Surface news

Clean surfaces are a basic requirement for the usability of components. At the 6th Filmic Contamination Conference from November 8 to 9, the program includes 24 presentations on high-purity processes

The second Gulf Coatings Show, which took place from October 9 to 11, 2023 at the Expo Centre Sharjah, UAE, attracted over 1,800 trade visitors. The number of visitors grew by 50 %.

Agtos will be exhibiting at Euroguss in Nuremberg from January 16 to 18, 2024. The focus will be on the surface processing of complex cast workpieces.

On 8.11.2023, Kluthe is once again offering the seminar "Let's talk about: Paintstripping". The seminar day will take you through the basics, errors and special areas of paint stripping.

VDMA publishes OPC UA information model for process air extraction and filtration systems (PAEFS). This enables manufacturers of air handling units to equip them with the universal, manufacturer-independent interface.

With a symbolic accolade, Dr. Henning Stieglitz, BC Extrusion Holding, was accepted into the Plastics Technology Strategy Circle. The circle is made up of leading personalities from the plastics industry

In its 100th anniversary year, Trumpf's sales rise to 5.4 billion euros, while EBIT increases by 31 percent to 615 million euros. The number of employees in Germany grew by 700.

Wacker founded a Chinese country organization in Shanghai 30 years ago. Today, four production sites in China generate sales of about EUR 2.5 billion. This corresponds to around 30 percent of Group sales.

Welding technology expert EWM continues to grow: The management team was recently expanded to include Sebastian Stindl and Thomas Häusle. This means that it now consists of five people.

The effects of a general ban on fluoropolymers would be very far-reaching, and in some cases considerable technological setbacks would also have to be expected. Even experts would find it difficult to assess the overall consequences. Another problem is that companies are often not informed in detail…

Evonik Coating Additives is expanding its portfolio of silicone acrylates with a new free-radically crosslinkable additive for radiation-curing printing inks and coatings.

DGNB certification is becoming the benchmark for sustainable building. Adler supplies products that enable the path to DGNB Platinum certified buildings.

With the SpeedAir 3050, Pfeiffer Vacuum is launching a complete solution for testing non-porous containers in the pharmaceutical industry. Flexible and rigid containers are tested within 30 seconds.

The focus of technotrans' trade fair presence was on energy-efficient thermal management solutions. Above all, cooling systems with natural refrigerant R290 met with great visitor interest.

In 2020, Dörken received the "Best Place to Learn" seal of approval from AUBI-plus. Now the company, which provides training in 18 professions, has been certified again.

The Buzil Company exhibited at CMS Berlin, the leading trade fair for cleaning and hygiene in Berlin. The new products of the Planta and Buzil brands are label-free and environmentally friendly.

800 meters of stainless steel railings are now equipped against wind and weather. Electropolishing gives surfaces special protection.

Six months before the start, the world's leading trade show for industrial coating technology is already registering a high number of registrations. 90 percent of the exhibition area is already booked.

Together, the two companies Tribicon and Schrubstock succeeded in converting the Schrubstock chromium-plating plant from a chromium(VI) to a chromium(III) process and generated subsidies.

On September 27 the EU Commission issued an official mandate to ECHA to prepare a restriction dossier for chromium trioxide and chromic acid. Accordingly, ECHA is now to develop various options as to how a restriction of these substances can be designed.