Axalta breaks ground on new coatings facility in China
Global coatings manufacturer Axalta just broke ground for construction of a large new coatings facility in North China. The new plant will produce mobility coatings to support growing customer demand...
Cortec Doubles investments in Europe
CorteCros, a member of the Cortec Corporation, has acquired a new facility building in Split, Croatia, from CROSCO. CorteCros is now the 100 percent owner of the logistics and distribution center in Split....
New Managing Director at H2O China
Marcel Pfeifer takes over the role as managing director at H2O China. His predecessor Roland Lochner passed away in the summer after a serious illness, much to the regret of the company.
New paintshop for tractors
The Valtra factory in Suolahti, Finland will become more flexible and sustainable than ever before with the addition of a new state-of-the-art paint shop. Detailed plans are currently in development and...
Joined forces
Greiff Industrimiljö AB has recently chosen to be a part of the Aabo-Ideal Group, also known als Aabo-Ideal. For decades, both companies have been significant players within surface treatment lines in...
New platinum powder coatings for architectural metals
PPG recently announced the introduction of “Coraflon Platinum” a powder coating for architectural extrusions and aluminum sheets. The patented coating technology offers high transfer efficiency rates...
Paint shop simulation
Researcher of the Johannes Kepler University Linz have recently released a book that describes the current state of the art for simulating paint shop applications, their advantages and limitations, as...
New paint finishes
Tractors from the St. Valentin plant in Austria now have particularly durable paintwork thanks to a multi-million Euro investment in a new paint shop and an improved high-gloss paint finish, scratch, crack...
Painting complex for railway equipment
As madeinrussia reported, a Twer-based company for transport engineering equipment and components has recently commissioned a new painting complex with a manual monorail conveyor.
Virtual Car Color Configurator launched
Clariant has recently released its new Automotive Styling Shades 2025 Trendbook, including an interactive digital version for the first time.
Approaches to car sequencing in the paint shop
Researchers of the Silesian University of Technology, Poland have recently engaged the problem of car sequencing. Although it has been considered in the literature many times, it is mostly done with the...
New automatic painting line
Dürr is recently installing an automatic painting line for Nordex, based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Nordex has been producing vehicles in Uruguay since 1962 for different OEMs. The company contracted Dürr...
New head of environmental technology division Clean Technology Systems
On July 1, 2021, Ken Zak becomes the new head of the Dürr Group’s Clean Technology Systems division. He succeeds Dr. Daniel Schmitt, whose internal move sees him join the Board of Management of HOMAG...
Life evaluation of organic coatings on hydraulic metal structures
Researchers of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics have recently focused on the performance of organic coatings. In a joined research project with - among others - the Shandong University...