Oberboihingen - Contract coaters and in-house coating companies are kept busy around the globe as they strive to make coating processes more efficient. At the same time, there is also a demand for systems to be more flexible. With over 250 exhibitors already on the exhibitor list 14 months before the trade fair is due to start, PaintExpo will be presenting solutions to these tasks. The spectrum ranges from pre-treatment through application systems, plants and coatings right up to quality control, labeling and packaging.

A coating process is considered to be efficient when defined surface qualities and high productivity are achieved using minimum quantities of materials and energy, irrespective of the material to be coated and the branch of industry concerned. In order to become more competitive, contract coaters and in-house coating companies alike are focusing on improving both efficiency and quality, as well as on increasing productivity, flexibility and environmental compatibility at the same time. Ways of achieving this can be found along the entire process chain.

It can already be foreseen that in-house coating companies and contract coaters will find the solutions they are looking for at the next PaintExpo, which will be held at the fairground in Karlsruhe from 8th till 11th April 2014. Already by the middle of February this year, over 250 companies from 16 countries had confirmed their bookings for booths at the leading international trade fair for industrial coating technology - among them almost all of the market and technology leaders. The exhibitors come from the fields of plant engineering and application technology, coatings, drying and crosslinking systems, conveying technology, automated solutions and coating robots, pre-treatment, testing and measuring technologies, quality control, environmental and filtration technologies, accessories, consumables, services, paint stripping, printing and packaging - right the way along the process chains of wet coating, powder coating and coil coating.

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