2014

Workshop: "Colour Consulting Days"

Indoor/outdoor spaces - L'importanza delle superfici: colore, materia, texture - 8-9 maggio 2014, Milano

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RIH Is Majority Shareholder of the Coatings Giant Helios

As of 3 April 2014, the Austrian "Ring" International Holding AG (RIH) is the new majority shareholder of Helios Domžale, d.d. Thus, the young industry group managed to acquire the first company from a long list of planned privatizations in Slovenia. With a total turnover of about EUR 450 million, a joint production capacity of almost 100,000 tons of liquid and powder coatings, and altogether 15 production sites, the group is among the top 10 European coatings producers.

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GardoFlex: The New Flexible Multi-Metal Pretreatment Technology for the Automotive Industry

The new GardoFlex pretreatment technology by Chemetall offers manifold benefits to the automotive industry: It is suited for multi-metal treatment at unlimited throughput of aluminum substrates and high cost efficiency in production. As the technology is easy to implement, many automotive customers have already benefited from the high flexibility of GardoFlex.

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Evonik: Bright Prospects for Matte Paints

Matte hydroxyalkylamide (HAA) powder coating systems produced in a cost-effective, one-shot process and outstanding surface quality and reliable gloss reduction.

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Manuela Casali Confirmed as President of UCIF

On April 2, 2014, Manuela Casali was confirmed unanimously as President of UCIF. She shall be in office until 2016.

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UCIF: in partenza il secondo anno del percorso formativo triennale dedicato agli impiantisti

Dopo la positiva esperienza del percorso formativo composto da quattro giornate e sviluppato in collaborazione con ICIM, UCIF ha deciso di proseguire con un nuovo percorso su temi strettamente connessi.

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Clariant Chooses Renewable Raw Materials for High-Performance Pigments

The company is the first pigment producer to develop high-performance pigments based on bio-succinic acid. Pigments are based on renewable raw materials for coatings, plastics and printing sectors.

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Perstorp Gearing Up For Future Coatings Success

Perstorp, a world leader in specialty chemicals, displayed a full palette of essential building block raw materials and innovative specialty coating products at the American Coatings Show 2014. The exhibition represented an important forum for Perstorp to meet customers and reinforce its commitment to the ongoing development and success of the Americas coatings market.

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Chemetall Acquires the SaberPack Glass Protection Business

Effective April 1st, 2014 Chemetall US, Inc. has acquired certain business assets of SaberPack in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, USA.

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ZOBEL between Classic and New Products at "Festerbau Frontale 2014"

In Nuremberg, ZOBEL presented numerous classic and new products for process-optimized coating and smart communication.

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Parts2clean Expert Forum – The Source of Knowledge on Component Cleaning

Bilingual presentations on a wide variety of cleaning topics; expertise in quality assurance and cost optimization.

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FOCUS ON PAINTEXPO - OptiSpray AP01: the new generation of powder application

Powder pumps are already in use for electrostatic powder coating. However the technologically complex design and high maintenance requirements of these pumps has so far prevented the success of powder pumps within the market.

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Ipcm Academy: Corso di Formazione sul Controllo Qualità

La stagione dei corsi firmati ipcm Academy prosegue con il Corso di Formazione sul Controllo Qualità dedicato al settore dei trattamenti superficiali. Date: 28 e 29 maggio; 17 giugno. Docente: Ivano Pastorelli. Luogo: Politecnico di Milano.

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Ipcm - International Paint&Coating Magazine n. 26 Has Been Released

In this very rich issue (more than 170 pages) of ipcm, the focus is on PaintExpo tradefair, in Germany (Karlsruhe, April 8-11, 2014), the most important European event in the industrial coating industry, with news and a section dedicated to the novelties that visitors will find. Moreover, many reportages and the insert ICT, dedicated to the industrial cleaning technologies.

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FOCUS ON PAINTEXPO - PATINACollection and NEONCollection: The New Chromatic Collections by Adapta Color

At PaintExpo 2014 (Hall 1, booth 1450), Adapta presents two new chromatic collections: PATINACollection® and NEONCollection®.

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