Innovative and future-proof

NOTTER receives Baden Württemberg's biggest business award

SCHWARZER LÖWE is Baden-Württemberg's biggest business award. The organizers are leading regional daily newspapers in the Stuttgart metropolitan region and the Black Forest. In seven different categories, which cover key future-oriented topics such as sustainability, digital transformation and innovation, companies are recognized for their special contributions to securing the future of the region. A high-caliber jury from the worlds of business, media and science selects the winners.

The Innovation and Sustainability category focuses on companies whose products or services make exceptional contributions to securing the future. NOTTER came second in this category with Plasmachrom^® . Plasmachrom^® replaces the conventional, environmentally harmful hard chrome coating, which contains toxic chromic acid and Cr6+ ions. Plasmachrom^® offers an improved non-stick effect that enables uninterrupted high-volume production in tablet manufacturing while being environmentally friendly and safe for employees.

The innovative process involves coating tools in a high-vacuum chamber in which a metallic chrome plate is converted into plasma ions via arc evaporation. These ions then form a layer on the tools which, thanks to nanostructuring, forms an excellent anti-release coating. Plasmachrom^® therefore stands out from other plasma or PVD coatings and is already established, valued and extremely successful on the market.

Plasmachrom^® solves not only technical customer problems but also ethical ones by ensuring that no toxic ions are deposited in the tool surface – which is crucial, especially in tablet production.