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SurTec and Chem-Trend at Euroguss 2024
For the third time, SurTec and Chem-Trend - both companies of the Freudenberg Chemical Specialities Group - will jointly present future-oriented…
Copper Symposium 2023: Successful materials conference
At the end of November, more than 130 copper enthusiasts attended the Copper Symposium 2023, this year's materials conference organized by the Copper…
SKZ receives 3D profilometer for surface measurement
The SKZ Plastics Center has a new non-contact measuring device for topography and surface roughness: The optical 3D profilometer type S Neox enables…
Ligna 2027 with new event date
From 2027, Ligna will set a new strategic course in terms of dates. It will leave the usual event period over Ascension Day and will continue to be…
Peters receives new coating machine for PCB coating
As part of the Peters Coating Innovation Forum (PCIF), Peters presented the new MYC50 coating machine for selective coating of assembled PCBs in the…
Härtha Group takes over metal surface refiner Vacuum
The Härtha Group has acquired the Italian company Vacuum. The company, based near Milan, has been specializing in the finishing and hardening of…
AkzoNobel cooperates with CoatingAI: AI-based powder coating software
AkzoNobel's Powder Coating division and CoatingAI have signed a collaboration agreement. The novel AI-based software Flightpath automatically…
Optics coated by Laser Components pass endurance stress tests
Laser Components optics were subjected to an intensive stress test at a laser power of 40 kW by a well-known manufacturer of laser cutting processes.…
SurTec takes over surface chemicals provider Aluservice
SurTec has acquired the Italian company Aluservice. Aluservice specializes in research and development as well as the sale of chemical specialities…
AkzoNobel: New coatings for beverage cans
A new coating technology from AkzoNobel is helping the beverage can industry to switch to products that are free from substances of concern. The…
Beko Technologies builds new German production facility
The manufacturer Beko Technologies, which specializes in compressed air treatment, is building a new production facility in Netphen near Siegen. On…
11th QIB Industrial Coating Practice Forum 2023 successfully held
The Qualitätsgemeinschaft Industriebeschichtung e.V. (QIB) welcomed over 220 visitors to the 11th QIB Industrial Coating Practice Forum on November…
New Atorn 45° face milling cutters for outstanding surface finishes
New to the Hahn + Kolb range are the new 45° high-performance face milling cutters from Atorn: Twelve efficient cutting edges per insert enable smooth…
Chromium(VI): CETS and ECHA in technical exchange
Representatives of the European surface association CETS visited the European Chemicals Agency ECHA in Helsinki on November 13, 2023. The reason for…
Brillux informs about powder coating for defense technology
Brillux Industrielack provided information on powder coating solutions for military technology in Münster. More than 80 selected decision-makers from…
New Covestro PU dispersion for more sustainable textile coatings
Covestro offers a new aqueous and partially bio-based PU dispersion for textile coating under the name Impranil CQ DLU. It is one third bio-based and…
Coatmaster opens European site in Germany
The Swiss coating thickness gauge manufacturer Coatmaster has opened a new location for its European customers with the establishment of Coatmaster…
Heinz Dürr passes away at the age of 90
Heinz Dürr passed away unexpectedly in Berlin on Monday evening. The Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board and anchor shareholder of Dürr AG was…
Dörken Days 2023: Exciting topics and valuable encounters
This year's Dörken Days took place in Essen on November 23, 2023. For over ten years, this traditional event has been a permanent fixture in the event…
VDMA General Ventilation Technology: Companies expect a decline in sales in 2024
The VDMA General Air Technology Association expects sales to decline in 2024: companies' production and exports are currently still in positive…
"Everyone needs a powder award": QIB Trainee Award 2023 presented
The presentation of the "Everyone Needs Powder Award 2023" to the best graduates of the process mechanic for coating technology apprenticeship was one…
K-Branche.de: New company portal for the plastics industry
The official launch of K-Branche, the company portal developed by the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid and the Markentrainer advertising agency from…
VDI guideline 3457 "Emission reduction; powder coating" is being revised
After more than a year of revision, the draft of VDI guideline 3457 "Emission reduction; powder coating" will be published in spring 2024. This…
Eckart effect pigment for autonomous driving with high radar transparency
Eckart is expanding its product range of silver effect pigments for radar-transparent painting of vehicles and add-on parts with the new product Luxan…
ABB Robotics and B&R Automation bundle expertise at one location
B&R Automation is relocating its German headquarters from Bad Homburg to Friedberg, the location of ABB's Robotics division. The joint location…
Adler Lacke: Start of construction for new raw materials logistics
The go-ahead has been given for the major expansion and modernization project "Factory of the Future" at the Adler Lacke site in Schwaz/Tyrol. In the…
AMB 2024: Exhibition grounds fully booked
In 2024, the who's who of the metalworking industry will meet at AMB from September 10 to 14. Following the end of the registration phase in October…
Copper Association: Copper processing industry under pressure
Negative economic expectations: The copper processing industry is under pressure, the German Economic Institute warns of migration. The Chairman of…
AkzoNobel launches low-energy powder coating on the market
AkzoNobel is the first company in the industry to launch a powder coating for architectural paints that can be cured at temperatures of up to 150°C…
New Evident DP75 high-end microscope camera
The DP75 digital microscope camera from Evident opens up new dimensions in microscopic imaging. Brightfield images and fluorescence images in a wide…
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