Automotive

The Hartchrom Teikuro Process is STI | Hartchrom's unique surface treatment technology for the forming tools used by the automotive industry. This procedure is one of the world's recognised and best surface treatment technologies for forming tools. Over the course of 30 years the Teikuro Corp. in Japan and the USA has advanced this technology in collaboration with Toyota and adjusted it to the automotive industry's requirements. In the STI Surface Centre in Germany tools for virtually all automobile manufacturers including the premium makes are treated. There are immense potential economic benefits resulting from the coating - the process safety, availability and lifetime of the tools increase significantly, while the maintenance effort remains low and post-treatment of the sheets becomes virtually redundant. STI | Hartchrom Teikuro Automotive is operational around the clock on seven days a week to reduce idle times of the stamping plants to an absolute minimum.