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Venjakob at Ligna 2025 with solutions for the wood industry
Venjakob Maschinenbau will be presenting innovative surface coating solutions for woodworking and wood processing at Ligna 2025 in Hanover (May 26-30)…
Hesse Lignal celebrates its 115th anniversary
Hesse Lignal, the family business from Hamm Bockum-Hövel, is celebrating its 115th anniversary on April 1, 2025. Since its foundation in 1910, the…
Adphos expert meeting on the future of coil processing
Adphos Thermal Processing held a successful workshop on the topic of "Coil Processing" in March 2025. It provided insights into the aNir technology,…
Helmut Fischer at Control 2025: Measuring devices for surface inspection
At Control 2025, Helmut Fischer GmbH, a leading supplier in the field of surface inspection, will be presenting numerous measurement solutions for…
Covestro builds automated laboratory for coatings and adhesives formulations
Covestro is driving innovation in the coatings and adhesives industry with a new, automated laboratory for formulation optimization: from 2025,…
New Norton Norax N889 abrasive belts with microstructure
With the new Norax N889 abrasive belts, Norton presents an innovative solution for the fine finishing of metal surfaces. The combination of 3D pyramid…
IMO Oberflächentechnik honored as "1A training company"
IMO Oberflächentechnik GmbH has once again received the “1A Training Company” award from the Northern Black Forest Chamber of Industry and Commerce…
UV Days 2025 from IST Metz: program with specialist presentations and workshops
The UV Days 2025, organized by IST Metz, will offer a unique opportunity for professionals to learn about the latest trends and technologies in UV and…
Adler at Ligna 2025 with innovative surface solutions
Adler Lacke will be showcasing innovative surface solutions at "Adler Square" during the world's leading trade fair Ligna 2025 in Hanover. These…
33rd Symposium Industrial Component Cleaning 2025
The next Industrial Component Cleaning 2025 symposium of the German Industrial Parts Cleaning Association (FiT) from June 26 - 27, 2025 in Esslingen…
Venjakob: Coating system for battery cells at Battery Show Europe
Venjakob will be represented at the Battery Show Europe 2025 in Hall 8, Stand D31. The company will be presenting its innovative process for the…
Lach Diamant: Diamond tool pioneer Horst Lach celebrates his birthday
Horst Lach, an icon of the diamond tool industry, is celebrating his 85th birthday. With a life full of pioneering innovations and tireless…
Joke carbide coating device for robust surfaces
The Eneska Rapidcoat carbide coating device from Joke Technology is used for the quick and easy coating of particularly stressed surfaces by applying…
Dürr software module optimizes supply air control in paint booths
The new Advanced Analytics Smart AC software module from Dürr makes the temperature and humidity control of supply air systems more flexible and…
AI for laser welding from Trumpf for the automotive industry
A new AI solution from Trumpf checks the quality of components, such as batteries for electric cars, immediately after laser welding in order to…
ZVO Trainee Challenge 2024 winners have been announced
The winners of the #AzubiChallenge 2024 of the Zentralverband Oberflächentechnik e.V. (ZVO) have been announced: The first three places were awarded…
Innovent surface technology department with new management
The Surface Technology department at Innovent e.V. has a new management team with dual leadership: Dr. Andreas Pfuch and Dr. Martin Schulz are taking…
Evonik: Mass-balanced products for coatings and printing inks
Evonik Coating Additives launches Tego Wet 270 Eco and Tego Foamex 812 Eco, its first two mass-balanced products. These offer the same…
Dr. Hönle with new LED optics for UV adhesive curing
Dr. Hönle AG has developed a new type of optics for its Bluepoint LED UV curing unit series, which bundles the light into a linear irradiation and can…
BASF Coatings increases production capacity in China
BASF Coatings has successfully expanded its production capacity for polyester and polyurethane resin at its plant in Caojing, Shanghai, China, for the…
Fraunhofer IAIS at the Hannover Messe: Intelligent AI surface inspection
At Hannover Messe 2025 from March 31 to April 4, Fraunhofer IAIS will be presenting Alvisto, an intelligent surface inspection system with hybrid…
Umicore: New cobalt- and nickel-free hard gold plating
Umicore Metal Deposition Solutions launches its new Auruna product range. This innovative range offers cobalt and nickel-free hard gold plating that…
European Coatings Show 2025 with record participation
The European Coatings Show has once again impressively demonstrated its importance as the leading platform for the paint and coatings industry. From…
VOA publishes annual report 2024/2025
The Association for Surface Finishing of Aluminum e. V. (VOA) presents its Annual Report 2024/2025. This provides a comprehensive overview of all of…
IWG founds Galvano Competence Center with contract electroplating
As a specialist for metal finishing and electroplating products, IWG becomes a full-service provider in electroplating technology with the founding of…
Kansai Helios Austria opens new finished goods warehouse
Kansai Helios Austria has opened its new finished goods warehouse in Vienna-Floridsdorf. The modern building offers over 7,200 m² of space for around…
SKZ: Superhydrophobic surfaces thanks to microcapsules in plastics
By integrating microcapsules into plastic compounds, various property improvements can be achieved in components. At the SKZ Plastics Center,…
Hesse Hyperion prevents yellow discoloration on wood surfaces
Hesse Hyperion prevents yellow discoloration of water-based lacquers and water-based stains when applied to wood surfaces such as oak and other types…
Surface finisher Mbw Group files for insolvency
Several companies in the Mbw Group, a group of companies specializing in the surface finishing of metals with a total of 320 employees, have filed for…
Hubergroup showcases bio-based UV oligomers at ECS 2025
Hubergroup Chemicals is presenting sustainable, bio-based UV oligomers for coatings at the European Coatings Show 2025 (ECS). They are suitable for…
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