voestalpine eifeler group EN COMPANY SERVICES PVD COATING SYSTEMS JOBS CONTACT +49 211-970 76 0 History In the year 1983 Eifeler Werkzeuge GmbH was founded in Duesseldorf by Hans W. Eifeler. As a one-man company, it started with the tool steel trade, the marketing of trimming punches and external coatings! A globally-active medium-sized company group arose from a successful company start in the more than 35 years following this! 1986 1. CVD system installed in the new upgraded industrial hall in Duesseldorf -Hellerhof 1988 Foundation of Eifeler Politec GmbH in Duesseldorf 1989 1989 Purchase of the 1st PVD ARC-coating system 1990 Start of own PVD system manufacturing 1991 Eifeler Sued Coating GmbH (ESC) in Ettlingen 1992 Eifeler Nord Coating GmbH (ENC), Syke Research and development for coating machine technology and layer systems starts; foundation of the Aero-Coating GmbH 1994 Eifeler Beschichtungs Center GmbH (EBC) in Rueckersdorf Purchase of the PVD department of the company SOT GmbH, Salzgitter 1995 Eifeler Nord Coating GmbH moves from Syke to Salzgitter. Research and development centralized in Duesseldorf. Aero-coating moves into a new building in Wismar Eifeler Plasma Beschichtungsgesellschaft mbH in Vienna 1996 Eifeler Lasertechnik GmbH, Salzgitter 1997 Eifeler France (EF) in Creutzwald 2000 Eifeler Beschichtungs Center GmbH (EBC) moves into a new building in Schnaittach 2001 Eifeler Lafer Inc. in St. Charles, our 1st location in the USA, near Chicago 2002 Eifeler Lasertechnik GmbH, second branch factory begins operation in Ingersheim 2003 Eifeler GmbH Balzheim, in Balzheim near Ulm 2004 Eifeler Sued Coating GmbH (ESC) Korntal-Münchingen branch factory starts 2005 Eifeler Coating Services, USA / California Brasimet-Eifeler in Brazil with PVD coating center in Sao Paulo and Joinville 2006 Eifeler Swiss AG, CH-Dulliken Eifeler takes over the Swiss vacuum machine manufacturer VACOTEC – La-Chaux-de-Fonds Investment in Sucotec – Hirschbach / Eschenfelden 2007 In September 2007 Eifeler presents the PVD layer SISTRAL® at the EMO in Hanover, the new standard for hard-machining 2008 Eifeler Werkzeuge GmbH has existed for 25 years 2009 Move of the R&D department into new, larger building Introduction of the new layers TIGRAL, TOPMATIC and FORMATIC VACOTEC S. A. completes the PVD arc coating machine series with the small Alpha-200 PVD machine 2011 Introduction of the new PVD layer DUMATIC for the processing of high-strength metal sheets Central spare parts store for the PVD systems will be set up at the Duesseldorf location Extension of the global service 2013 At the end of march 2103 the voestalpine special steel division acquires the activities heat treatment, PVD, CVD, polishing and laser treatment of the eifeler group. 2014 All activities regarding the PVD machine building and the coating development are concentrated at one location on the Areal Boehler in Düsseldorf. During the leading trade show for cutting tools AMB eifeler presents new PVD coatings: CROSAL® for high performance cutting and the smooth arc coatings under the trade name “ultrafine”. 2015 eifeler-Vacotec introduces the large PVD magnetron-sputter system alpha1000C for the deposition of tribological coatings based on MoS2 and DLC. eifeler’s portfolio of smooth „ultrafine“ PVD coatings based on the SPCS-technology is extended by EXXTRAL®-ultrafine and SISTRAL®-ultrafine. 2016 eifeler extends its portfolio with the new high performance coatings CROSAL® Plus and CARBON-X® 2018 After 35 years beeing in the market the eifeler group has been renamed to voestalpine eifeler group. eifeler Werkzeuge GmbH ist now named voestalpine eifeler Coating GmbH, eifeler Vacotec GmbH is named voestalpine eifeler Vacotec GmbH and eifeler Lasertechnik GmbH has the new name voestalpine eifeler Lasertechnik GmbH. Contact us for further information To contact form voestalpine eifeler group The voestalpine eifeler group is part of the High Performance Metals Division of the voestalpine group. The division concentrates on technologically advanced product segments and is global market leader for tool steel and special material. Quickaccess Start Company Contact Jobs Locations Group voestalpine AG Products Corporate Blog © 2021, voestalpine eifeler group Duderstädter Str. 14, DE-40595 Düsseldorf, Germany +49 211-970 76 0 gruppe@eifeler.com Imprint Data protection/privacy Contact My privacy settings Privacy Preference This website uses cookies and services to improve usability, web analytics and the integration of social media. Click on “Accept all cookies & services” or make individual settings. If you (selectively) give your consent, your personal data will be processed and cookies will be set, which can also be used to create user profiles and for marketing purposes. 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