Surface news

From March 28 to 30, 24,605 coatings experts gathered information on the latest trends in the world of paints and coatings from 1,017 exhibitors from 42 countries. The top-class conference already started on March 27 and was exceptionally well attended.

Nearly 1,000 companies from the industry presented their products, machines, tools and related services at the fair, including Dörken as a manufacturer of zinc flake systems for corrosion protection.

At the Hannover Messe, Boge will be showing how compressed air systems can be easily analyzed and optimized. The smart service tool Boge connect offers even more applications for this, as the company is demonstrating on a C 14 PM screw compressor.

Birgit Ostermann has been working for the world market leader for hazardous materials storage for a quarter of a century now. She has now been honored for this by company founder Helmut Dennig and her superiors Philipp Bruelheide and Tim Lohmeier.

Adler is exhibiting sustainable surfaces at Interzum. The environmentally friendly coating solutions for wood surfaces are based on natural oils or water.

In the Documenta hall, Kassel-based Standox wholesaler Klauss celebrated its 60th anniversary. Its history ranges from the first paint mixing plant to Standox distributor for Axalta.

The robustly designed new DMP series from Fischer has a 'hard shell'. There are no limits to the measurement of magnetizable and non-magnetizable base materials.

The new President and Executive Director of the Kansai Helios Group as of April is Dietmar Jost. The changes within the management affect another four executive managers of the Japanese coatings manufacturer.

The data logger from measuring device manufacturer CiK ensures sustainable temperature monitoring. It is now certified according to the environmental management standard ISO 14001.

The technotrans Group successfully completed Phase 1 of its Future Ready 2025 strategy despite challenging conditions. Consolidated revenue rose by 13 % to an all-time high of EUR 238.2 million.

Adhesives manufacturer Panacol is the latest member of the ACOP (Aachen Center for Optics Production). This initiative of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) promotes scientific cooperation with industry in the field of optics.

Additiv PR provides communications support for the Metal business unit of the Henkel Adhesive Technologies business sector. The focus is on surface solutions for the metal industry.

From May 9 to 12, 2023, Control, the international trade fair for quality assurance, will showcase innovations from the fields of vision, image processing, sensor technology, and measuring and testing technology in Stuttgart. Trend topics include modern software, inline inspection processes and…

With "Status Next," the manufacturer of coatings and adhesives solutions is taking a digital approach. The platform includes topics for current and future material developments as well as webinars on the most important strategic coatings and adhesives trends.

E-vehicle adoption targets are not achievable within regulatory deadlines, ABB's Automotive Manufacturing Outlook survey finds.

The Cleaning Excellence Center (CEC) offers a laboratory round robin test for particulate measurement systems in accordance with VDA 19.1. Here, laboratories have the test results of their measuring systems for cleanliness analyses ensured via an anonymized comparison.

Redwitz-based Scerox Erodiertechnik GmbH celebrates its twentieth birthday. Among the guests of honor Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries. The social responsibility of the company was especially appreciated.

With the new process from Jentner Plating Technology, rhodium can be recovered from used electrolytes. This saves resources and protects the environment.

In cooperation with Eurolacke powder coatings, coatmaster AG has now created a material database for the coatmaster Flex non-contact coating thickness gauge, which allows calibration-free and μm-accurate coating thickness measurement of Axalta powder coatings on metallic substrates after baking.

At this year's leading world trade fair for tools, machines and plants for woodworking and processing, Venjakob Maschinenbau will for the first time present live its competence for roller coating machines.