Hueck Folien Opens New Metallisation Facility in Austria

Hueck Folien has successfully commissioned a new high-vacuum vapour deposition facility at its headquarters in Baumgartenberg, Austria. The €8.6 million investment, announced in September 2024, includes both a new metallisation system and associated infrastructure upgrades, marking a major advance in the company’s production of high-performance coatings for the security sector (see HOT News October 2024).

Representatives from Hueck Folien, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the Municipality of Baumgartenberg, the Austrian Parliament, and Othis Technology at the opening of the new facility (© Hueck Folien).

The facility, which is now operational, features a two-metre-wide roll-to-roll metallisation line capable of depositing ultra-thin metal layers with remarkable precision. The system achieves a coating uniformity of ±2 nanometres – c. 20 atomic layers – at production speeds of 1,000 metres per minute, controlled entirely through automated in-line quality inspection. This performance represents a substantial leap in throughput and control compared with the system it replaces.