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Evonik's Coating Additives Business Line has a new matting agent in its portfolio: The wax-treated additive EXP 8018-1 is a particularly fine-particle matting agent, is based on precipitated silica and belongs to the well-known Acematt product line.
read more...Diamond coatings can also be used for indexable inserts. Diamond-coated tools are particularly suitable for machining CFRP and GFRP, graphite, non-ferrous metals and plastic.
read more...The UV adhesive Vitralit 2028 from Panacol is resistant to chemicals and is characterized as an autoclavable coating compound. As a flexible casting compound, it is versatile and can be dual-cured.
read more...Nils Fleck has been the new Managing Director of the German company of Liechtenstein-based surface specialist Oerlikon Balzers since January 6, 2020.
read more...The start-up c-Com is developing an app that documents the coating history of a tool. The application from the provider of data management for tools exchanges data with the Oerlikon Balzers customer portal.
read more...Passing the baton at Cemecon's US branch: On August 1, 2019, Marjorie Steed succeeded Gary Lake and is now in charge of Cemecon's business. Her promotion is part of a planned transition.
read more...Cemecon offers tool manufacturers new perspectives when it comes to very thick PVD coatings. With the new coating material FerroConQuadro, adhesion strengths of up to 12 µm can be achieved, which opens up new possibilities for the machining of cast iron and steel.
read more...New factory building in Aldingen
With an investment volume of more than 6 million euros, Hommel+Keller Präzisionswerkzeuge is investing in the Aldingen site and is building a new company headquarters with expanded production areas due to capacity bottlenecks.
read more...OLEDWorks and BASF's Coatings division have joined forces to develop the world's brightest flexible OLED panels.
read more...Up to now, equipping metal-ceramic surfaces of light metal components with defined properties has only been possible within narrow limits. With Metaker Surface, Automoteam is presenting a technology based on the MAO principle (Micro Arc Oxidation), but with fundamental differences in the work processes.
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