LIST and CERATIZIT plan to improve high speed machining technology

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and CERATIZIT have committed, between
now and 2020, to developing physical vapour deposition coatings for the manufacturer’s future cutting
tools dedicated to the machining trades.
On Tuesday, 5 December 2017, LIST and the Luxembourg-based company CERATIZIT signed a threeyear
collaboration agreement. Within the framework of the NANOPIMS research project, funded by
the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), the two partners have committed to a mutual aim:
developing new physical vapour deposition (PVD) coatings that perform at high temperatures,
exceeding 850 degrees Celsius, for high speed machining technology. They plan to achieve this goal
by October 2020, the project’s end date. Ceratizit is present in China through a joint venture (CB
Ceratizit) which employs about 1800 people in Xiaman, Fujian.