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Hönle UV curing battery cells Battery Show Europe 2025

Battery Show Europe: Hönle with solutions for battery production

Drying/HardeningHoenle

Dr. Hönle AG will be exhibiting its wide range of modern UV curing systems at the Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart from June 3 to 5, 2025. The focus…

AkzoNobel IPG Photonics Powder coating Laser curing Powder coating Cooperation

AkzoNobel & IPG Photonics: Laser curing of powder coatings

Drying/HardeningAkzo Nobel

AkzoNobel and IPG Photonics have entered into a strategic partnership to cure powder coatings using laser technology. The powder coating is…

Lars Baumgürtel Zinq President IHK North Westphalia

Lars Baumgürtel is the new IHK President of North Westphalia

IndustryIHK Nord Westfalen

Lars Baumgürtel (58) is the new President of the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK). In April 2025, the general assembly of the…

bürkle ligna 2025

Ligna 2025: Bürkle with coating and surface technology

CoatingsBürkle

Robert Bürkle GmbH will be presenting its comprehensive portfolio in the field of press and coating technology at Ligna 2025. Bürkle focuses on the…

Bruker Alicona Control 2025 surface roughness meters

Bruker Alicona at Control 2025 with measurement technology innovations

AnalyticsBruker Alicona

At Control 2025, Bruker Alicona, a manufacturer of non-contact measurement systems, will be presenting many measurement technology innovations. The…

parts2clean expertforum call for papers presentation submission

Parts2clean Expert Forum: Submit presentations now

Cleaning/PretreatFraunhofer Reinigung

Call for Papers for the Expert Forum at Parts2clean 2025: Proposals for specialist presentations and product information on industrial parts and…

OFI Powder Day 2025

OFI organizes Powder Day 2025 on powder coatings

PaintingOFI

The Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology (OFI) invites you to the Powder Day 2025 on November 13 in Brunn am Gebirge. The main…

ligna 2025 arrival climate ticket public transport

Climate ticket for Ligna 2025 - free use of public transport

Deutsche Messe

Travel to Ligna 2025 in the greater Hanover area free of charge and CO2-neutral - the Climate Ticket makes it possible. Deutsche Messe, together with…

Qualicoat rebranding

Qualicoat quality mark starts rebranding

CoatingsVOA

Qualicoat, the leading quality label in the field of aluminum surface finishing, has been rebranded. As the German general licensee, the VOA provides…

Industry workshop Production control Fraunhofer IPM 3D surface coating Purity

Fraunhofer IPM organizes industry workshop on production control

AnalyticsFraunhofer IPM

At the "Industry Workshop Production Control" at Fraunhofer IPM, participants will learn what optical measurement and testing methods can achieve in…

remmers wood protection exterior glaze wood surfaces

Remmers: Economical protection for exterior wood surfaces

CoatingsRemmers

The solvent-reduced HK-Lasur 3in1 [plus] from Remmers promises economical protection for exterior wood surfaces. Compared to conventional glazes, the…

Fraunhofer Vision Control 2025 Surface inspection Surface testing

Fraunhofer Vision at Control 2025 with surface measurement and inspection systems

AnalyticsFraunhofer Vision

At Control 2025 in Stuttgart, the Fraunhofer Vision business unit will be presenting a selection of the latest measuring and inspection systems with…

AkzoNobel Supervisory Board Dr. Hans-Joachim Müller

AkzoNobel appoints Hans-Joachim Müller as member of the Supervisory Board

PaintingAkzo Nobel

AkzoNobel has announced the nomination of Dr. Hans-Joachim Müller to the company's Supervisory Board. The nomination was submitted to the shareholders…

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Yaskawa at Automatica 2025: AI meets robotics

Equipment/AccessoriesYaskawa

At this year's Automatica, everything at Yaskawa (Hall B6, Stand 502) revolves around AI-based robotics solutions for the smart factory and beyond. As…

Fit2clean Award 2025

FiT2clean Award 2025: Application phase started

Cleaning/PretreatFiT

The application phase for the FiT2clean Award 2025 has begun: Suppliers and users from all areas of industrial cleaning technology can now apply for…

jentner galvanik second managing director management

Lohngalvanik Jentner expands management with second managing director

GalvanizeJentner

Electroplating specialist C. Jentner GmbH from Pforzheim has appointed Tobias Kleiber as its second Managing Director alongside Managing Partner Chris…

