Other industries

Specialist coatings and in-house pre-treatment for a wide range of industrial applications — from general engineering to specialist sectors with demanding performance requirements.

Wherever our processes, approvals and technical expertise apply, we deliver consistent, reliable finishes engineered for the application.

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Finishing for general industrial and beyond

Our core sectors don’t define the full extent of our capabilities. Where our coating and pre-treatment processes, approvals and technical expertise apply, we take on general industrial and specialist work across a wide range of applications — with every component held to the same exacting standards of quality, process control and consistency.

  • Full coating & pre-treatment range

  • NADCAP-approved processes

  • MIL-spec conversion coatings

  • Quality monitoring

  • Full batch traceability

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Our finishing processes

The processes we most commonly apply for aerospace and aviation customers.

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    Specialist coatings

    Protective and functional coating systems applied to aerospace specification, repeatably and to tolerance.

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    Pre-treatment

    Surtec 650V and Iridite NCP conversion coatings, both released IAW MIL-DTL-5541F.

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    Quality & inspection

    Documented checks against specification, with process sheets following every order through the shop.

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Specifications & approvals

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Approvals held

Independently audited and maintained

  • AS9100 — aerospace quality management

  • NADCAP — special process accreditation

  • NACE — corrosion control

  • UKAS-accredited certification

  • Customer-specific approvals on request

Typical aviation specifications

Processes routinely released to

  • MIL-DTL-5541F (Class 1A & Class 3)

  • Surtec 650V — trivalent chromium

  • Iridite NCP conversion coating

  • Full batch traceability and process records

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Other industries

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Decades of finishing expertise, applied to the standards your sector demands.

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  • 70+ years' expertise

    Combined experience across the finishing industry.

  • Aerospace accredited

    AS9100 and NADCAP approved processes.

  • Full traceability

    Process sheets follow every single order.