What We Do
Coating Design Group, Inc. (CDG) is a custom coater, applying specialty
coatings to plastic and glass substrates for virtually any application across
all market segments. CDG applies coatings for abrasion and chemical resistance,
UV protection and static dissipation. Examples include lenses for gauges
and meters, wafer carriers, optical scanners, automotive lighting, and commercial
and military glazing. CDG's lot sizes range from as few as ten parts to as
many as 18,000 parts per day.
CDG's manufacturing capabilities include CNC machining, pad printing, and Laser machining of all materials, including metals and composites.
How We Do It
Unlike other specialty coaters, CDG will
tackle any coating challenge, regardless of the production volumes - small
runs are a specialty. Most importantly, CDG will utilize the best available
technology, and is not limited to using one specific brand of coating material.
As needed, CDG will develop custom formulations and processes to insure the
optimum coating solution to a specific application.
CDG has a skilled work force whose fields of expertise include chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer programming. Their experience is an invaluable asset that few other custom coating facilities can offer by allowing us to design and implement application methods and tooling in house to serve our custom coating customer's needs. Our coating department staff has an extensive background in the coatings field working with products ranging from aerospace and automotive components to optics, medical devices, and industrial applications.
Coating Design Group, Inc. serves customers worldwide from its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Milford Connecticut.
History
CDG was founded in Florida in 1988 by Bill Roy as an engineering
firm dedicated to the design of equipment for the application of optical
grade coatings. The company relocated to Connecticut, incorporated, and set
up a facility for the manufacture of coating equipment in 1990. To further
serve the coatings field, a state of the art custom coating department was
installed. The in-house coating department provided the vehicle for which
innovative application methods could be installed and tested.
Bill Roy's involvement in the optical grade coatings industry began in the 1970's. His early years in this field were spent devising production coating systems from "in house" components. His next two positions within the industry involved modifying newly purchased "coating machines." Extensive modifications were necessary to adapt the machines to operate within the tight optical grade coatings parameters. It soon became evident to Bill that there was a very real need for coating equipment that was engineered with all the integral controls for processing optical grade coatings. He established Coating Design Group to provide the engineered equipment and technological support that the industry was lacking. CDG's reputation within the industry brought a steady stream of referrals from past customers and resin manufacturers.
Coating Design Group's equipment manufacturing and custom coating divisions were run from the same facility. As the need for quality custom coating services grew, the expanded custom coating department overtook the area which had been dedicated to the manufacture of coating equipment for resale.