Surface news

The long-standing Managing Director Hans-Ludwig Blaas is stepping down from the management team. The new four-person management team consists of André Steffen, Sascha Winkelmann, Bianca Blaas and Tina Lombardo

Seminars on wood surface finishing can also be booked at Jordan Lacke in 2025. The practical training courses are aimed at specialists from the trade and furniture industry and take place in the new technical center in Detmold.

Chemetall is installing a state-of-the-art photovoltaic plant in Boksburg, South Africa. The BASF subsidiary is thus taking the next step in the use of renewable energies and the continuous improvement of its CO2 footprint.

After 30 years with the company, Petra Schlachter hands over to Sabrina Immler. Immler is a technical product designer and will be the contact person for the trade press in future.

Ziehl-Abegg receives the Plus X Award for the new generation of the ZAplus fan unit. The fan was honored above all for its low noise emissions and reduced energy consumption.

The world's leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry is heading for increasing participation. The number of exhibitors is slightly above the level of the previous event in 2023.

The two new mass-balanced coating additives offer the usual properties for defoaming and wetting, but with a significantly reduced CO2 footprint.

The start-up Fusion Bionic received the Fraunhofer Start-up Award 2024. The spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS impressed the jury with a laser technology that makes bio-inspired surface structures usable for industrial purposes.

How clean is production really? This question is the focus of the CEC interest group on April 29, 2025 at PMT-Partikel Messtechnik GmbH in Heimsheim.

The new product is characterized by reduced gold consumption and optimized layer thickness distribution and can be used in a variety of applications.

Miele presents a compact cleaning appliance for industrial parts cleaning. It is equipped with a variable-speed circulation pump and adapts to the respective requirements.

The partners Dürr, Cellforce and LiCAP are intensifying their partnership for battery cell production. Battery cell production based on wet coating is to be replaced by sustainable dry electrode coating.

As a new member of the Sprint 2 product family, the Sprint 2 Expert manual powder system offers additional functions. Clever assistance functions and process documentation enable high-quality results.

With Dr. Claus Narr, Laserline's company management has grown to three managing directors. Dr. Narr, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering, joined the founders on January 1.

Wacker presents silicone resin hardeners for weather-resistant coatings at the European Coatings Show 2025. The epoxy-polysiloxane topcoats are an important raw material for metal coatings.

PPG and the Dutch non-profit educational organization C3 support the Beta Tournament, a Dutch STEM competition for young students.

The plant is used to produce sodium methylate and potassium methylate. Both are important chemicals for the production of biodiesel and pharmaceutical products.

Prof. Benjamin Dietzek-Ivanšić took office as Scientific Director and member of the Executive Board at a ceremony at the Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification e.V., Leipzig. At the same time, his predecessor Prof. André Anders was officially bid farewell.

Digital product passport: opportunity or bureaucratic challenge? The digital product passport is coming - it will be mandatory for the first product groups from 2026. In the surface industry in particular, it poses considerable challenges for the predominantly medium-sized companies. However, the…

The company will be showcasing the latest developments in automated surface coating and process optimization at its stand at Ligna.