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New man in charge at the BCF.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has appointed Tony Mash to the position of CEO, a role he is taking over from Moira McMillan who is retiring after 19 years with the Federation. With a chemistry degree from University College London and an MBA in finance from Manchester ...
Trimite future secure.(NEWS)(Company overview)
May 01, 2009 ... Trimite has been bought by Weilburger Coatings, part of the major European industrial paint company, Grebe Group, securing the future of the business and the majority of its 302 employees.?? Founded in 1940, Trimite grew to be the leading supplier of industrial coatings in the ...
Plasticraft secures middle-east contract.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... Plasticraft, part of the Chemical Engineering Division of Norman Hay located in Coventry, has secured a [pounds sterling]4m contract to supply an aerospace process facility to be installed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Plasticraft, the UK's foremost supplier of Surface ...
Realities will change business.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... New economic realities resulting from the global recession will permanently change the business landscape, a DuPont vice president has told business leaders. "Although it is difficult to predict when global economies will rebound from the current downturn, the new economic ...
Sprint accepted by CAB.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... Sprint Coatings has recently been accepted by the Council for Aluminium in Building for membership of their association. Sprint, once known as Goodbody Colour Coating, recently acquired new premises and plant and relocated to the prestigious North West Business Park at Ballycoolin. ...
Pollutant data available.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... The UK Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (UK PRTR) web pages will be available from Wednesday, 29 April 2009. The site will hold pollutant data from a wide range of industrial installations across the UK, including: refineries; power stations; and the comparatively less polluting ...
Aluminium congress to be held in Oxford.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... The ESTAL (European Surface Treatment of Aluminium) Congress is to be held from 20-22 September 2009 at St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford. ESTAL is the main European association representing the interests of the architectural aluminium powder coating and anodising ...
Show success.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... A higher than expected turnout underpinned a very successful European Coatings Show 2009 for Huntsman's four exhibiting divisions--Polyurethanes, Pigments, Performance Products and Advanced Materials. Throughout the four day exhibition, experts from Huntsman were kept busy with ...
Profits boost for Pyeroy.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... The multi-million pound contract to refurbish the iconic Forth Rail Bridge was among several helping industrial services company Pyeroy Group boost profits in the last year. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Despite tough trading conditions, the Gateshead-based firm has ...
Stopping customer confusion.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... Cooper Coated Coil (CCC), the UK's leading producer of specialist pre-coated metals for non-stick bakeware, says retailers and shoppers are being confused by more expensive but inferior quality imports from China. CCC, the first company to apply non-stick coatings by coil coat ...
New EU guide launched.(NEWS)
May 01, 2009 ... The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) is producing a new Guide to EU Legislation and Environmental Health and Safety in the European PM Industry, 2009 edition (EHS). The original EHS Guide was first published by the EPMA in 1991. This new edition, the seventh in the series, has ...
A wandering mind ...(FEATURE)
May 01, 2009 ... Malcolm Griffiths (below) has been on his travels, but is now back and looks at what the HSE is doing to the finishing industry. Since joining the paint industry in 1963. Malcolm has worked for several leading coating manufacturers. He is a graduate in chemistry. Fellow of the Institute of ...
Is in-house galvanizing the answer? Zinga looks at the pros and cons of outsourcing and keeping your galvanizing in-house.(GALVANIZING)
May 01, 2009 ... Over the past two or three decades, several of the larger metal-finishing companies have considered the costs of doing their own in-house galvanising. This was often because they wished to retain full control of the entire coating process from start to finish, and it also gave them added ...
E-SCRUB.(Separate ways)
May 01, 2009 ... Boost efficiency, save energy, avoid CO2 emissions--these are today's strategies for successful and sustainable production, particularly in challenging times. With E-SCRUB, the plant engineering specialist Eisenmann operating on an international level now presents an electrostatic ...
Basic functional principle of E-SCRUB.(Separate ways)
May 01, 2009 ... With E-SCRUB, the air in the spray booth is specifically routed to guide the surplus paint mist (overspray) produced during the painting process via funnel-shaped run-off surfaces known as flood sheets into the new electrostatic separation system. Part of the overspray is immediately bound ...
Energy-efficient and environmentally beneficial.(Separate ways)
May 01, 2009 ... E-SCRUB combines maximum separating efficiency with minimum pressure loss, permitting operation with 95 percent recirculated air. Compared with a conventional wet scrubber section, this results in distinct energy savings of up to 78 percent and a corresponding reduction in C02 emissions ....
Quality and reliability in production.(Separate ways)
May 01, 2009 ... By eliminating complex mechanical filter systems, E-SCRUB ensures constant flow rates without pressure fluctuations--an essential prerequisite for optimum production ...
Simple retrofit, rapid amortization.(Separate ways)
May 01, 2009 ... Another advantage of E-SCRUB is that it can be retrofitted quickly and simply in existing plants. Moreover, E-SCRUB requires considerably fewer plant components than a conventional wet scrubber system. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] E-SCRUB from ...
Raising the roof at Wimbledon.(POWDER COATING)
May 01, 2009 ... Wimbledon Centre Court is to show off its new retractable roof system this summer in time for the start of the 2009 lawn tennis championships. Designed to enable play throughout all adverse summer weather conditions, the roof has been engineered to open and close in under 10 ...
Powder training from the BCF.(POWDER COATING)
May 01, 2009 ... In today's increasingly competitive powder coatings market, up-skilling staff is one of the key ways that companies can increase their competitive edge and ensure their continued survival. A recent Government report underlined the importance of skills and training to UK ...