Specialized coatings have an important role to play in reducing our environmental impact – energy consumption and carbon emissions of manufacturing and operations processes can be reduced significantly.

The search for a suitable replacement to hard chrome on aerospace components has been a key supply chain priority for aircraft manufacturers. This is because of the documented health risks to workers and the impact on the environment from exposure to hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen that occurs during the chrome plating process and the most toxic form of chromium. 

Demand is increasing for rich, classic black coatings for high-end products, particularly in consumer electronics such as computers and televisions; premium household products including countertop appliances, bath and kitchen fixtures; automotive interior and exterior accents and accessories; and in large coating services and electroplating operations.

Vapor Technologies, Inc., an industry pioneer in PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) thin-film coating systems for wide-ranging industrial and consumer product applications, announced the world’s first true black advanced LTAVD (Low Temperature Arc Vapor Deposition) coating.