In the new paint shop for General Motors in Changwon, Korea, Dürr's 13,000th robot (type EcoRP E043i) will paint the interior of passenger cars. The robot equipment is part of the largest order Dürr has ever received in Korea. At GM, Dürr's new, third generation of robots will be used for the first time. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/duerr-builds-new-paint-shop-for-gm-in-korea-2448234.html
Milliken & Company (Milliken), a global material science expert, has made a significant investment in its coating additives laboratory it acquired in 2020 as part of its purchase of Borchers Americas, Inc., in Westlake, Ohio. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/milliken-investment-advances-its-coating-additives-lab-3193675.html
Perstorp Group, a sustainability-driven global specialty chemicals company, said that it is to be acquired by Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG). More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/perstorp-group-to-be-acquired-by-pcg-3193673.html
The IST International Surface Technology Newsletter informs you regularly about current news, reports and interviews in the field of surface technology.
With the newly opened Center for Networked Surface and Paint Technology, Fraunhofer IFAM is researching the digital future of surface treatment through machine learning. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/fully-automated-new-centre-for-digitally-networked-surfaces-and-paint-technology-3191037.html
BASF has calculated the individual carbon footprints for a large proportion of its chemical intermediates and is significantly below the global average. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/basf-offers-intermediates-with-low-carbon-footprint-3191032.html
Researchers have produced a coating that can be written on with UV light and whose writing erases when exposed to atmospheric oxygen. In many cases, this could avoid paper waste. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/writing-with-light-on-titanium-dioxide-3191030.html
During his trip to Southeast Asia, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the German Centre Singapore, where Plasmatreat is also represented. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/german-president-steinmeier-at-plasmatreat-in-singapore-3191027.html
Around 600 exhibitors will present solutions for the entire spectrum of automation at this year's Automatica, the world's leading trade fair for the sector. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/automatica-2022-future-proof-production-with-robotics-and-automation-3191018.html
Versatile and affordable: At the Start-up Booster competition at JEC World 2022 in Paris, the start-up Fibre Coat impressed with its aluminium-coated fibre. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/aluminium-coated-fibre-wins-start-up-booster-competition-3183388.html
Around 430 exhibitors from 27 countries presented innovations in industrial painting technology to 9180 trade visitors from 57 countries at Paintexpo from 26 to 29 April 2022. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/paintexpo-2022-exhibitors-and-visitors-satisfied-all-round-3183507.html