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.

Hubergroup Chemicals Elara Additive

Hubergroup Elara: New additive product range for paints and coatings

CoatingsHubergroup

Hubergroup Chemicals expands its portfolio with new high-performance additives: Elara. The launch marks a significant step in the company's…

CemeCon HiPIMS coatings tool manufacturer

CemeCon records increasing demand for HiPIMS coatings

CoatingsCemeCon

Tool manufacturers from Thailand and Southeast Asia are increasingly relying on HiPIMS coatings from technology leader CemeCon to increase the…

Innovent SurfaceTechnology Germany 2026

Innovent: Functional coatings at SurfaceTechnology Germany

CoatingsInnovent

Innovent is exhibiting at SurfaceTechnology Germany 2026 in Stuttgart. In Hall 1, Stand D27, the Jena-based research institute will be presenting…

Fraunhofer IST Workshop Plasma Simulation Coating

Fraunhofer IST: Plasma simulation as the key to industrial processes

CoatingsFraunhofer IST

How can coating and etching processes be made more efficient, robust and data-driven? This question was the focus of the industrial workshop "Plasma…

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…

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