Oberboihingen, December 2015 – Roughly 4 months remain before PaintExpo 2016 opens its doors for the 6th time. But it’s already becoming apparent that the world’s leading trade fair for coating technology will be bigger than ever in 2016. With more than 135,000 square feet, overall net exhibition floor space has already exceeded the level achieved at the 2014 event. The exhibition programme covers the areas of liquid painting, powder coating and coil coating from pre-treatment right on up to quality control and packaging. The 6th PaintExpo will take place at the exhibition centre in Karlsruhe from the 19th through the 22nd of April, 2016.

Ever since its founding in 2006, PaintExpo has been continuously growing form one event to the next. The leading international trade fair for industrial coating technologies will continue its ongoing success in 2016 too. The exhibitor list already includes roughly 430 companies. All of the market and technology leaders will be on hand, as well as companies, which haven’t participated at the trade fair in the past. More than one fourth of all exhibitors come from outside of Germany. Renewed growth is also reflected by occupied net exhibition floor space. With more than 12.700 sq.mtr (135,000 sq.ft), it already exceeds all of the floor space booked in 2014. “But the figures are just one side of the coin. This is complemented by the fact that many of the exhibiting companies will present innovations and further developments at PaintExpo. This makes it possible for us to present visitors with the world’s most up-to-date and comprehensive offerings for industrial coating technology, and thus for dealing with the challenges they’re faced with”, reports Jürgen Haußmann, managing director of event promoters FairFair GmbH. And challenges abound for companies with in-house painting operations and coating job-shops all over the world. On the one hand these involve improved quality, individuality, productivity and sustainability. On the other hand, the goal is to reduce unit costs per painted part in order to be able to stand up to global competition.

Solutions showcased by PaintExpo exhibitors cover the process sequences for liquid painting, powder coating and coil coating. Amongst other products, single-component, fluoride-free iron phosphating for the pre-treatment of metallic substrates in spray and immersion applications will be presented, as well as inexpensive, low-maintenance substitution processes for zinc phosphatising which achieve equally good adhesion and corrosion protection characteristics. Innovations will also await the visitors with regard to nano-ceramic systems with multi-metal compatibility. Pre-treatment of plastic parts can be optimised with space-saving, resource-conserving inline compatible processes such as CO2 snow-jet, superheated steam and plasma cleaning.