product 130 see fig3 is formed the intermediate product 100 may be subsequently utilized in a polymer infiltration and pyrolysis a chemical vapor infiltration process and or slurry cast melt information process to form the final cmc component 130 the component 130 formed in this way may be for use in a gas turbine engine in one example and could be a turbine blade vane blade outer air seal combustion liner etc the fig1 a 1 b embodiment is not the only order of application of coating and energy within the scope of application as shown in fig4 a in an embodiment 200 the coating treatment 204 is embedded into the energy treatment application 206 in this manner the deposited coating on the fiber 202 can interact with the energy source to provide a set of benefits to the coating and the adhesion of the fiber fig4 b shows an embodiment 210 wherein the coating treatment 204 is applied to the fiber 212 before it enters the energy treatment station 216 in both the fig4 a and 4b embodiments the coating material can be a precursor that can be converted to a more desirable phase in the final coating by.