Coatings General

Functional as well as decorative surface coatings are used to protect objects, improve haptics or appearance, or achieve other effects through special surface structures.

WMV SurfaceTechnology 2026 Robot automation Pulz Xtend coating system

WMV: Robot automation for Pulz Xtend coating system

CoatingsWMV

At SurfaceTechnology 2026, WMV will be exhibiting its robot automation for the Pulz Xtend coating system, the all-rounder in zinc flake coating.

Handle takeover Steel special coating

Henkel wants to take over specialty coatings company Stahl

CoatingsHenkel

Henkel intends to acquire the Dutch Stahl Group for a purchase price of 2.1 billion euros. Stahl is a global provider of high-performance specialty…

Sika laminate coating vinyl ester resin based

Sika: New laminate coating for collection trays and rooms

CoatingsSika

With Sikafloor VEL, Sika is launching a dissipative laminate coating based on vinyl ester resin for WHG-compliant collection trays and rooms. The…

Direct Coating Covestro In-Mold Coating Automotive

Covestro: Automotive coating with in-mold coating Direct Coating

CoatingsCovestro

Covestro is accelerating innovation in automotive coatings with its Direct Coating in-mold coating technology. It combines injection molding and…

Thin intermediate layers multilayer materials Empa

Empa: Thin intermediate layers strengthen multilayer materials

CoatingsEmpa

A polymer film coated with aluminum is used to protect satellites from temperature extremes. Researchers at Empa Thun are making the material even…

Book Sustainability of Coatings Manfred Schwartz

New book on the sustainability of coatings

CoatingsSchwartz

The new book "Sustainability of Coatings" explains how coatings contribute to global sustainability goals, going beyond performance optimization to…

New WMV technical center

New WMV technical center opened - realistic customer trials

CoatingsWMV

The new WMV technical center combines modern process technology with digital process intelligence and enables realistic tests for cleaning and…

Biesterfeld Chase Corporation Sales HumiSeal ABchimie Conformal Coatings

Biesterfeld: Partnership with Chase Corporation for protective coatings

CoatingsBiesterfeld

Biesterfeld has entered into a new partnership with Chase Corporation. The Hamburg-based company will distribute conformal coatings from HumiSeal and…

Dürr dry coating electrodes

Dürr: Dry coating of electrodes developed

CoatingsDürr

With X.Cellify DC, Dürr has developed a new type of dry coating for electrodes: The result is a free-standing film of active material that can be 100…

Color TOC Henkel Thin Organic Coating

Henkel Color-TOC: New shades for thin-film technology

CoatingsHenkel

Henkel is introducing a color variant of its organic thin-film technology for metal surfaces, the so-called Thin Organic Coating (TOC). It combines…

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