Chrome on Plastic

Vacuum Metallising is also known as High Vacuum Metallising, Vapour Deposition, Aluminium Evaporation and PVD (Plasma Vapour Deposition). This process is the first step towards achieving the chrome effect on plastic products. A thin layer of aluminium of about ½ micron thick is plated onto many plastic substrates such as Polystyrene, ABS, Polycarbonate, Polypropylene, SAN, PA6, PA66 and most if not all engineering plastics to give a chrome effect.