sentences:  Coatings, to make surface life robust from wear and corrosion, was approximately half the market.In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in surface engineering from age-old electroplating to processes such as vapor phase deposition, diffusion, thermal spray & welding using like plasma, laser, ion, electron, microwave, solar beams, pulsed arc, pulsed combustion, spark, friction and induction.It's estimated that loss due to wear and corrosion in the US is approximately $500 billion.