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Through visits to VOA member companies, a delegation from the EU verifies the practicability of their reference documents (BREF STM). These include important regulations for the surface finishing industry.

At the trade fair for the fastener and fixing industry, Fastener Fair Global 2025, Dörken will be presenting PFAS-free products for corrosion protection.

Active for its members: The German Surface Technology Association (ZVO) is publishing eight messages for economic policy on its website in the run-up to the general election on February 23.

Panacol has developed a new UV adhesive for film lamination of organic (OPV) and perovskite-based (PSC) photovoltaic systems. The very flexible, hybrid epoxy resin-acrylate adhesive cures with UV light.

The manufacturer of solutions and components for the industrial use of ultrasound in component cleaning, joining and cutting as well as textile finishing has brought Matthias Cullmann into the company as Vice President Commercial Management.

The 34th Powder Symposium Dresden 2025 once again marked an important meeting point for experts from the powder coating industry. With more than 300 participants and over 50 exhibitors, the two-day event at the Dresden Congress Center provided a platform for an intensive exchange of knowledge and…

The international trade fair for surface technology, SurfaceTechnology GERMANY, will be held at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center from 5 to 7 May 2026. With the new event period, the trade fair will run parallel to the MedtecLIVE and GrindingHub events.

The solvent specialist is the first manufacturer to individually determine the product carbon footprint for each customer and each recyclate and compare it to newly produced goods.

Since 2002, IST METZ has been offering a platform for innovations and technologies in the field of UV printing with its UV DAYS. Innovations will be presented again this year.

The shareholders of blast wheel blasting machine manufacturer Agtos have sold their shares in the company to Japanese foundry equipment supplier Sintokogio. Agtos has been renamed Sinto Agtos GmbH.

E-kerosene has potential for greenhouse gas-neutral aviation. A study now shows which technologies and production routes can be used to produce sufficient quantities of e-kerosene.

SurTec is presenting its portfolio of functional coatings in Stuttgart. These special coatings include sealing, protection and friction coefficient adjustment.

Axalta is now presenting a shade of green for the second time as car color of the year. This is a tribute to the legendary British Racing Green.

Frank Gläser was appointed as a new member of the Executive Board with effect from February 1, 2025. He brings with him almost four decades of experience in the coatings industry.

Torwegge GmbH & Co. KG will be presenting the Torwegge monorail system (THB) live in action at LogiMAT in Stuttgart from March 11 to 13.

The two-day seminar "Quality assurance in component cleaning" will take place in February. In this training course, the Fachverband industrielle Teilereinigung e.V. (FiT) teaches how stable component cleanliness can be ensured.

Gema's vertical module allows powder guns to be aligned more precisely to the coating object. Precise positioning makes it possible to coat complex parts.

Major order: The Dürr Group is to supply a turnkey electrode coating system for the Italian battery manufacturer FIB. The order value for the plant in Teverola is in the high double-digit million euro range.

With the compact confocal microscopes, users can measure surfaces without contact. They deliver repeatable 3D measurements of almost all materials.

Florian Pasch is the new Head of Technical Sales at Vapic. The industrial engineer is the contact person for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.