Surface news

Axalta Refinish is offering discounts of up to 59 percent off list prices from October through December 2022. The offer includes equipment and plant technology and accessory products.

The BMW Group plant in Leipzig is the first automotive plant in the world to pilot a newly developed burner technology in its paint shop, which enables green hydrogen to be used in addition to natural gas. The plant is thus testing the feasibility of reducing the CO2-intensive use of natural gas as…

The BMW Group has honored Dürr with the BMW Group Supplier Innovation Award. Dürr received the award for the EcoPaintJet Pro painting process, which is particularly material-saving and sustainable.

Practical Forum on Industrial Coating: A diverse, interesting and practice-oriented program of presentations provided interesting food for thought. Overall, the event organized by QIB offered a very open and communicative atmosphere, which was also reflected in the lively discussions at the…

Feintool has developed a new bonding process for electric motors. The tightness against cooling liquids can thus be greatly increased, as can the tolerance against high temperatures.

The deadline for participants of the ZVO Surface Days 2023 to submit their presentations is January 31. The annual event of the Zentralverband Oberflächentechnik e.V. (ZVO) will take place from September 13 to 15 in Berlin.

Plasmatreat, an expert in atmospheric plasma systems, presented its expanded management team for the first time at the K trade show. The sons of the company founder, Magnus and Lukas Buske, join the management.

The zeta potential - measurand for the charge situation at a solid surface in solutions - can be recorded quickly and precisely with the new measuring instrument. The zeta potential analyzer was validated by the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research in Dresden.

The industrial trade fairs Intec and Z are getting reinforcements: GrindTec, international trade fair for tool machining and tool grinding, will be held parallel to Intec and Z from next year.

Omnis 3.0, the client-server version of the software, allows data, instruments, SOPs and users to be managed centrally in compliance with guidelines. Support is secured for the long term.

20 years of company anniversary Marc Holz also means 20 years of expertise and commitment to surface and corrosion protection. The expert works for the IFO Institute for Surface Technology.

In times of high energy prices, it is necessary to identify energy guzzlers in the company and retrofit them in an energy-efficient manner. The extraction and filter system manufacturer Kemper shows that savings of up to 50 percent are possible with appropriate solutions.

Expanite gets outstanding reinforcement in the technical organization with Peter Gundel. Gundel has been chief metallurgist at Bodycote for several years and is well known in the Danish and Nordic heat treatment industry.

The series "BeyondMasks" focuses on people behind the mask. Four episodes present people from professions in the trades and industry in an emotional and approachable way.

BASF Coatings has inaugurated a new pilot plant for electrophoretic dip coating at its headquarters in Münster-Hiltrup. The new pilot plant has a 200-liter dip tank and two ultrafiltration and filtration stands

At its Holzwickede site, the thermal management specialist uses green hydrogen to supply heat to its building. The supply runs as part of the "H2HoWi" project via the distribution network operator Westnetz.

With Dynamic Hail Repair & Protection, AkzoNobel is launching a repair and prevention paint system. 70 percent of hail damage to vehicle roofs of caravans and campers can be prevented or repaired in this way.

Wolfgang Hellmich, Member of the German Parliament, visited Franz Pauli GmbH at the invitation of the Industrial Association of Sheet Metal Forming (IBU). Hellmich advised the associations to keep their CBAM position and the need for protection of steel and metal processors in the focus of Brussels.

In another letter to the Federal Minister of Economics and Climate Protection the German Surface Technology Association (Zentralverband Oberflächentechnik e.V. - ZVO), on behalf of 1,200 companies in the sector, once again sets out the threatening situation of the electroplating and surface…

On November 5, 1992, the starting signal was given for the Association of German Moldmakers and Toolmakers (VDWF). Now the association, which today comprises of 480 member companies, is celebrating its anniversary.