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Häwa Christmas party with honors and farewells
Häwa GmbH traditionally invites its employees to a Christmas party on the last working day before the festive season. Numerous jubilarians were…
DFO: Personnel changes in the office
There will be personnel changes at the office of the German Research Association for Surface Treatment (DFO) in 2024, as the President of DFO e.V.,…
VdL gets new managing director
Dr. Christof Walter has been appointed Managing Director of the Association of the German Paint and Printing Ink Industry (VdL) as of 1 January 2024.…
Adler at architect@work in Düsseldorf for the first time
At its first appearance at the architect@work 2023 trade fair in Düsseldorf, paint manufacturer Adler showcased its coordinated, sustainable and…
ZVO and DGO offer online internships for students
The Zentralverband Oberflächentechnik e.V. (ZVO) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Galvano- und Oberflächentechnik e.V. (DGO) offer a list of paid…
Brillux Industrielack: Video gives an insight behind the scenes
In a new video, Brillux Industrielack provides insights into its product development and presents the possibilities of its system-coordinated product…
Copper Alloys 2024 Call for Papers
With Copper Alloys, the Copper Association, in cooperation with the Swedish institute RI.SE, organizes an international congress for copper processing…
GBneuhaus wins the Better Painting Award 2023 in the contract coater category
GBneuhaus received the Better Painting Award 2023 in the category of contract coaters with 50 to 100 employees. The company received the award at the…
BYK celebrates 150 years
The specialty chemicals company BYK is celebrating 150 years: Since 1873, BYK has been a pioneer in specialty chemicals, driving the industry forward…
Freudenberg bundles bonded coatings business at SurTec
Freudenberg Chemical Specialities GmbH (FCS) intends to bundle its business for the development, production and distribution of bonded coatings under…
Fronius wins gold in EcoVadis sustainability rating
EcoVadis carries out sustainability ratings and is one of the best-known and most renowned agencies in the world. In this year's assessment, Fronius…
Trowal: New vibratory finishing centrifuge automatically recycles process water
The new ZA 04 peeling centrifuge from Walther Trowal reduces the manual effort and time required for setting up the machine and its maintenance to…
Umicore trainee honored as best surface coater in Germany
Mika Jost from Umicore Galvanotechnik was honored as the best surface coater in Germany. He achieved 96 points in his IHK final examination as a…
Axalta becomes exclusive supplier for BMW vehicle paint own brand
Axalta Coating Systems becomes exclusive supplier for ColorSystem. This is the BMW Group's own paint brand for currently 15 European countries and…
Panacol introduces new optical adhesives
Panacol will present new optical resins and adhesives for imprint and optical bonding applications at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, USA. These…
PaintExpo and Polish paint technology industry association SLP agree on partnership
PaintExpo and SLP - The Association of Industrial Coating (Stowarzyszenie Lakiernictwa Przemyslowego) - from Poland are laying the foundation for a…
RAL Trendbox 2025+ wins gold at the German Design Award 2024
The RAL Trendbox 2025+ material collection as a counterpart to the color trend report is awarded the highest prize of the German Design Awards in the…
Hannover Messe 2024: Call for Papers
Hannover Messe 2024 invites you to participate in the Call for Papers for the supporting program. The submissions should be assigned to the trend…
Adler Academy: Seminars on wood coating 2024
In 2024, the Adler Academy will once again be offering over 30 seminars for the further training of woodworkers. The wood coating courses on surface…
Webinar Quality control automotive industry with thermal imaging cameras from Teledyne Flir
Teledyne Flir and Infraservice are organizing a free webinar on quality control with thermal imaging cameras in the automotive industry to detect…
SurFunction: New technology platform for laser surface functionalization
SurFunction presented its new Elipsys technology platform at Blechexpo 2023, which is based on the award-winning DLIP (Direct Laser Interference…
Axalta adds radar-compatible color formulas to its color formula database
Axalta Refinish has added color formulas that are compatible with radar systems to its global online color formula databases - ChromaWeb, Phoenix…
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.…
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