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TC Transcontinental Advanced Coatings is a global leader in precision contract coating services. With well over 50 years in this business, companies around the world know that they can rely on our ISO 9001-certified facilities to deliver the highest-quality results that meet the standards of any industry – from automotive manufacturing to the creation of high-end electronic and medical components.
Our advanced, precision coating offering is a bespoke service based on your exacting requirements. We can work with you on both Toll and Contract Coating requirements, from delivering a full-service solution that includes sourcing, formulating, developing and scaling in our US and UK manufacturing plants.
No matter what industry you serve, nor the size of your operation, you can place your confidence in our capabilities and facilities. We are equipped to provide you with the high-quality contract or toll coating services that you need.
Advanced Manufacturing Platform to Serve a Global Market
Our key technology platforms allow us to develop high-performing products for the most challenging applications and serve our customers, large and small, on a global scale.
- ✔ World-class facilities with customized equipment
- ✔ ISO-certified manufacturing facilities
- ✔ Manufacturing facilities in the UK and USA
- ✔ Broad capabilities across our platforms
- ✔ Innovative technology & robust R&D support
- ✔ Cleanroom environment
The Benefits of Choosing TC Transcontinental Advanced Coatings
With shorter product lifecycle and changing technologies, we offer precision coating and converting options to enhance your flexibility and your market response times without investment in equipment and workforce.
- ✔ Efficient and cost-effective solutions
- ✔ In-house product and process development
- ✔ Leverage depth of expertise & innovation
- ✔ Ensured compliance with regulations in your market
- ✔ Multiple sites with extensive range of coating capabilities form 13” (300mm) to 65” (1650mm)
CONTRACT COATING VS. TOLL COATING
Contract coating typically involves both the sourcing of the raw materials and offering coating services.
Toll coating typically involves the customer suppling the raw materials for coating.
Transcontinental Advanced Coatings performs toll coating and contract coating.
CONTRACT COATING FOR SPECIALTY PROJECTS
Many companies with unique products overlook the benefits of contract coating. Our facilities can provide various forms of custom coatings on countless types of specialty substrates. Don’t worry if you need something a little out of the ordinary. Our team has the equipment, experience, and techniques to deliver nearly any customized contract coating project.
You might consider referencing our capabilities to support our customers’ product development efforts with a fully equipped formulation and analytical lab as well as lab and pilot coating capabilities.
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Common Solvents Used in Contract Coating
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While our team can work with nearly any specialty coating your company may need to be coated onto a product, there are some solvents that we work with regularly. Some of the most common solvents involved in our contract coating services include:
- ❯ Acetone
- ❯ Butyl acetate
- ❯ Butyl alcohol
- ❯ Diethylene glycol
- ❯ Dimethyl formamide
- ❯ Ethyl alcohol
- ❯ Isopropyl alcohol
- ❯ Methyl alcohol
- ❯ Toluene
- ❯ Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
- ❯ Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)
- ❯ N-Butyl Acetate
- ❯ N-Methylpyrrolidone
- ❯ N-Propyl Acetate
- ❯ Tetrahydrofuran (THF)
- ❯ Xylene
- ❯ Water
- Common Substrates Used in Contract Coatings
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As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of coated films, foams, foils, paper, and other products, we work with a wide range of substrates. Many companies provide us with their substrate, and we coat it. Other companies want to use our high-quality substrates for their products, in which case we can create their entire coated product in our manufacturing facilities. Some of the common substrates we work with include:
- ❯ Polyester
- ❯ Polyimide
- ❯ Polyurethane
- ❯ Aluminum foil
- ❯ Polyethylene
- ❯ Polypropylene
- ❯ Non-woven
- ❯ Woven
- ❯ Release media
- ❯ Polycarbonate
- ❯ Tissue
- ❯ Copper foil
- ❯ Casting films and papers
The Benefits of Contract Coating
What Is Contract Coating?
If you are new to the world of contract coating and specialty coating services, you might be wondering what contract coating is. Toll coating companies and contract coating companies offer on-demand coating services. Sometimes a company supplies a specific substrate, and the contract coating provider uses their purpose-made equipment to perform the coating. Other times, companies order coated products and ask the coating company to provide the substrate. Either way, this is a service that companies are using more and more for many reasons.
What Can Contract Coating Do for You?
There are a lot of benefits of contract coating, and many companies are taking advantage of those benefits. Most of the advantages of contract or toll coating services are related to the fact that a third party manages the infrastructure to perform the coating, and your company only pays for it when those services are needed. Some of the most significant benefits of contract coating services include:
- No additional investment in coating equipment, development, or workforce
- Various coating capabilities from 12” (300mm) to 65” (1,650mm)
- Ensuring compliance with regulations and legislation in your market
- Higher level of detail, precision, and expertise than most companies can produce in-house
- Only invest in the materials you need when you need them
Our Coating Methods
When you work with a team dedicated to perfecting the coating process, you will see that the results will raise the quality of your final product. Our team doesn’t just use one single method of coating. We help you design the best contract coating plan that combines our various services to give you a product that meets your exact specifications, including thickness, functional properties, and chemical makeup. Some of our coating methods include:
- Direct or post-metered slot die
- Direct or reverse gravure
- Reverse roll
- Rotary screen
- Multiple aqueous coating methods
- Solvent or 100% solid systems
- UV and thermal coating methods
- Other proprietary coating techniques
WE ARE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC, WE DEVELOP SOLUTIONS ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
We are committed to outstanding customer care and fostering long-lasting partnerships built by being trusted advisors. You can always count on us maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality and trust.
Contact us today to learn more about hiring us as your contact coating provider.
