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01LUG

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.

01LUG

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.

01LUG

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.

28GIU

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.

27GIU

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.

26GIU

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.

25GIU

Out Now Issue n. 30 of ipcm Protective Coatings

ipcm^®_Protective Coatings was the media partner of Infracorr 2019, the conference held on May, 28 at Palazzo Turati in Milan and aimed at presenting the best technologies available for the corrosion prevention and protection of bridges and roads as well as the good practices of design, inspection, and maintenance of these structures.

25GIU

Framatome Launches New Coating Technologies That Reduce Plant Maintenance Costs

Framatome recently launched a suite of new protective coatings approved for use in plant applications that reduce maintenance costs and extend the operating life of components and equipment across the energy sector, including in nuclear power plants.

24GIU

AkzoNobel Rises to Challenge of Historic Hudson Yards Project In New York

New York's historic Hudson Yards development – which is changing the city's iconic skyline – has reached its latest milestone, and AkzoNobel has made a major contribution.

21GIU

BASF Recognized for Its Contribution to Sustainable Development

BASF's Coatings division was awarded the Pierre Potier prize medal in the Environmentally-friendly Process category for its R-M^® eSense automotive paint line which covers all bodywork repairs.

20GIU

Drying at Room Temperature

Two new zinc flake products from Dörken MKS deliver a high level of corrosion protection and offer new opportunities for coating.

19GIU

Leading Global Companies and Top European Universities Partner Up for the Carbon Footprint Challenge

The Carbon Footprint Challenge is a UNITECH International initiative, enabled by its corporate partners Covestro, Bühler and Evonik as well as nine top European universities connected to the Unitech network with the aim of finding solutions to fight climate change.

18GIU

+Industry: More Exhibitions, Connected Professionals

More than 19,500 professionals visited the show.

17GIU

Lecitrailer: International Companies Uniting to Create Europe's Largest Semi-Trailer Cataphoresis Plant

Located in Zaragoza (Spain), LECITRAILER S.A. is one of the largest European manufacturers of trailers and semi-trailers. The company's 260,000 square metre factory houses Europe's largest semi-trailer cataphoresis plant, developed and built by the joint effort of GEINSA, FUTURA Convogliatori Aerei, SILVI and COGEIM Europe.

17GIU

Axalta's Vibes Trend Report 1.2019 Is Available: The Inspiring Magazine for Colours and Effects in Architecture and Design

With the Vibes Trend Report, Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), has established a unique magazine for colours and effects of metal substrates in architecture and design.

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