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SurfaceTechnology Germany 2026 with new date
SurfaceTechnology Germany, the international trade fair for surface technology, will be held on a new date in May in 2026. It will take place from May…
Dürr plans pilot plant for dry coating of electrodes
Together with its partners Cellforce and LiCAP, Dürr is implementing a pilot line for the dry coating of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.…
Dörken: New CEO Industrial Coatings Christos Tselebidis
With Christos Tselebidis, Dörken gains a new CEO for the Industrial Coatings division, which is a global leader in coating solutions and…
BASF Coatings: Renewable electricity at North American sites
BASF Coatings successfully switched to 100% renewable electricity at its North American sites in Greenville, Ohio, and Blackman Township in Jackson…
Axalta financial year 2024: profit and sales increase
Axalta was able to increase profits and sales in the 2024 financial year despite a difficult market environment. The company achieved record sales of…
AkzoNobel with new water-based paint for car paint repair
AkzoNobel and its Sikkens brand have developed a new generation of waterborne basecoats for vehicle refinishing that can significantly improve the…
Dörken at Fastener Fair Global 2025: PFAS-free corrosion protection
Dörken will be exhibiting at the Fastener Fair Global 2025, the 10th international trade fair for the fastener and fixing industry. The manufacturer…
Fit seminar on quality assurance in component cleaning
The two-day seminar "Quality assurance in component cleaning" 2025 is a high-quality further training and qualification measure from the Fachverband…
CEC: New laboratory interlaboratory test for particulate measuring systems according to VDA 19.1
A laboratory round robin test for particulate measuring systems in accordance with VDA 19.1 will be organized by the Cleaning Excellence Center (CEC)…
Weber Ultrasonics appoints new Vice President Commercial Management
Weber Ultrasonics AG has brought Matthias Cullmann into the company as Vice President Commercial Management as of February 1, 2025, where he will…
ZVO: Girls' Day 2025 - female surface coaters wanted
Girls' Day 2025 on April 3, 2025 is an opportunity to get girls interested in surface technology. The ZVO supports its member companies in attracting…
AGTOS is acquired by Sintokogio LTD.
AGTOS has a new owner in the form of the Japanese company Sintokogio LTD. Following the purchase, the manufacturer of wheel blast machines was…
Seco machining solutions now available from Hahn + Kolb
Hahn + Kolb will be the official sales partner for products and solutions from machining specialist Seco from May 1, 2025. As a result, users in the…
Technotrans SE gets new CFO Natascha Sander
Natascha Sander will become Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Technotrans SE with effect from February 1, 2025. Natascha Sander has been Head of Group…
Ecoclean: Basic training and webinars on industrial component cleaning
The Ecoclean Academy provides the theoretical and practical know-how required for industrial component cleaning in two-day basic training courses.…
Kansai Helios Board of Directors with new member Frank Gläser
Frank Gläser becomes a new member of the Kansai Helios Group's Management Board. Gläser brings with him a wealth of experience from almost four…
Torwegge presents overhead conveyor system live at Logimat
Torwegge will be presenting its innovative conveyor system, the Torwegge overhead conveyor (THB), live in action at the Logimat 2025 trade fair. The…
Panacol UV adhesive for film lamination of flexible PV modules
Panacol has developed a new UV adhesive specifically for film lamination of organic (OPV) and perovskite-based (PSC) photovoltaic systems: Vitralit UH…
Axalta: Global Industrial Coatings with new President Tim Bowes
Axalta Coating Systems has appointed Tim Bowes as president of its Global Industrial Coatings business. Effective January 27, 2025, Bowes will succeed…
Wacker fiscal year 2024: Good result despite weak market environment
Wacker Chemie AG has presented its preliminary figures for fiscal 2024. Despite the persistently weak market environment, the chemical company…
Mahr: Optical surface measurement with confocal microscope
Mahr has relaunched its powerful confocal microscopes from the MarSurf CM explorer product line. With the compact table-top systems, users can measure…
RAL Farben launches water-based RAL K5 color fan
The RAL K5 color fan is now being produced with water-based paint technology in gloss and semi-matt versions. Last year, the compact RAL K7 color fan…
SurTec at Fastener Fair Global 2025: Coatings for fasteners
As a specialist in surface technology, SurTec will be presenting its extensive portfolio of functional coatings at the Fastener Fair Global 2025. This…
AMA survey: Sensors and measurement technology with stagnating sales
The sensor and measurement technology sector recorded no change in turnover in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter, according…
Vulkan Inox looks back on a successful 2024
The blasting media manufacturer Vulkan Inox achieved success in 2024: The company opened a branch in Mexico, won the Top 100 Innovation Award in the…
Hönle at ECS 2025 with curing and drying systems
At the European Coatings Show 2025 (ECS), the Hönle Curing Business Unit will be presenting curing and drying systems that are used in the laboratory,…
X-Rite: Light booth for conversion to LED-based color matching
X-Rite launches the Judge LED light booth for a smooth transition to LED-based visual color matching. This enables LED-based color matching while…
Adphos workshop on BearLite technology in battery production
Under the motto "BearLite Production System Ready to Ship - Inspection, Analysis, and Evaluation of Thermal Battery Processing", Adphos organized a…
Online regulars' table for paint and varnish manufacturers
Markus Vüllers and Matthias Bader came up with the idea of a regular online get-together for painting and coating companies. Inspired by a paint…
New ZVO Master Scholar Florian Pantleonn
Florian Pantleon, Master's student of electrochemistry and electroplating, Department of Electrochemistry and Electroplating at TU Ilmenau, will…
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