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Global automotive color trend analysis 2025

Green and grey will shape the world of automotive colors in 2025, as an analysis of color distribution in the automotive industry shows. According to the BASF Color Report, consumers are increasingly moving away from traditional favorites.

Vibratory finishing technology Aviation technology

Vibratory finishing technology for aerospace engineering

Vibratory finishing technology for aerospace engineering enables reproducible finishing processes with high precision and process stability in aviation technology. For safety-relevant components, scrap is reduced while quality and traceability are increased.

Contract cleaning as a service: from rough cleaning to high purity

Contract cleaning is also offered as a service by one system manufacturer. The spectrum ranges from classic parts cleaning through fine and precision cleaning to ultra-fine and high purity cleaning.

Galvanizing plant Hydrogen instead of natural gas H2Raum project

Hydrogen instead of gas as fuel for galvanizing plants

The H2Raum project is researching whether green hydrogen is suitable as a fuel for galvanizing plants instead of natural gas. The galvanizing industry could use it to significantly reduce its CO2 emissions in its high-temperature processes.

ECM deburring and cleaning with integrated ultrasonic post-cleaning

Integrated ultrasonic cleaning modules in ECM systems help to ensure defined cleanliness specifications for the surface finish and support stable deburring and rounding of workpiece edges.

Powder-coated work chair for clean rooms, ESD

Powder coating for work chairs in clean rooms, ESD areas, and laboratories

A special powder coating ensures that a work chair for cleanrooms, laboratories and ESD areas meets the high requirements such as conductivity and resistance to abrasion or cleaning agents and disinfectants.

Survey of the surface finishing industry on the economic situation VOA

VOA survey on the state of the surface finishing industry

A survey on the economic situation of companies in the surface finishing industry conducted by the VOA revealed that the situation remains serious, although the mood has improved slightly. The reasons lie in structural problems.

Model lawsuit Chromium trioxide Intermediate ECHA ZVO

Test case for recognition of chromium trioxide as an intermediate product

Chromium trioxide, when used in surface technology, is an intermediate product within the meaning of the REACH Regulation - this has now been decided by the VGH Baden-Württemberg in a test case brought by an electroplating company.

Industrial Parts Cleaning Trends and Outlook 2026 Interview Gerhard Koblenzer

Industrial parts cleaning: Trends and outlook for 2026

Trends and prospects in industrial parts cleaning for 2026: Gerhard Koblenzer, CEO of LPW Reinigungssysteme, in a Trendbarometer interview with Oliver Missbach, Editor-in-Chief of Surface Technology Online.

PVD meets wet paint - plastic coatings for furniture and e-bikes

Both wet painting and PVD coating are used for high-quality plastic coatings. This is based on expertise from the automotive industry, which is now being used across all sectors for sophisticated components.