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BIA Kunststoff- und Galvanotechnik has new managing directors

BIA Kunststoff- und Galvanotechnik: New management team

GalvanizeBIA

BIA Kunststoff- und Galvanotechnik sets the course for the future with two new managing directors in October 2025. Dr. Felix Heinzler (41) and Jonas…

Oltrogge and Atlas Copco partnership compressed air

Oltrogge and Atlas Copco celebrate five years of partnership

Equipment/AccessoriesOltrogge

The partnership between Oltrogge GmbH & Co. KG, engineering partner for technically sophisticated industrial solutions, and the compressed air…

Airbus SQIP Award Chemetall Cleaner Sealants Corrosion protection

Chemetall receives the Airbus SQIP Award 2025

IndustryBASF

Chemetall as a brand of BASF Coatings was once again honored with the highest award of the Airbus Supply Chain & Quality Improvement Program (SQIP…

Fit2clean Award 2025 finalists

FiT2clean Award 2025: The finalists have been announced

Cleaning/PretreatFiT

The finalists of the 4th FiT2clean Award of the German Industrial Parts Cleaning Association (FiT) have been selected by a jury. The three companies…

ABB Robotics RobotStudio AI Assistant

ABB Robotics: AI assistant for RobotStudio for robot programming

Equipment/AccessoriesABB Robotics

ABB Robotics has added an AI assistant to its RobotStudio simulation and programming software suite. The new RobotStudio AI Assistant harnesses the…

Galvanizing drum Tscherwitschke doubled drum opening

Tscherwitschke: Electroplating drum optimized and further developed

GalvanizeTscherwitschke

Richard Tscherwitschke GmbH has further developed and improved the "Galvanet" drum. It now has a doubled drum opening for faster filling and safe…

Colandis Parts2clean 2025 Contamination control Rental clean room Inspection booth

Colandis with cleanroom technology at Parts2clean 2025

Cleaning/PretreatColandis

Colandis GmbH will be presenting its range of services at Parts2clean. Companies are supported in areas such as contamination control. Mobile…

Sales Manager IGP Germany Thomas Eichhorn

IGP Germany appoints new Sales Manager

PaintingIGP

IGP Germany is setting the course for the future of its sales department: Thomas Eichhorn will take over the role of Sales Manager Germany on January…

AI painting defects Fraunhofer IPA

Fraunhofer IPA: Artificial intelligence avoids painting errors

PaintingFraunhofer IPA

Intelligent algorithms could soon provide early warning of painting errors and machine failures. Fraunhofer IPA has carried out a series of painting…

Seawater-resistant housing Rose corrosion protection

Seawater-resistant housings from Rose resist corrosion

Corrosion ProtectionRose

Rose Systemtechnik manufactures seawater-resistant enclosures for electronic components on ships. They must protect installations from water,…

FreiLacke Management Board Corporate management

FreiLacke: Changes in company management

PaintingFreilacke

Hans-Peter Frei will leave FreiLacke as Managing Director, member of the Executive Board and responsible for the technical disciplines on December 31,…

WMV Surface Technology Inc. location USA

WMV Surface Technology Inc.: WMV expands US site

Equipment/AccessoriesWMV

With the founding of WMV Surface Technology Inc., WMV is strengthening its presence in the USA. The plant manufacturer is thus laying the foundations…

BvL Oberflächentechnik Parts2clean 2025 Pressure change process VIT

BvL at Parts2clean 2025: Deep cleaning with implosive power

Cleaning/PretreatBvL

BvL Oberflächentechnik will be exhibiting at Parts2clean 2025, where trade visitors can find out more about BvL's range of customized cleaning…

Evonik Next Markets Program Recycling painted plastic parts

Evonik seeks growth markets: Recycling painted plastic parts

PaintingEvonik

Evonik wants to open up new growth markets with its Next Markets Program. In a pilot project, for example, painted plastic parts from the automotive…

Paint shop BMW Debrecen plant CO2e-Footprint

New BMW paint shop reduces CO₂e emissions in vehicle production

PaintingBMW

The new BMW Group Plant Debrecen starts series production of the BMW iX3 at the end of October. The use of electricity from renewable energies instead…

Kullen-Koti Blechexpo 2025 Deburring Surface treatment

Kullen-Koti at Blechexpo 2025: Wide range of brushing systems

Mechanical ProcessingKullen-Koti

Kullen-Koti will be providing an insight into its current portfolio at Blechexpo 2025. The focus will be on tool brushes for deburring and finishing…

