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Call for Speakers: IntAIRCOAT is looking for contributions
In May 2023 international experts in aerospace coatings will meet at IntAIRCOAT in Seville, Spain. The conference is now looking for expert presenations.
Boreto and ASIS grow together
Boreto Industrial Solutions d.o.o. has recently become a sister company of Germany based ASIS GmbH. Boreto is located in Zagreb, Croatia and is specialized in control technology.
New Technology Center for surface treatment
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, opened its first regional innovation and technology center for applied surface treatment technology...
Coating of high-voltage equipment
Hitachi Energy is coating up to 12 m long aluminum tubes in Brno, among other high-voltage equipment. The company now invested in a new robotic guided powder coating plant.
146 robots for China
Dürr is building a new turnkey paint shop for the Chinese car manufacturer Chery Automobile for the flexible production of various models and drive systems. The focus is on intelligent networking and...
Fanuc opens new paint lab
Testing and optimising customer applications under real conditions in a modern technical centre. The Japanese paint robot manufacturer Fanuc officially opened its new Paint Lab in Germany. The modern paint...
BOCE opens coating line production in Mexico
Coating manufacturer BOCE Industrial Systems officially opened its new plant in Mexico to provide customers from the Aerospace, Automotive, Agricultural and Electronics industry in North Amercia with...
Hempel launches edge protection coating for wind blades
Hempel launched the new "Hempablade Edge 171", a new coating for leading edge protection (LEP) on wind turbine rotor blades. The company claims to have achieved the highest rain erosion performance on...
Transmitters for harsh environments
With the now introduced "Indigo" product family from Vaisala, users are enabled to build an intelligent measurement ecosystem.
Automatic coating defect evaluation
The new Coatino Defect Detection (CDD) can automatically detect and analyse coating defects. Within a few seconds the system delivers quantifiable results.
Robust new pump spray system
Colad just introduced the new Colad pump spray system which is a combination of the new “Ultimate pump sprayer” and a unique coding system.
PosiTector 6000 series with improved ergonomics
DeFelsko has completely revised and upgraded its “PosiTector 6000” thickness gage for metal substrates.
Kansai Helios acquires Wefa
The Kansai Helios Group has taken over the German coatings manufacturer on 1 August 2022.