Hardide Coatings, which develops and applies tungsten carbide-based hard coatings, has secured AS9100 aerospace quality standard certification for its Bicester, Oxfordshire manufacturing facility and is now recognised as a certified aerospace manufacturing supplier.

“Hardide is currently customer approved for use in the production of BAE Systems’ Eurofighter Typhoon canopy and is midway through a three year coatings approval test programme with Airbus,” said Hardide CEO, Graham Hine. “AS9100 certification widens our approval to an internationally recognised industry standard and will give us greater access to top tier aerospace manufacturing companies.

“The coating is generating significant interest from the industry as it can coat internal surfaces and offers significant technical and environmental advantages over hard chrome and HVOF coatings. We are currently in discussion or testing with several leading manufacturers on specific applications.”

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