Die erste VACUDEST XL16.000 verlässt H2O-Produktion

Ende Juni verließ die erste VACUDEST XL 16.000 die Produktion der H2O GmbH. Die Anlage ergänzt die VACUDEST Baureihe bereits um die 19. Baugröße.

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Teknos Makes the World Last Longer

Teknos has outlined the Group's sustainability targets as part of its strategy renewal for 2019–2025. The goal is to become the most responsible actor in the industry and to make the world last longer through close cooperation with stakeholders and by investing in developing exceptional customer solutions and enhancing employees' expertise. The focus areas of the program are: Sustainable solutions and services, Responsible operations and supply chain, People development and Future generations.

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Covestro-Produkte im neuen Licht

Das neue Covestro Solution Center ist online: Ein wesentliches Element der Digitalisierungsstrategie von Covestro ist an den Start gegangen. Im neuen Covestro Solution Center können über eine intelligente Suche, die auch zahlreiche technische Produktmerkmale beinhaltet, mehr als 2.000 Covestro-Produkte abgerufen werden.

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Paint-Like Material Inspired by A Heat-Tolerant Desert Ant Could Keep Buildings Cool

Material inspired by an ant could cool buildings, reducing the need for air conditioning.

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Paint & Coatings 2020 Continues to Grow and Completes its Conference Program

The fair has been received with great enthusiasm and already has the participation of the main suppliers of the coating industry in Spain and Portugal.

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Evonik Expands Fumed Silica Capacity

Evonik has started up on schedule its new plant complex in Antwerp for production of fumed silica.

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Das Engagement die Zukunft aktiv zu gestalten, charakterisiert die Automotive Color Trends 2019/20

ACT/9, der Titel der Automotive Color Trends 2019/20, ist eine Aufforderung, die Zukunft aktiv zu gestalten.

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June in Review

High-level know-how, innovations in painting processes and an ever-greater push towards the sustainability of processes and material – this month's hot topics.

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VISIOMER Specialty Methacrylate Monomers Launches Online Product Recommender and VISIOMER Toolbox

As the pioneer in methacrylate chemistry, the Specialty Methacrylate Monomers group of Evonik has a standard portfolio that includes more than 40 different specialty monomers, and the ability to customize monomers to their customers' needs.

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How to Coat 700 Alloy Wheels per Hour with One Plant: Mapsa's Solution

Mapsa, a part of the Corporación Mondragón, the eighth Spanish business group, provides all major OEMs with its alloy wheels: PSA Group, Opel, Seat, Volkswagen-Audi Group, Kia, and Ford. Every hour, Mapsa coats 685 alloy wheels with a turnkey plant designed and built by OLPIDÜRR S.p.A., the world competence centre for alloy wheels of the German group Dürr.

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DSM Introduces New Resin to Drive Shift to Waterborne Coatings in Construction and Heavy Machinery Segments

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, has launched a new direct-to-metal (DTM), waterborne coating resin, NeoCryl® XK-117, that will enable a more sustainable future for the coatings industry. The new resin underlines DSM's commitment to developing coating resins that outperform conventional coating technologies in terms of both sustainability and functional performance.

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The Advantages of Robotics 4.0 for the Flame Hardening of Maserati Car Bumpers

Maserati has recently installed two new generation robots built by CMA Robotics for the flame hardening of plastic components. This has guaranteed greater compliance of painted surfaces to quality standards, significant operational savings in terms of process and consumption, and greater operator safety thanks to an innovative access system that was tailor-made for this factory.

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NSF Awards $225,000 to University of Arkansas-Affiliated Technology Company

The National Science Foundation has awarded $225,000 to start-up company SurfTec LLC to commercialize its patent-pending technology invented at the University of Arkansas.

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Cortec Now Offers Custom Perforations of VpCI-137 Foam Rolls

Flexibility and convenient corrosion protection are at your fingertips with Cortec's new custom perforation capabilities for VpCI®-137 foam rolls.

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A Tri-Layer Plasma-Deposited Coating to Protect Crops Against Fungi

A team of researchers from Italy tested whether a multilayer coating encapsulating a fungicide molecule could be effectively applied to the surface of seeds by means of plasma technology in order to control fungal infection.

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