Nitrion News - International


January 2008

German Nitrion GmbH becomes a member of the Bodycote Group of companies.
Over the last few years the heat treatment business has seen a tremendous development. Also, the demand for nitriding has gone up steadily. Based on those observations we have decided to merge our nitriding know-how with a competent partner. We selected the Bodycote Group. They offer a large variety of services. We are glad to operate the Nitrion GmbH as from January 01 within this network.



Nitrion do Brazil at FMU Joinville 2008

Nitrion do Brasil Ltda will be present again at the important Toolmaking, Patternmaking and Machining Show (FMU - Ferramentaria + Modelação + Usinagem) at the MEGACENTRO EXPOVILLE, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brasil,  held from March 11 to March 14, 2008

See pictures of Nitrion do Brasil Ltda.





December 2007

Both Bavarian Plants of German Nitrion GmbH have once again renewed their TUEV Certificates ISO 9001.
The certificates do not only cover the nitriding services offered in the respective service shops but include methodical development and manufacturing of plasma nitriding plant as well.
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July 2007

To assist Brazilian customers of Nitrion do Brasil Ltda. in Guaramirim (S.C.)  we have now displayed a  special  Plasma Nitriding Materials List on our Brazilian websites..

Apart from the DIN Material Numbers (e.g.  "1.7131") customary not only within the German speaking community you´ll find material codes according to SAE (The Society of Automotive Engineers) respektively ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas) as well as some materials to suit Villares company standards.



May 2007

News from our Brazilian Plant in Guaramirim, S.C.:
The Nitrion manufactured Plasma Nitriding System capable of nitriding parts of up to 5.000 mm in length has arrived at the Port of Itajaí, Brazil.  The new plant will be in operation as from July 2007.

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April 2007

Nitrion GmbH inaugurated Plant 3 in Bavaria
Staff members of the Nitrion GmbH and representatives of the companies who have taken part in the construction work and last but not least the Otterfing Mayor Jakob Eglseder celebrated the official start-up of the additional factory. 
Here we have sufficient space for our nitriding service with five plasma nitriding systems and three of the planned six gas nitriding systems.
Also, here the
design and manufacturing department  for Plasma Nitriding Systems offered by Nitrion has got the required floor space.

Above: Plant 3 Inauguration of the Nitrion GmbH in Otterfing near Munich, Bavaria
Below c
enter: Otterfing Mayor Jakob Eglseder
Gasnitrieranlagen der Nitrion GmbH Otterfing Bavarian Mayor Eglseder at Nitrion Plant in Otterfing near Munich
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Above left + right: New Nitrion Plant 3 with gas and plasma nitriding systems





October/November 2006

Nitrion Plasma Nitriding Extruder Screws
Plasma Nitriding of extremely long work pieces of up to 5.400 mm in length with a diameter of 700 mm is a speciality in the Bavarian Nitrion GmbH plant.
Parts of 3.500 mm in length may be up to 2.000 mm in diameter.


Other services of the German Nitrion GmbH are:
  • Gas Nitriding of parts with dimensions of 3.200 mm by 950 mm

  • Post-oxidation
    for improved corrosion protection and regular, deep black, surfaces

A complete list of Nitrion Services
>> link <<


Plasma Nitriding Plant for in-house installation
>> link <<





July/August 2006

Pictures of our Brazilian company Nitrion do Brasil Ltda., founded in 2001:

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above: Fair booth of Nitrion do Brasil Ltda. at 2006 FMU - Ferramentaria + Modelação + Usinagem in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil


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above: Nitrion poster illustrating aspects of ecology at 2006 FMU - Ferramentaria + Modelação + Usinagem in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil


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above: Friendly reception at Nitrion do Brasil Ltda. 


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above: Nitrion building - during early construction phase above: Partial view of production hall


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above: Impressions of the country side surrounding Nitrion do Brasil Ltda., Guaramirim S.C., Brazil




June 2006

An additional new Nitrion Service:
Salt Spray (Fog) Corrosion Tests
Salt spray tests at Nitrion GmbH Germany

A salt spray corrosion test machine for reproducible corrosion tests according to national and international standards such as DIN, ISO, EN, IEC, ASTM, DEF, MIL-STD etc. was commissioned in May.