Reduction of CO2 footprint Powder coatings BASF AkzoNobel Arkema

BASF, AkzoNobel & Arkema: Reducing the CO2 footprint of powder coatings

LackierenBASF

A new partnership aims to drive the reduction of CO2 emissions in the paints and coatings industry. BASF, AkzoNobel and Arkema want to accelerate the…

Heidelberg Solenis barrier coating paper packaging

Heidelberg and Solenis: Coated paper packaging

CoatingsHeidelberger

At Fachpack 2025 in Nuremberg, Heidelberg and Solenis presented a jointly developed innovative process for barrier coatings on flexible paper…

Weber Ultrasonics ZVO Surface Days 2025

Weber Ultrasonics with ultrasonic cleaning at the ZVO Surface Days

Cleaning/PretreatWeber Ultrasonics

Weber Ultrasonics AG will be presenting itself as an internationally active provider of innovative ultrasonic solutions for industrial cleaning and…

Mirka takeover of Hermes abrasives

Mirka takes over assets from Hermes Schleifmittel

Mechanical ProcessingMirka

Mirka Ltd, announces the acquisition of all conventional bonded grinding wheel assets from Hermes Schleifmittel GmbH. Mirka intends to further expand…

AkzoNobel colors of the year 2026

AkzoNobel colors of the year 2026 presented

PaintingAkzo Nobel

Three color palettes in blue have been selected by AkzoNobel as the colors of the year 2026: The Rhythm of Blues color trends collection consists of…

Qubus IFO ZVO Surface Days

Qubus and IFO together at the ZVO Surface Days 2025

CoatingsQubus

Qubus Planung und Beratung Oberflächentechnik GmbH and IFO Institut für Oberflächentechnik GmbH will be presenting themselves together at the ZVO…

H2O GmbH Parts2clean 2025 Wastewater management

H2O GmbH at Parts2clean 2025: Modern wastewater management

Equipment/AccessoriesH2O

H2O GmbH is once again exhibiting at Parts2clean with innovative solutions for industrial wastewater treatment. The Vacudest vacuum distillation…

Benseler 10 years Czech Republic Deburring Cleaning

Benseler represented in the Czech Republic for 10 years

Cleaning/PretreatBenseler

The Benseler Group has been operating successfully in the Czech Republic with its subsidiary Prove Tech CZ for ten years - the order volume at the…

Fraunhofer IPA Parts2clean 2025

Fraunhofer IPA at Parts2clean 2025: Cleanroom and VDA 19.1 revision

Cleaning/PretreatFraunhofer IPA

Visitors to Parts2clean 2025 can experience live demonstrations in the mobile cleanroom at the Fraunhofer IPA stand. As an exhibitor at the trade…

Mipa Belgium Benelux

Mipa Group founds Mipa Belgium and strengthens market presence in Benelux

PaintingMipa

The subsidiary Mipa Nederland B.V. has taken over the automotive paint and dealer business of the long-standing Belgian importer B-Coat BVBA as of…

Helmut Fischer Research Institute Fem Cooperation Research Electroplating

Helmut Fischer & Fem: Research project galvanic coating processes

GalvanizeHelmut Fischer

The Research Institute for Precious Metals and Metal Chemistry (Fem) and Helmut Fischer GmbH are intensifying their collaboration. As part of a…

MKS Atotech ZVO Surface Days 2025

MKS' Atotech takes part in the ZVO Surface Days 2025

GalvanizeMKS Atotech

Atotech, a brand of the Materials Solutions Division of MKS, will be exhibiting at the ZVO Surface Days 2025 in Berlin. As a technology leader in…

German Environmental Award 2025 DBU Zinq Baumgürtel Bendiek

German Environmental Award 2025 from the DBU goes to Zinq

IndustryZinq

The German Environmental Award 2025 goes to Lars Baumgürtel and Dr. Birgitt Bendiek, Managing Directors of Zinq, for their circular business model…

CEC special show process chain technical cleanliness Parts2clean 2025

Parts2clean special show "Process chain technical cleanliness" of the CEC

Cleaning/PretreatCEC

The special show "Process Chain Technical Cleanliness" at the joint CEC stand at Parts2clean 2025 will show how the required component cleanliness can…

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