With September 2006 Balzers is called Oerlikon Balzers Coating and commits to its hundred years of industrial history and the traditional strengths of the Oerlikon corporation.

ISO 14001:2004 certification for Pune centre in June
ISO 9001:2000 certification for Bangalore coating centre

Introduced BALINIT® X.TREME (monolayer) for End mills.
Introduced BALINIT® Excell for Forming Dies

Recertification as per new standards of ISO 9001:2000 in April for Pune and Gurgaon centres
Introduced BALINIT® FUTURA NANO, advanced version of BALINIT FUTURA

Third coating centre started in June at Bangalore

ISO 9002:1994 Certification for Gurgaon centre in May
Multilayer BALINIT® FUTURA coating introduced in Indian Market

Second coating centre started in Gurgaon (Delhi) in November
ISO 9002:1994 certification for Pune centre in December

BALINIT® B (TiCN) coating introduced in August

First coating centre started at Pune in November. BALINIT®  A coating was introduced by Oerlikon Balzers Coating India.