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Founded in 1895, Poeton are the UK’s leading surface engineering specialists, providing a wide choice of surface coatings, serving customers worldwide. Under our ‘Apticote’ trademark, we offer hard chrome, cadmium, electroless nickel, thermal spraying, anodising, plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), polymer coatings and a range of specialist hybrid treatments that provide unique performance advantages.

To help you select the right Apticote for your requirement, you can select by coating or by industrial sector using the links below.

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Latest News 2012

Farnborough 2012

Poeton at Farnborough Airshow 2012

Poeton Industries will be exhibiting at the Farnborough Airshow 2012, which runs from the 9th to 15th July. We will be on Pod 2 of the WEAF (West of England Aerospace Forum) stand which is part of the UK Pavilion in Hall 1.

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Poeton group sites achieve AS 9100, Rev C Accreditation

Both Poeton (Gloucester) and Poeton (Cardiff) have passed stringent auditing by BSI and achieved the prestigious Rev C accreditation to AS 9100. The previous Rev B covered the aviation industry, whereas the new Revision C encompasses MoD, military, aerospace & space technologies.

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Lindsey Ward - Operations Manager

Poeton strengthens its Management Team

Poeton are pleased to announce the appointment of Lindsey Ward as Operations Manager at its Gloucester facility.

 

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Anodising Processing Line

Poeton lead the field again in 2011 - Unbeatable Anodising Lead Times

Major plant investment, and the addition of 24 hour processing capacity, allowed Poeton (Gloucester) to offer customers an average turnaround time of only 3 working days for single operation, hard, sulphuric and chromic anodising requirements.

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A350 Airbus

Airbus Approval for Tartaric Sulphuric Anodising (Chromic Acid Anodising Replacement)

We can now confirm that our Cardiff facility has received formal Approval to apply Tartaric Sulphuric Anodising (TSA) to Airbus Definition Process Specification AIPS02-01-003 to provide corrosion protection and paint pre treatment on aluminium.

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TSA Anodising for Airbus A350 Program

Poeton Industries Limited are pleased announce that their Cardiff facility has been successfully audited by Airbus for the application of TSA (Tartaric Sulphuric Anodising) as well as NDT, Prime / Paint and solid lubricant  and can now offer you immediate capacity for the processing of parts required to support the A350XWB build program.

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Non-stick coatings are crucial to the medical industry..

Many medical components need the best long life non-stick coatings. Trevor Amos,  Director of Sales at Poeton Industries, considers the advantage of their new Apticote 810 product range.

Read our non stick coating article featured on eurekamagazine.co.uk

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EU 'REACH' Regulations are looming

REACH is a European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals. It came into force on 1st June 2007. Potentially, it could pose a significant threat to some crucial coating technologies.

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ENP

Poeton (Gloucester) move to 24/5 shift pattern to provide unbeatable Electroless Nickel service.

With the introduction of round-the-clock shift patterns in 2010, Poeton have been able to provide lead-times that are the envy of the industry. Single operation, coat-all-over lead times are now running at an average of only 4.5 working days and improving! Obviously, masking takes longer, but here again Poeton investment in highly skilled masking operators, and the ability to design and manufacture hard mask tooling in-house, both help to speed up productivity.

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Poeton 'fast track' service in demand.

In this ever-demanding world of lean manufacturing we often get asked to pull forward order schedules to meet urgent build requirements or to support R&O/AoG demands. Our fast-track service is what you need!

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Triplex Gun

RR Approval of ‘Triplex’ Plasma Sprayed Coatings offers major cost savings.

Following two years of close working with Rolls Royce, Poeton (Gloucester) Limited have gained qualification approval for the application of plasma sprayed abradable coatings to the very exacting RPS 427 Standard, using the latest Triplex Pro gun™ technology.

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Poeton Industries gain Pratt & Whitney approval

Poeton are proud to announce that they have been approved by Pratt & Whitney Canada for the application of Apticote 350 hard anodic/polymer composite anodising.

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Corrosion Protection with Apticote 355

Apticote 355 Series - 15,000 hours corrosion resistance

Apticote 355 is the latest technology breakthrough for users of hard anodic coatings.  It offers corrosion protection far in excess of that acheived by standard hard anodising.

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Friction Coefficient Against Steel

APTICOTE 450 – Nickel/PTFE Composite coating a.k.a. ‘Slippery Nickel’

‘Slippery Nickel’ is the name many customers use when referring to our hugely successful Nickel/PTFE composite coating, Apticote 450.

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Poeton Design Support reduces Manufacturing costs

A new service to our customers – and it’s free!! Email designsupport@poeton.co.uk

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THE POETON TEAM CELEBRATE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TRIPLEX 200Pro™ ROBOTIC PLASMA SPRAYING

One year on. The Poeton team celebrate the sucessful introduction of new Triplex 200Pro™

Introduced into the Poeton Gloucester facility in early 2009, this new cutting edge plasma spray system has revolutionised our thermal spray business.

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INTRODUCTION TO POETON - WORLD LEADERS IN SURFACE ENGINEERING

Founded in 1895, Poeton are the UK’s leading surface engineering specialists, providing a wide choice of surface coatings, serving customers worldwide.

Under our ‘Apticote’ trademark, we offer hard chrome, cadmium, electroless nickel, thermal spraying, anodising, plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), polymer coatings and a range of specialist hybrid treatments that provide unique performance advantages. ‘Apticote’ is now specified by name on many customers’ engineering drawings.

For aerospace and defence, we hold OEM Approvals, ISO 9001-2008, ISO 14001 and NADCAP certification, underpinned by NDT and QA techniques. Our Cardiff site also offers copper, Tin/Nickel, Alocrom and engineering painting, whilst the Gloucester site operates advanced robotic systems for thermal spraying. All our processes are computer controlled, ensuring consistent quality and repeatability.

For the food, pharmaceutical and packaging industries, our polymer composite coatings offer unrivalled low friction, non-stick and corrosion protection, many with FDA compliance. For automotive, our nickel-composite cylinder coating gives the ultimate engine performance. For light-weight materials, including Mg and Ti, our PEO and composite anodising provide unsurpassed corrosion and wear protection.

Whatever the problem, high, medium or low volume, Poeton has the solution. We support our products with top class laboratory services, including wear and corrosion test facilities, and an ongoing programme of R&D, underpinning our claims for the best coating performance.

We are committed to solving our customers’ problems, through consultation and project management, including a help-line, developing new coatings, advising on materials and design, and ensuring the optimum and most cost-effective surface engineering solution.

 

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