technology and know-how to FS Maschinenbau and new equipment has been installed at the new plant.

FS Maschinenbau is a leading developer and manufacturer of machine tools and equipment for the manufacturing of rotors, stators, and screws. The company has been a leader in being a solutions provider for the oil and gas service companies, providing state-of-the-art machine tools, automation and turnkey solutions for complete manufacturing plants for rotors and stators.  

FS Maschinenbau was started in 2011 and has grown due to its expertise in developing, designing, and fabricating accurate, reliable CNC machines within the focus of our customers’ needs. A customer-focused mindset was the foundation of this partnership with Extreme Coatings starting in 2019. The envision of this partnership is to be a solution provider for our valued customers. The partnership with Extreme Coatings brings FS Maschinenbau to the next level of this envision, to deliver expertise from raw material to machining, to coating and finish. Everything out of one hand and located in Austria is a unique selling proposition for the company.  

Europe continues to be a growing area for plastics manufacturing with feedscrew coatings playing a pivotal role in optimizing the performance of injection molding and extrusion machinery for production of automotive, household goods, and building products.

Extreme Coatings’ thermal spray technology applies wear- and corrosion-resistant CarbideX protective coatings made of tungsten or chromium carbide to virtually any new or repaired feedscrew. The process provides a crack- and porosity-free coating within thicknesses ranging from .004-in to .017-in per side and hardness values over 60HRc. CarbideX Proline formulations deliver like-new performance and at least two to three times longer equipment life.