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January 09 2023 Silicon coating properties

How to Know if a CVD Coating is Still Performing

How do you know if your coating is still performing as it should? We get this question quite often and the answer is... not that simple. Each situation is different, which makes it difficult to...

December 30 2022 SilcoTek

Goodbye, 2022! SilcoTek Recap

2022 has been a year for the record books. In the wake of the pandemic and starting to get back to "normal," SilcoTek has made many improvements and enhancements in all aspects of the business. New...

December 23 2022 food flavor and fragrance

Smells like Christmas, How SilcoTek Coatings Help the Fragrance Industry

Have you ever wondered why certain flavors taste or smell differently depending on the brand? SilcoTek has helped Givaudan, a world leader in creating many natural and artificial flavors. This CNN...

December 16 2022 bio-medical

SilcoTek Story: Misdiagnoses From Suspected Analyte Carryover

This week, we wanted to share a real world example that comes from within. A SilcoTek® employee had a baby girl who was errantly diagnosed with hyperthyroidism at birth due to suspected analyte...

December 09 2022

Electrical Conductivity Properties of SilcoTek Coatings

We frequently get questions about the electrical conductivity of our coatings. SilcoTek® offers coatings that are both conductive and insulative for various applications. We will characterize and...

December 02 2022 SilcoTek

SilcoTek's Best Practices for Packaging Parts for Success

One of SilcoTek's most important strategic directives is to coat every part perfectly and on time, every day. This week, we wanted to discuss our receiving process and what happens to your parts once...

November 25 2022 food flavor and fragrance

Dursan Coating Assists to Mitigate Spread of Foodborne Illnesses

We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving feast and spent some quality time with your loved ones! With the holidays fast approaching, we wanted to talk a little about how SilcoTek® coatings have...

November 18 2022 bio-medical

Benefits of CVD Coatings on Medical Devices

Because SilcoTek® attended Compamed in Düsseldorf, Germany this week, we wanted to share some ways that our CVD coatings can enhance medical device applications. Compamed is a trade fair where...

November 11 2022 LC & GC Chromatography

How Dursan Coated Hardware Optimizes HPLC Analysis

Dursan Coated Hardware Outperforms Traditional Approaches to Combating HPLC Issues The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) is a yearly event that is held for scientists and students to share papers,...