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» PRESENTATION  
   
European leader in the field of the surface Engineering, HEF Group has been created in 1953. Has today more than 1000 employees.

 

Development of HEF Group is based on two fields of expertise :

> Knowledge and mastering of behavioural laws, damage mechanisms (friction, wear, corrosion...)

> Production of efficient surface treatments and coatings
 


Speciality areas
R & D and Marketing of HEF Group are focussed towards three main areas :
> Thermo chemical treatment in molten salt bath, including oxynitriding, sulfurizing, carbonitriding, boriding.
> Physical vapor deposition (PVD)
> Joints and bushes, highly loaded.

Customers
HEF Group's know how is recognized by numerous French and international companies from all the filed of industrial activity


HEF Group implantation
HEF Group is present on 4 continents, in more than 30 countries via its subsidiaries, joint ventures companies and licensees.


Organisation
To optimise its efficiency, HEF Group has structured its organisation around two interdependent branches :
> HEF R&D having responsibility of Research and Development
> TECHNIQUES SURFACES and its subsidiaries having responsibility for pre-industrialisation and industrial production.
> Administration, finance, export, education and training are hosted by HEF Group.



» KEY FIGURES

Number of employees : + 1 000
Turnover : K Euro 93 000
Cash flow : K Euro 10 500
34 companies within 16 countries over 4 continents.
France : 11 production sites
Europe (excluding France)  : 7 production sites
World (excluding Europe) : :16 production sites
and more than 300 licensees already granted on HEF Group processes.


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