K’ 2004: Pro-M convinces with refinements
Alzenau, 11/2004
LEYBOLD OPTICS is a renowned manufacturer of coating systems. Latest technologies and innovative ideas are the features that are so special about this long-established company. With its adaptable, fast and economical alternatives for the coating of flexible materials LEYBOLD OPTICS has now, again, shown that it is to be counted among the leading heads of the industry. The latest innovation from Alzenau, Germany, is called ‘Pro-M’. At K’ 2004 in Düsseldorf, the world’s largest exhibition for the plastics and rubber industry, LEYBOLD OPTICS presents the future of the web segment in the form of this new system.
Reliability and easy handling - this is what manufacturing companies expect of their ‘tools’. For LEYBOLD OPTICS meeting these demands goes without saying. In the new system, which also convinces by some additional refinements, they come in a unique combination: pin-hole free coatings and layers with transparent barriers round off the qualities offered by Pro-M. The structure of the system in based on a principle of component parts. It can therefore be adjusted to the individual requirements of the customers. Thus LEYBOLD customers acquire a tailor-made system which enables them to react flexibly to any new demands. And: Pro-M sets standards in terms of throughput and layer properties.
In the last few years China and India have risen to become the most important markets for coating systems for flexible materials. LEYBOLD OPTICS has been quick to recognize the future prospects and has used competitive advantages, such as its extensive know-how and its customer-friendly service in its own favour. As a leading manufacturer LEYBOLD has secured its place on the Asian market. During the last twelve months, the ‘Web Coating’ segment has sold 24 systems to China alone and thus increased its sales figures by 400 per cent.
About LEYBOLD OPTICS
As a prominent manufacturer of vacuum coating systems and developer of processes for the thin film technology, LEYBOLD OPTICS is represented in thirteen countries worldwide. The main focus of our processing technologies is on evaporation, sputtering and plasma-assisted coating processes for display technology, ophthalmics, precision optics, reflective and protective coatings, web coating, R&D, and special applications.
The basis of our success was laid in Germany 150 years ago by Ernst Leybold and Wilhelm Carl Heraeus. They addressed their pioneering spirit to the search for new manufacturing processes and founded our internationally recognized vacuum-technology company, which has set market standards ever since.
