AIM-listed Hardide (HDD) today announced it has been awarded funding for two major UK aerospace projects.
Hardide develops and provides advanced tungsten carbide coatings for a wide range of engineering uses.
And the company has just secured two projects to apply the coating technology to components for aircrafts.
The projects are with The National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme, a £14.4m initiative that aims to develop 40 aerospace technologies for the UK aerospace supply chain.
The first project - which is supported by Airbus, Perfect Bore and Engis - is the development of a “grinding and super-finish technology for the Hardide-A coating”.
The second is to develop the processing of an ultra-low temperature coating that will increase the range of aerospace substrate materials suitable for the Hardide coating process.
For this project, Airbus and Leonardo Helicopters are end-users and Perfect Bore and Westmoreland Laboratories are support partners.
Hardide Coatings CEO Philip Kirkham said: "These grant awards were made after a rigorous application process and we will be working closely on the projects with our end-user customers.
“Both projects have the potential to expand significantly Hardide's aerospace business, widening the range of aircraft components and substrate materials suitable for our coating technology.”
Both projects commence on 1 September 2018 and will each take up to 18 months to complete.
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