Surface news

Effective January 1, 2023, BIA acquired all shares in the Slovakian company BIA Plastic and Plating s. r.o. from its previous partner PVL Groupe Plastivaloire.

The new teco ct 130 base 60 has a heating capacity of 6 kW at up to 130 °C. Heat transfer is loss-free due to the "longlife" stainless steel heating cartridge.

VOA member companies give their views on their economic situation in a recent survey. The high gas and electricity prices, uncertain energy supply, inflation, shortage of materials and raw materials and labor shortage affect the industry strongly.

Elpemer SD 2463 FLEX-HF solder resist from Peters is suitable for rigid-flex and semi-flex printed circuit boards. It is also free of harmful SVHC photoinitiators 369 and 907, respectively.

SEH Engineering GmbH has inaugurated its new SkyCube technology world in Ostrhauderfehn, East Frisia. Visitors and potential customers can experience conveyor technology such as the innovative Skyrail electric monorail live there.

Optical sensors on industrial trucks are intended to better protect warehouse employees during their work. The Fraunhofer Application Center for Optical Metrology and Surface Technologies AZOM developed prototypes together with BASF SE and Kinotex Sensor GmbH.

The coatings world will meet again at the European Coatings Show in the Exhibition Center Nuremberg from March 28 to 30, 2023. The European Coatings Show Conference on March 27 and 28 will also provide space for intensive knowledge transfer.

For two days in late autumn 2022, the center of the European furniture industry was in Tyrol: At the international furniture industry event at the Adler plant in Schwaz, manufacturers from all over Europe met for inspiring presentations, professional exchange and a relaxed get-together.

After a two-year break, AkzoNobel once again welcomed companies from the Acoat Selected Partner Program to a two-day conference in November. This year's motto was 'Rethink - Sustainability in the Paint Shop'.

Well-designed spaces can influence people's performance and creativity. With new color collections and products such as Alpha interior wall paints and Rubbol BL coatings, Sikkens offers color and paint solutions for appealing color design in educational institutions, offices, hotels or clinics.

The new warning detector for leaking hazardous substances is attached directly to the collection tray of the storage container and reports any leakage independently. This eliminates the need for time-consuming inspection rounds to detect leaks.

With an investment of 150 million US dollars in a fully automated robot factory, the company is strengthening its position on the Chinese market. Digital and automation technologies will be used to manufacture next-generation robots.

Quantum technology forms the basis for future technologies such as artificial intelligence. Its influence is growing continually. At a conference of the IVAM, companies report on first products and fields of application.

Nilfisk reports sales of EUR 263 million for the third quarter of 2022. This represents an overall growth of 9.9 percent compared to the same quarter last year. The growth was primarily due to the strong performance of the professional business, especially in North and South America and…

The durability of cathodic dip or powder coatings depends largely on the substrate - the more defined the roughness, the better. KST offers a non-chemical alternative to phosphating with rough blasting.

The gelcoat technology Lamilux Sunsation convinces a jury for the third time: After the German Innovation Award and the AVK Innovation Award, the German Design Award now crowns the UV-resistant GRP topcoat.

Jordan Lacke has published a new brochure for its new Hydrostain Modular water-based stain system. This explains the wide range of design possibilities that can be achieved with the water-based stains.

Materials manufacturer Covestro has entered into a partnership with China's leading automotive lighting manufacturer Hasco Vision. The companies are working to ensure that recycled plastics used in headlights are of high quality and can be traced back.

The new MYC10 coating machine from Mycronic has a compact design and features coating heads for spraying, dispensing and casting. It completes the technical center of Peters.

SurTec, a division of Freudenberg Chemical Specialities, acquires a manufacturer of threadlockers as a useful addition to the SurTec portfolio. In addition to omniTechnik Mikroverkapselungs GmbH, all shares in Precote and Romeo, USA, are also acquired.