Polytec Objective Profilometer Surface Analysis

Polytec: New 0.6X lens for surface analysis

AnalyticsPolytec

The new 0.6X objective for Polytec's surface profilometers optimizes areal and non-contact surface measurement technology. It captures roughness,…

breathing masks atorn ffp drilling welding grinding

Respirators from Atorn for drilling, grinding and welding

Equipment/AccessoriesHahn+Kolb

Six new FFP masks in the A-Mask series from Atorn offer maximum safety when drilling, grinding, welding and other dust-intensive work. Hahn + Kolb…

Blast wheel modernization Blast machine Wheelabrator

Wheelabrator: blast wheel upgrade halves cycle times for blasting system

Mechanical ProcessingWheelabrator

A 40-year-old overhead conveyor blast machine at a Spanish foundry was converted to "Titan 15 Smart" Wheelabrator blast wheels. The modernization…

axalta repair caravan surface

Axalta brochure on caravan surface repair

PaintingAxalta

Axalta has published a reference book with tips for caravan repairs. The special mix of materials, the low sheet thickness and the special surface…

World Paint and Coatings Week

World Paint and Coatings Week 2025 launched

PaintingWorld Coatings Council

With World Paint and Coatings Week, the World Coatings Council (WCC) has launched a new campaign to emphasize the importance and benefits of the…

Plasmatreat Battery Show Europe 2025 Battery production Plasma technology

Plasmatreat showcases plasma solutions at the Battery Show Europe 2025

Plasma TechnologyPlasmatreat

Plasmatreat presents its innovative surface treatment solutions at the Battery Show Europe 2025: Openair-Plasma and PlasmaPlus enable improved…

richard geiss flood protection

Richard Geiss invests in flood protection

IndustryGeiss

Richard Geiss GmbH invested heavily in flood protection following the flood disaster last summer. One of the new features is a specially manufactured…

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Plantag Coatings: Successful trade fair participation at IndiaWood 2025

PaintingPlantag

Plantag Coatings GmbH can look back on a successful participation in IndiaWood 2025 in Delhi. The trade fair is the internationally recognized leading…

VDMA General Air Technology Association new Executive Board

VDMA General Air Technology Association elects new Executive Board

IndustryVDMA

At the General Assembly 2025 of the VDMA General Ventilation Technology Association, the association's Executive Board was newly elected. Dr. Urs…

Thickness measurement of battery coatings Micro-Epsilon CombiSensr KSB6430

Micro-Epsilon: Precise thickness measurement of battery coatings

AnalyticsMicro-Epsilon

With the CombiSensor KSB6430, Micro-Epsilon presents a precise sensor system for one-sided thickness measurement of electrode coatings in battery foil…

ZVO Plant Chemistry Industrial Coaters Decline in sales

ZVO-FB Chemicals, plants and industrial coaters with declining sales

IndustryZVO

The ZVO specialist areas of chemicals and systems and industrial coating look back on negative economic development in 2024. The companies organized…

BASF Coatings Refinity automotive refinish

BASF Coatings Refinity: Digital color solutions for vehicle workshops

PaintingBASF

BASF Coatings optimizes digital color identification in vehicle workshops with its Refinity platform: New ImagePlus function, precise ScanR…

Bodo Möller Henkel Sealing Solutions FIPFG Technology Cooperation

Bodo Möller Chemie and Henkel cooperate

Special TopicsBodo Möller

Bodo Möller Chemie is now distributing Henkel's Sonderhoff Formed-In-Place Foam Gaskets (FIPFG) technology in 28 countries. It enables high-precision…

[Translate to English:] RAL-Farben-100-Jahre-Raw-Color-Edition

RAL Farben celebrates its 100th anniversary with Raw Color Edition

Special TopicsRAL

On the occasion of RAL's 100th anniversary, RAL Farben is cooperating with the Dutch design agency Raw Color. Under the motto "RAL - 100 Years - Joy…

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