Our History

	1985 Paul Silvis opened Restek for business in one room of an elementary-school-turned-business incubator.
	1987 Restek invents Silcosteel® coating and successfully applies it to instruments for the analytical industry.
	1993 Restek develops an approach for treating both the outside and inside of mass spectrometer components.
	1998 Restek is awarded the first of several patents for surface treatments.
	1999 Silcosteel®- treated air monitoring system components installed in the space shuttle Discovery.
	2002 Restek Performance Coatings develops into its own division of Restek, expanding into a state-of-theart treatment facility.
	2003 Silcosteel®-AC and Silcosteel®-CR developed.
	2004 R&D magazine recognizes Silcosteel®-UHV as one of the 100 most technologically significant products of the year.
	2004 Silcosteel®-treated components enter orbit on the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn.
	2006 Silcosteel® high-performance automotive coatings awarded 2 “Best New Product” awards at SEMA 2006.
	2009 SilcoTek is formed. The world's largest provider of silicon CVD treatment services.

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