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Umicore expands product range for semiconductors
Umicore's Metal Deposition Solutions (MDS) business unit is expanding its product offering for the growing semiconductor market through the…
Holzapfel: Surface coating for hydrogen electrolysis
Protection during hydrogen production in electrolysers: The Holzapfel Group has developed special coatings to prevent base materials such as metals…
Plantag Coatings opens new production facility in Detmold
Plantag Coatings has opened a state-of-the-art production facility for coating technologies in Detmold. The production of high-performance,…
Thin-film coatings for space from the University of Leoben on the ISS
Highly developed thin-film coatings from the University of Leoben have arrived on the International Space Station (ISS). The innovative coatings,…
ABB: Cooperation on simulation software for paint shops
ABB has entered into a strategic cooperation with Engineering Software Steyr GmbH (ESS) to develop powerful simulation tools that will transform the…
DIN 53099 published
DIN 53099 "Metallic coatings - Electroplated chromium coatings from chromium(III)-based electrolytes on copper-nickel coatings on plastics -…
PPG announces management change for industrial coatings
There will be a change in leadership at PPG's Industrial Coatings business effective January 1, 2025: Juliane Hefel, currently Vice President,…
3M and Axalta cooperate on training for car paint repair
3M and Axalta are partnering to launch a new series of training content focused on automotive paint repair. The series will include five cross-brand…
New µm precision indicator Sensikator from Atorn for measuring the smallest parts
The new Atorn Sensikator precision indicator from Hahn + Kolb can measure minimal lengths in the thousandth of a millimeter range. Its measuring range…
Rieger Metallveredlung expands management
Rieger Metallveredlung GmbH & Co. KG is expanding its management team: Igor Rudel took over the position of Co-Managing Director alongside the…
BASF Coatings successfully tests electric trucks to reduce CO2 emissions
BASF Coatings and Koch International rely on electric trucks for long-distance transport: a test phase with over 10,000 test kilometers was…
Intelligent Fluids agrees cooperation with industrial cleaning company
Intelligent Fluids starts a multi-year cooperation with Europe's largest industrial cleaning company. The aim is to find environmentally friendly…
Adler-Lacke celebrates 90 years of Schwaz paint factory
The company celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Adler-Werk paint factory in Schwaz/Tyrol with a company evening. 333 employees and 101 accompanying…
BEP Surface Technologies intensifies nanodiamond research and development
BEP Surface Technologies, a specialist in electroplating and surface finishing, has hired chemical engineer Dinesh Durgappa to drive research and…
Metrohm: Pre-calibrations for NIR spectroscopy
With pre-calibrations for fast application of near-infrared spectroscopy: Metrohm now offers pre-calibrations for the Omnis NIR Analyzer, making…
Plasmatreat introduces new open-air plasma system for EPDM profiles
Plasmatreat presented a new EPDM station with open-air plasma technology at Fakuma 2024. This enables manufacturers from the automotive industry to…
QIB blasting project: Results of the blasting media test presented
The first results of the extensive QIB blasting project were presented by the experts from the Quality Association for Industrial Coating (QIB) at the…
Wagner sells its bonding and sealing division
Wagner sells its bonding and sealing division to Carlisle Fluid Technologies. The Wagner Group will increasingly focus on the core area of surface…
Mercedes-Benz: Solar paint for electric vehicles
A new type of solar paint applied to the surface of electric vehicles could generate electricity for 12,000 kilometers or more per year. The…
Ecoclean expands EcoCcompact with L and XL variants
Ecoclean has expanded the cost-efficient EcoCcompact system for solvent cleaning and preservation with the L and XL model variants. The new product…
AkzoNobel: Hydrogen-powered paint booth for the automotive industry
One of the first hydrogen-powered paint booths in the automotive industry has been installed by AkzoNobel in a new training center in Belgium. Using…
Tscherwitschke: 50 years of mechanically butt-welded electroplating drums
Richard Tscherwitschke revolutionized the electroplating industry 50 years ago with the introduction of mechanical butt welding for electroplating…
Mitsui Chemicals: PTFE alternative Mipelon UHMW-PE fine powder
The spherical UHMW-PE fine powder Mipelon from Mitsui Chemicals Europe offers a high-performance alternative to PTFE in terms of sliding friction,…
Micro-Epsilon 3D snapshot sensors even more powerful
The most powerful Micro-Epsilon 3D snapshot sensors of the latest generation from the SurfaceControl series measure even the finest details on…
New water-based basecoat Cromax EZ+ for paint stores
With Cromax EZ+, Cromax is launching its latest basecoat for automotive workshops on the German market. The new water-based basecoat system for…
Grimm Pulverlack with new sales representative
Grimm Pulverlack welcomes Nicolas Kouba as a new member of its sales team. Kouba takes over the helm in the Bavarian sales region from Otto…
Technotrans: 2024 financial year on track
Technotrans remained on target in the first nine months of the 2024 financial year despite the weak economic environment. The Board of Management…
Paint manufacturers against anti-dumping duties on titanium dioxide from China
The Confederation of European Paint Manufacturers (CEPE) is calling on the Member States to reject the European Commission's proposal to impose…
AVT GmbH becomes part of the Busch Group
Dr.-Ing. Karl Busch GmbH, a member of the Busch Group, has acquired AVT GmbH. AVT (Atmosphären- und Vakuum-Technik) offers spare parts and services…
Hartmut Herdin from fairXperts passes away
Hartmut Herdin passed away unexpectedly on November 13, 2024 at the age of 70. Herdin was Managing Director of the private trade fair organizer…
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