Surface news

With immediate effect, all full-time employees of the Krüss family business at its headquarters in Hamburg can reduce their working hours to 36 hours and work 4 days a week - while being fully payed.

The F.I.T. tunnel laser from SIC Marking is an economical marking solution for easy integration into production lines. The laser system combines all components and settings to ensure reliable and safe marking of components.

SurTec is present at the ZVO Surface Days. The focus this time is on higher efficiency in functional electroplating and solutions for chromium(IV)-free plastic chrome plating.

Cetol products from Sikkens effectively protect wooden components. This is also evident in the mountains - for example, on the Großer Arber, the highest mountain in the Bavarian Forest.

The company has been selling adhesive products since 1923. Supply shortages after the First World War laid the foundation for the start of production of paper, cardboard and parcel adhesives.

Dr.-Ing. Max Schlötter GmbH has received the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award of the Kreissparkasse Göppingen. A total of 32 companies competed for the prize.

BYK Shanghai has received the "Carbon Footprint Award" as part of the "Responsible Care Initiative Award". The company is strongly committed to sustainability and decarbonization.

The RAL color fan has been revised. With now 1,825 colors, designers from architecture, design and crafts will find the right color shade worldwide.

The staff took the 90th birthday of the company founder and shareholder of the measurement technology company Polytec as an opportunity to thank Liselotte Lossau for her many years of commitment.

At the Automatica and LASER trade shows in June, Mahr presented automation solutions for classic and optical production measurement technology. The collaborative robot helps to increase productivity.

The bachelor student receives a sponsorship award for outstanding performance from Kansai Helios. She is studying "Applied Chemistry" at the IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences, a course the company has supported for many years.

If nitrogen is used as an atomizing gas during painting, an optimum surface finish is achieved and costs and materials are saved.

The Practical Industrial Coating Forum (PIB) of the 'Qualitätsgemeinschaft Industriebeschichtung e.V.' (QIB) is entering a new decade: the association is inviting participants to Wetzlar on November 16 and 17.

The insulating coating of prismatic battery cells for e-mobility can now be measured with µ precision. The new 3D system from Coatmaster is based on ATO technology.

Already for the eleventh time the UV Days took place at IST Metz in Nürtingen. With 35 exhibitors, a lecture program and about 1000 visitors the event offered a comprehensive insight into current developments and projects around UV technology.

SurTec acquires TF Chemical srl , an Italian chemical supplier. The group thus strengthens its position on the Italian market as well as internationally.

Fire protection bearings with sliding gates from the RFP (815.30 SD) product family from Denios are now supplied with the so-called "Comfort Motion". This makes their handling significantly easier.

The requirements for component cleaning have changed considerably in recent years. The basic seminar "Quality Assurance in Component Cleaning" organized by the German Industrial Parts Cleaning Association (FiT) provides information on this subject.

Udo Gensowski now runs the family business with his daughter Katharina. Their strategy for the headquarters in Hagen and the OTG Gronau branch: a mix of traditional values, familiar expertise and innovative plans.

DataPhysics Instruments, a surface and interface metrology company, opens a technical office in France. Véronique Schloupt will represent the company on the French market.