North American Coating Laboratories provides coatings for a variety of customers in the polymer and glass optics markets. The company’s 45 years of experience in both dip- and vacuum-applied processes make NACL one of the most respected organizations in the optical coatings field. NACL’s coating competencies include protective, scratch-resistant, reflective, antireflective, filter, conductive, ITO, chemically resistive, and DLC infrared coatings among countless others. North American Coating Laboratories is an ISO 9001-certified organization that was founded in 1974.
2. WHO IS NORTH
AMERICAN
COATING
LABORATORIES?
HERE TO HELP SINCE 1974
Family owned and operated business
established in 1974.
ISO 9001:2015 Certified Quality
Management System in place.
38 employees, 3 shifts with capacity
for 7 day per week service.
Fiscal growth average of 28% over
the last 3 years.
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3. NACL: CORE
COMPETENCIES
COATINGS OFFERED
Protective
Scratch-resistant
Metal and Dielectric Mirror
Anti-Reflective 260nm - 14 microns
Conductive/ITO
Broadband Conductive AR
Long & Shortwave Pass Filters
Dichroic
Laser Filters
Hydrophobic
Numerous Custom Designed Films
Severe Abrasion DLC for IR applications
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6. OPPORTUNITY ABOUNDS
Forecasted Sales growth of 28%
for 2020FY
Business expansion from 29,000
square feet to 35,000 square feet
by end of calendar year
Recent capital investments of
$650,000
More to come!
THE FUTURE
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7. WE'RE HERE TO HELP
THE NACL DIFFERENCE
Stable, family owned
company with over 40
years of optical coating
experience. An industry
leading developer and
producer of a wide range
of coatings for optical
and other plastic and
glass applications.
OUR HISTORY
Specialized knowledge
and experience in both
dip-applied and vacuum-
applied processes to
ensure customer
satisfaction. Our
expertise makes us the
ideal R&D partner.
OUR PRESENT
Expanded use of our
state of the art 42,000
square foot facility with
clean room environment
capability. Increased
sales growth of more
than 28% for three
consecutive years.
OUR FUTURE
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9. SUCCESS STORY: PONTIAC
End customer said it was impossible to dip-
coat Pontiac Information Display Lens. We
were told our coating would never be durable
enough.
OUTCOME
Have successfully coated upwards of 2.5
million to date!
10. SUCCESS STORY: KIA MOTORS
Custom engineered an Anti-reflective coating
for compatability with IMD Lens.
OUTCOME
Have successfully coated upwards of 1.7
million to date!
11. SUCCESS STORY: CORVETTE
RADIO DISPLAY LENS
Designed an anti-reflective coating with a
smudge-resistant top coating to resist
abrasion, an dchemicals typically used in end
user cleaning.
OUTCOME
Have successfully coated upwards of 3.1
million to date!
12. SUCCESS STORY: CADILLAC
INFORMATION DISPLAY LENS
Paired our polysiloxane hardcoating with an
Anti-reflective treatment for optimum optical
performance and abrasion resistance.
OUTCOME
Have successfully coated upwards of 4.1
million lenses to date!
13. SUCCESS STORY: CAMARO
INFORMATION DISPLAY LENS
Custom engineered our thermally cured
poysiloxane hardcoat for maximum optical
performance and abrasion resistance in
conjunction with assemblers sonic weld process.
OUTCOME
Currently in full scale production.
14. SUCCESS STORY: REFRIGERATION
TRUCK EASY VIEW CONTROLLER
A NACL full sourced substrate. Engineered a
hybrid dip hardcoating and anti-reflective
coating to help resist typical long range
commercial truck cleaning agents.
OUTCOME
Have supplied 600,000 units to date.
15. SUCCESS STORY: HEAD-MOUNTED
CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Designed a reflective coating capable of adhering to
Zeonor for use in a head-mounted consumer electronics
application. Optically engineered the seamless integration
of a broadband anti-reflective coating on a curved prism to
increase light through-put and overall visual acuity.
