Surface news

The Visualizer App from Sikkens supports painters and paint retailers in choosing colors. Customers experience color in their rooms via augmented reality. For this, Sikkens received the ISG Digital Case Study Awards for digital solutions.

Initiated by the WZL of RWTH Aachen University, 21 companies from the copper processing industry are joining forces to form the network. This is intended to drive technologies forward and promote innovations in the field of copper processing.

Gema Switzerland stellt auf der PaintExpo eine neue Handgeräteserie vor. Deren Pulverladekapazität ist laut Gema die Höchste ihrer Klasse. Die Handpistole ist außerdem leicht und ausbalanciert sowie robust und langlebig.

Umicore and Volkswagen AG are planning to establish a joint venture to build up production capacities for cathode materials and their precursors in Europe. This is intended to secure the supply of Volkswagen AG's European battery cell production.

For energy-saving surface cleaning of plastic parts, Zeller+Gmelin has developed Divinol Spray Cleaner 1362 KC. It achieves the required result already at room temperature and thus significantly reduces energy consumption in powerwash systems.

The Qualitätsgemeinschaft Industriebeschichtung e.V. (Quality Association for Industrial Coatings) and the Industrieverband Feuerverzinken (IVF) (Industrial Association for Hot-Dip Galvanizing) have identified a joint project as part of the committee's work on DIN 55633.

Walther Trowal presents the Rotamat R85 for coating mass-produced small parts in Karlsruhe. The new volume flow control increases process reliability and reproducibility of the coating application.

The Motz furniture workshop in Fridolfing, Upper Bavaria, celebrated a very special anniversary. It has been a loyal sales partner of Jordan Lacke for thirty years.

A new glass-fiber-reinforced plastic from Lamilux provides tank containers with lasting protection against UV, weathering and mechanical influences.

Dr. Stefano Falletti and Barbara Cantatore have been managing Peters Italia for ten years. Thanks to the strong LED industry, the Peters subsidiary achieves double-digit sales increases.

The mobile system for industrial use has high-quality equipment details despite its compact design. It is available immediately.

The new Metal Deposition Solutions (MDS) business unit will develop and market products for electroplating and PVD coatings in the future. The Electroplating (EP) and Thin Film Products (TFP) business units will be merged into it.

Fraunhofer IPA and Sick are developing an intelligent flow sensor to detect leaks more easily. They are using self-learning algorithms for this purpose.

This is the eighth time that Fraunhofer IPA has awarded the Stuttgart Surface Technology Prize. Innovative applications and technologies within all disciplines of surface technology are awarded.

Laser cleaning from Emag LaserTec can be flexibly configured in terms of parameters and perfectly adapted to the degree of contamination and the desired result. In addition, only defined surfaces and geometries are cleaned or decoated.

Professor Dr. Robert Franke will receive the Otto Roelen Medal 2022 in recognition of his contributions to the field of catalytic carbonylation, especially hydroformylation, from Dechema and the German Catalysis Society.

Universal Robots, a specialist in collaborative lightweight robots, reports record annual sales of $311 million. This represents 41 percent year-over-year revenue growth and 23 percent more than before the 2019 pandemic.

According to the survey recently conducted by VOA, 61 percent of VOA members expect their company to develop positively in 2022 - in the previous year, only just under a third assumed this. Despite high energy costs and other challenges, the outlook is positive.

New to the range, the Flir Si124-PD for partial discharge detection and the Flir Si124-LD for air leak detection offer specialized features for a higher return on investment.

Axalta Coating Systems, a specialist in liquid and powder coatings, has created the car color of the year with "Royal Magenta". The deep cherry-red hue features merlot and garnet red nuances.