PVT Plasma und Vakuum Technik GmbH, with its world headquarter in Bensheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, is a leader in the field ... of ion- and plasma-assisted vacuum coating technologies for over 30 years. PVT is worldwide highly renown for its achievements in the field of ion- and plasma-assisted vacuum technologies. Our worldwide customer base is using our know-how for their thin film applications. We are a leading manufacturer of industrial PVD coating equipment for hard, wear- and erosion-resistant as well as tribological coatings. Our expertise is in the fields of arc evaporation, specifically HiParc (High Power Pulsed Arc), magnetron sputtering and HiPIMS. With the development of the HiParc technology PVT has achieved the industries' fastest and most economic PVD-processes. We established these technologies as a pioneer in the cutting tool, automotive and aircraft industries. Our latest development is the xPro4R coating system where rotatable magnetrons meet HiPIMS for the deposition of most different types of ultra-smooth, super-dense hard coatings while the development of the xPro4C aimed for the deposition of different types of DLC, incl. ta-C. PVT's expertise is the design, manufacture and integration of industrial coating systems for the deposition of nano-structured, multi-layered TiN, TiC, N, AlTiN, CrN, AlCrN, as well as SI - and B- doped coatings and many others. read more