Nanosteel Co. plans to outsource superhard steel's manufacturing and coating process.

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Using NCVM (Non-Conductive Vapor Metallization) technology, an innovative coating process that produces a colorful metallic veneer, LG Aurora notebooks have a pellucid, glossy exterior that provides genuine value to customers through improved scratch resistance and a strengthened cover.

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Though its Blu-Ray machines have been its biggest money maker, the German technology company has thus diversified into other areas, where it can replicate its expertise for metalization, i.e. the process of coating plastic with a thin layer of metal.

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This one step photochemical attachment process of an ultrathin antimicrobial coating is both simple and scalable for industrial applications.

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In the new design, the cover glass is fully laminated to the LCD and an anti-reflective coating is applied using a high-precision plasma deposition process.

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You see, it's been difficult for OLED builders to secure enough electrical conductivity of ITO in a low-temperature process, and this new methodology is perfectly suited for the coating method (which makes it ripe for printing).

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In the process of manufacturing the pill, a middle layer is formed on the border between the coating and the inner core.

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For an inexpensive manufacturing process, Norton has turned to electroplating, which has been around for more than a century for coating a variety of materials.

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