SMT, PCB Electronics Industry News
  • SMTnet
  • »
  • Industry News
  • »
  • Specialty Coating Systems Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation and Leadership

Specialty Coating Systems Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation and Leadership

Sep 02, 2021

Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. (SCS) is proud to announce it is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

In August 1971, Nova Tran Corporation registered as a business located in the town of Clear Lake, WI. Nova Tran had received one of the first technology licenses for Parylene coating from Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) and is credited with making Parylene a commercial success. Nova Tran was later acquired by UCC and was combined with several other companies to formSpecialty Coating Systems in 1991.The original Nova Tran operation in Clear Lake remains one of SCS’ largest coating centers today.

Over the past50 years, SCS has established a legacy of innovation and leadership in the conformal coatings industry. It has been a key innovator, developing products and technologies such as halogen-free ParyFree® conformal coating, Parylene HT®and the AdPro family of adhesion technologies. The company has servedthousands of customers around the world, providing industry-leading coating services to the medical device, electronics, transportation, aerospace and defense industries.

“SCS has grown tremendously in the last 5 decades in terms of our global footprint and the products we offer our customers,” said Tim Bender, President and CEO. “This incredible milestone is a testament to our employees’commitment to delivering high quality products and services to our global customers. Building upon this legacy of innovation and leadership, SCS’ management team is anticipating continued growth in the months and years ahead as we continue to focus on our core vision: To be the world’s trusted coatings partner by helping our customers innovate and be successful.”

Today, SCS operates 20 state-of-the-art coating facilities around the world, 9 in the Americas, 7 in Asia and 4 in Europe.

For more information on SCS, please visit www.scscoatings.com.


Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, SCS is the worldwide leader in Parylene and liquid conformal coating services and technologies. As the direct descendant of the companies that originally developed Parylene, SCS has 50 years of experience and expertise that it leverages for its customers through coating facilities throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company also offers industry-leading liquid coating systems including spray, spin and dip coating systems and ionic contamination test systems. For more information on SCS, please visit www.scscoatings.com.

May 18, 2022 -

Specialty Coating Systems to present Specialized Coatings for Advanced Medical Devices Webinar

Apr 06, 2022 -

SCS Announces Opening of New Vietnam Site

Mar 25, 2022 -

Specialty Coating Systems to Present during CHARGED Virtual Conference on EV Engineering

Mar 25, 2022 -

Parylene Japan, LLC, a Specialty Coating Systems company, receives award from Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency

Jan 29, 2022 -

SCS introduces PrecisionCure UVC (MUV) Curing System with Patent-pending Lamp Movement Trolley

Jan 23, 2022 -

Join CWIEME and Specialty Coating Systems for a free Tech Talk in February!

Jan 14, 2022 -

SCS to Introduce Cutting-Edge Coating and Curing Technologies at APEX

Dec 01, 2021 -

Specialty Coating Systems to Host New Webinar on December 7th: "High-Reliability Coating Solutions for Demanding Environments"

Nov 22, 2021 -

Specialty Coating Systems Acquires Switzerland-based Comelec SA

Oct 28, 2021 -

SCS to Introduce the New PrecisionCoat VI at The ASSEMBLY Show and SMTAI

84 more news from Specialty Coating Systems »

Jul 06, 2022 -

Offline PCBA Cleaning Machine HJS-7100,rosin flux, non-clean flux,water-soluble flux cleaning machine

Jul 05, 2022 -

Semiconductor Spray Cleaning Machine HJS-9700,Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning Machine HJS-9700

Jul 04, 2022 -

Pneumatic Stencil Cleaner HJS-9000II,dual chamber stencil cleaning machine

Jul 03, 2022 -

Electric Stencil Cleaner HJS-9500, SMT Electric Stencil Cleaner HJS-9500

Jul 01, 2022 -

Screen Cleaning Machine HJS-4600, SMT Screen Cleaning Machine HJS-4600

Jun 30, 2022 -

Electric Fixture Cleaning Machine HJS-6700, SMT pallet cleaning machine, soldering pallet cleaning machine

Jun 29, 2022 -

Waste Water Treatment Machine RWT-1000, SMT Waste Water Treatment Machine RWT-1000

Jun 28, 2022 -

Gen3's Dr Chris Hunt, CTO submits an insightful paper to the journal of Surface Mount Technology

Jun 28, 2022 -

Squeegee Cleaning Machine HJS-3700,SMT Squeegee Cleaning Machine HJS-3700

Jun 27, 2022 -

Solderstar Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

See electronics manufacturing industry news »

Specialty Coating Systems Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation and Leadership news release has been viewed 268 times

  • SMTnet
  • »
  • Industry News
  • »
  • Specialty Coating Systems Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation and Leadership
MSD Dry Cabinets

Global manufacturing solutions provider