Since its creation in 1979, Technogenia is a French family owned company specialized in hardfacing solutions based on tungsten carbide welding overlays.

Technogenia contributes to the reduction of maintenance costs and production stops by increasing the lifetime of many industrial components worldwide. We manufacture welding consumable products and we provide a full range of services from manual harfacing, laser cladding to the complete supply of wear parts.

…from our pioneering beginnings in laser technology.

1979 : Technogenia was founded by Guy Maybon, an ESC engineer, in Seynod, France

1981 : Beginning of fused tungsten carbide production using high-temperature induction furnace synthesis at 2,750°C.

1983 : Beginning of research on tungsten carbide fusion using the cold crucible process with electromagnetic levitation.

1985 : Relocation to a new plant in Saint-Jorioz, France. Technodur® patents are filed.

1986 : Implementation of the “Cold Crucible” induction fusion system for tungsten carbide. The carbide grains obtained, called Spherotene – for Spherical and Tungsten, have exceptional hardness of up to 3000/4000HV and are used in most of the products offered by Technogenia.

1987-1988 : Launch of the Technosphere® product line and the Technocasting® process: three patents are filed.

1990 : Beginning of the study of carbide deposition by power laser (assistance from ANVAR PTR and CRITT Surface de Grenoble).

1992 : MRT (research and technology mission) study for developing a special powder spray nozzle, with the Calfetmat laboratory and the Irepa-Laser laboratory in Strasbourg. Technogenia’s research efforts are awarded the National Innovation Trophy by the INPI (French National Institute of Industrial Property). Research into coatings using power lasers.

1993 : Installation of a 5kW CO2 laser, start of the industrial phase.

2000 : Research on diode lasers. European Craft Project No. 1.

2000-2002 : Licenses for the Lasercarb® process granted in the USA.

…to our current position as an industry benchmark.

2003 : Creation of “Laser Cladding Technology”, in Great Britain and implementation of a new diode laser.

2004 : Research on special deposits: carbide and diamond deposits using laser technology, European Craft Project No. 2.

2005-2006 : Purchase and installation of a new diode laser for the Saint-Jorioz site.

2007 : Technogenia INC, based in Houston, Texas (USA), opens and becomes Technogenia’s first American subsidiary.

2010 : Creation of Technogenia Lasercarb Oklahoma, based in Oklahoma City

2017 : Creation of an additional Lasercarb center in Middle East : Technogenia Middle East in

2019 : Acquisition of Carbure du Chéran (France) sintered tungsten carbide manufacturer.

2021 : Creation of Technogenia KSA in Dammam (Saudi Arabia)