In the field of custom polymers, toll coating and contract coating are two distinct manufacturing arrangements often used to apply coatings to substrates, but they differ in terms of 3 main things:

  • Ownership
  • Responsibility
  • Operational scope Let’s first look at the main differences between toll coating and contract coating. Toll coating refers to a service where a company (the toller) provides the coating process and equipment to apply a coating to a substrate provided by the client. The...