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The facilities filtration systems collects over 99% of all airborne particulates. Image: C&C

C&C Marine opens indoor painting and robotic blasting facility

C&C Marine and Repair, Louisiana has announced the opening of a new indoor, climate-controlled paint and blast facility. The new facility can accommodate components up to around 97 m x 22 m x 6 m on...

The paint shop is also designed for the coating of electric vehicles. Image: Dürr

Highly automated paint shop

In October, Dürr announced the construction of a new highly automated paint shop in Vietnam for VinFast, a start-up of the VinGroup. The VinFast brand is the group’s first foray into the mobility market,...

The system can be used as stand-alone drying or cure oven. Image: David Wiesmann

Infrared preheat and curing systems

David Weisman, L.L.C. recently introduced its latest Horizontal Conveyorized Infrared Preheat and Curing Systems designed for customers to preheat or cure liquid and powder coatings on a wide range of...

The new products were profusely tested. Image: Axalta

Global launch of coatings portfolio

Axalta recently announced the worldwide launch of its new protective coatings brand, Corroless. The Corroless portfolio consists of Axalta's most durable products, engineered to provide exceptional, long-term...

An advantage of the new material is a incorporated self-healing effect. Image: MIT

Self-healing material incorporates carbon from the air

A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The polymer, which might someday be used as construction or repair...

In the new paint shop is possible to coat 300.000 square meters per year. Image: Farmtech

Farmtech opens new paint shop

The paint shop was built in less than nine months in accordance with the latest guidelines and was finished in the middle of October. The total value of the more than 2,000 square metre investment is around...

The Excellence Center opened its doors in October. Image: Stahl

Stahl opens first Center of Excellence for Powder Coatings in Barcelona

Stahl opened its first Center of Excellence for Powder Coatings in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. With this new Center of Excellence, Stahl strengthens its position regarding environmentally...

Precise powder application and an easy inspection are simplified by light. Image: Nordson

Nordson introduces Spray Gun LED Kit

For manual spray guns Nordson has invented "nLighten” a fast, convenient and safety-approved accessory that instantly adds the power of an LED light to the capabilities of the "Encore” manual range....

SDF invested a total of 22 Mio Euro for the new plant. Image: SDF

New painting plant for farm machinery

The new SDF assembly line and painting plant were completed early 2018 as part of a project to renovate the tractor assembly lines and create further production lines. The total investment amounts to 22...

The new plant offers a high level of automation. Image: Krone

Efficient chassis coating

The Krone Group recently put a new coating facility for chassis in operation. The company invested 40 million Euro in the surface treatment center. The coating facility was installed on an area of 16.500 square...

Dipping facilitates the coating process. Image: Editorial Staff

Dipped

The standard series DIN 55655 - Electro-dipping paints was introduced only recently, the history of the dip painting is already long. It began as early as 1963 at Ford in the United States, where the first...