Surface news

With its “Black Forest Bridge” transport service, Vapic is opening up new regions for industrial parts cleaning. The concept combines transport logistics, process reliability and short response times.

At PaintExpo 2026, Plasmatreat is presenting a new plasma nozzle for large-area components. The Openair Plasma technology is intended to make surface pretreatment more efficient and improve process reliability.

Henkel is expanding its portfolio with a low-temperature surfactant for industrial immersion degreasing: Bonderite C-AD 20202 cleans reliably at temperatures as low as 35 to 40 °C and significantly reduces energy consumption.

The Cleaning Excellence Center (CEC) in Leonberg will once again be conducting a laboratory ring test for particulate measurement systems in accordance with VDA 19.1 in 2026. The test is scheduled to start in May 2026, and the registration deadline is April 30.

Plasmatreat GmbH, a specialist in atmospheric plasma technology for surface pretreatment, is exhibiting for the first time at Fensterbau Frontale in Nuremberg.

Horst Erbel, the long-standing CEO of Pero, has passed away. He shaped the industrial parts cleaning company for more than six decades.

Vapic will be presenting plant and process solutions for industrial pipe and hose cleaning at Tube in Düsseldorf from April 13 to 17, 2026.

Nilfisk is expanding its portfolio with the AERO Battery cordless wet and dry vacuum cleaner series. The devices are designed for collecting hazardous dusts of classes L and M and are intended for use in industry, construction, and automotive applications.

Chinese cleaning equipment manufacturer GRT is expanding its presence in Europe. With the founding of GRTclean Europe GmbH in Memmingerberg, the company aims to bring sales, service, and, in the future, assembly capacities closer to its European customers.

Vulkan Inox will be exhibiting stainless steel abrasives for industrial surface preparation at the trade fair. The focus will be on reproducible roughness and corrosion-free coating substrates.

PFAS limits, new EU regulations, and increasing pressure to act: IFAT 2026 will showcase solutions for municipal water and wastewater treatment—from PFAS removal to the fourth stage of treatment.

Mafac and LPW have agreed to share a patent for vacuum-based pressure swing cleaning. The agreement ends an ongoing patent dispute and provides planning security for the further development of cleaning processes.

With its Vacudest brand, H2O GmbH will celebrate a special anniversary in 2026: for 40 years, the vacuum distillation system has been synonymous with the efficient treatment of industrial process and rinse water.

At LogiMAT 2026, Nilfisk will present new cleaning solutions for intralogistics. The focus will be on autonomous machines and the new OIL230 industrial vacuum cleaner for demanding continuous use.

The Clean Tech Convention 2026 focuses on technical developments, exchange and networking in industrial parts cleaning and technical cleanliness.

Adler expands its environmental protection and recycling center with a new wastewater treatment plant and prepares paint production for further growth.

With the PU Primer 114, Dörken is expanding the Lucite range with a primer that also adheres to critical substrates and dries within four hours.

The cleaning specialist Vapic celebrates 30 years of company history and at the same time completes a generational change at the top.

Hobart impressed the jury of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector

with the FLOW Line conveyor dishwasher with AI-supported warewashing technology in the Measurement and Control Technology, Digitalization and Industry 4.0 category.

Presentation proposals can now be submitted for the ZVO Surface Technology Days 2026 in Karlsruhe. We are looking for practical contributions on current technical, economic and sustainability-related topics in surface technology.