Technical Data:
Salt spray test chamber / Climate-change set up to VDA 621-415
System Weiss, SC/KWT 450 for the combination of salt spray tests
DIN 50 021 SS, condensation water tests according to DIN 50 017 KFW with
automatic ventilation of the test chamber according to DIN 50 014, paragr. 5. with automatically controlled test cycle.


April 2006

Nitrion GmbH Germany: new industrial cleaning machine

An additional Industrial Component Cleaning Machine has been put into operation. The process runs totally under vacuum. The cleaning agent used is a non-chlorinated solvent based on modified alcohols and is suitable for difficult high performance cleaning applications such as drawing + forming parts, sintered metals and lapped parts.
Good nitriding results are based on perfectly cleaned work pieces and that is what the machine is basically for. However, interested parties may request the cleaning as a service for subsequent external processes such as galvanising or powder coating.


March 2006

Nitrion do Brazil during FMU Joinville 2006

Nitrion do Brasil Ltda will be present at the important Toolmaking, Patternmaking and Machining Show (FMU - Ferramentaria + Modelação + Usinagem) at the MEGACENTRO EXPOVILLE, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brasil,  held from March 21 to March 24, 2006

Nitrion do Brasil Ltda during FMA Joinville 2006




November 2005
Another extension of our German (Plasma) Nitriding capacity took place: we have added 1200 m2 in a separate building near our headquarters in Otterfing, Bavaria.


August 2005
German Nitrion GmbH once again increases the number of Plasma Nitriding Units
Another pulsed plasma nitriding reactor of 2000 mm diameter and 2200 mm hight was put on-stream in July.

Details about the Nitrion range of plasma nitriding
systems  >> here <<

July 2005
Nitrion expands further in Germany and Brazil
In Otterfing near Munich a third Gas Nitriding Unit plus another Pulsed Plasma Nitriding Unit of Nitrion design and manufacture are being commissioned this summer.
Nitrion do Brasil Ltda gets a fourth Plasma Nitriding Unit this fall to cope with the increasing demand for plasma nitriding services in Brazil.

March 2005
Nitrion Presents Paper in India
The Nitrion Paper  "Modern Plasma Nitriding"  presented during the HEAT TREATMENT SHOW 2005 in Poona, India was well received by representatives of major Indian companies present.
Of special interest were details about state-of-the-art Plasma Nitriding Systems designed with those criteria in mind:

a) Disturbance immunity

b) Ready for operation in rough industrial environment

c) Few wearing parts

d) Straight forward unit structure but nevertheless suitable for unrestricted usage

e) Important spare parts should be able to be manufactured everywhere in the world

f) Maintenance ought to be possible by the operating personnel without dependence on a service engineer

g) Modular structure, so that the operating vessel is adaptable in size


Do you live in India and are you interested in Plasma Nitriding?  Please contact our partner  Fluidtherm in Chennai:
 Fluidtherm Technology P. Ltd., Chennai 600 058, India
respectively. info@fluidtherm.com


February 2005
The ASM International Pune Chapter has invited German Nitrion GmbH Nitrierbetriebe Bayern to present a Technical Paper on "Modern Plasma Nitriding" during the HEAT TREATMENT SHOW 2005 in Pune, India.


The ASM (American Society for Metals) is the world's leading society for materials information, with 40,000 members in nearly 100 countries.



The Canadian Heat-Treatment  Newsletter "The Monty" visited Nitrion headquarters in Otterfing near Munich, Germany and reports:

"....... Nitrion is one of the larger shops in Germany (based in Munich) who specializes in Nitriding. While they do mainly Plasma Nitriding, they also do a fair bit of gas nitriding and have recently been expanding the number of gas nitriders they have. ............  Feb. 4/05"