OUTCOME
Have coated upwards of 1.9 million units to date.
16. SUCCESS STORY: U.S. MILITARY
NIGHT VISION GOGGLE SYSTEM
Designed a narrow band anti-relfective coating
capable of resisting the harshest climates and
environments on earth. manintain 1 of 2 ITAR
certification in United States for coating application.
OUTCOME
Have coated upwards of 4.2 million to date.
17. SUCCESS STORY: US MILITARY EMI/RFI
SHIELDING
Custom engineered an Index matched Indium Tin Oxide
coating for maximum optical performance and
conductive resistance in conjunction with assemblers
homogeneously embedded wire mesh shielded window
assembly.
OUTCOME
Pioneered the application of Index Matched
Indium Tin Oxide on Polycarbonate windows for
maximum impact resistance and light weight
construction.
18. SUCCESS STORY: NISSAN ELLURE
CONCEPT SEDAN
Designed and applied a transparent/reflective mirror
coating for custom machined 21" acrylic wheel
covers.
OUTCOME
Unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show
November 2010.
19. SUCCESS STORY: CONCEPT
AUTOMOTIVE TOUCH-SCREEN DISPLAY
Custom designed an off-axis anti-reflective coating to
index match a low ohm ITO coating for a concept car
design center console touch screen interface.
OUTCOME
Provided chemically strengthened glass for
program to meet numerous North American and
European crash standards.
20. SUCCESS STORY: PANORAMIC VIDEO
CONFERENCING LENS
Currently apply durable anti-reflective coatings to a
Zeonex lens set for commercial cell phone video
conferencing applications.
OUTCOME
Full-scale production currently underway at
25,000 lenses per month.
21. SUCCESS STORY: HEAD-MOUNTED
MILITARY DISPLAY
Currently apply 4 separate vacuum and dip-applied
coatings including anti-reflective an drugged
aluminium based mirror to a military head mounted
display device.
OUTCOME
Display optics passed numerous advanced
military specifications including fungus growth,
salt spray, and severe abrasion.
22. SUCCESS STORY: RUGGEDIZED
POLYMER COATED MILITARY GUN
SCOPE
Currently apply a ruggedized anti-reflective coating
to a gun scope used in extremely harsh
environments.
OUTCOME
Display optics passed numerous advanced
military specifications including fungus
growth, salt spray, and severe abrasion.
23. SUCCESS STORY: AUGMENTED REALITY
THERMAL IMAGING SITE
Currently supply a ruggesdized thermally cured
polysiloxane hardcoating to sophisticated TIR optic
used in the world's first in mask Thermal Intelligence
System for firefighters.
24. SUCCESS STORY: CROSSOVER
AUTOMOTIVE INFOTAINMENT LENS
Currently supply a durable vacuum applied
hardcoating to a rear seat infotainment lens. Full
scale production underway.
25. Equipped with ion sources and quartz crystal monitors
for the highest precision applications.
Vacuum Pumping configurations are tailored to the
substrate material and end product requirements.
COATING AUTOMATION
SYSTEMS: DENTON VACUUM
CHAMBER COATING SYSTEMS
26. Equipped with a robotically driven dipping mechanism for precision
thicknesses.
Polysiloxanee based lacquer for polycarbonate and acrylic material.
Thermally cured for maximum durability and performance.
Optimum durability and product life cycle improvement. This
treatment has passed a 336 hour salt/sulfur dioxide spray test.
Class 100 clean room environment.
Specifically tuned to act as an excellent base layer for vacuum
coating applications.
COATING AUTOMATION
SYSTEMS: DIP APPLIED
COATING SYSTEM
27. HOW
CAN WE
HELP?
HERE TO HELP SINCE 1974
More rapid lead times due to
capacity and proximity.
Lower shipping costs because of
proximity
R&D staff available with
Spectrophotometer and
weatherometer testing capabilities.
30+ years of experience in vacuum
and dip applied coatings.
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