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Home » Keywords: » surface treatment

Items Tagged with 'surface treatment'

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Graffiti Removal

Wacker Campaign Promotes Safe Graffiti Spaces

October 16, 2025
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A National Graffiti Appreciation Day initiative supports designated art areas and highlights coatings that make graffiti removal easier.



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Can Paint Films Disrupt Traditional Coatings?

The Expanding Role of Paint Protection Films for Surface Protection
Victoria Scarborough Ph.D.
August 6, 2025
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From self-healing TPU to passive cooling layers, PPFs are reshaping automotive, aerospace and built-environment applications.



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Photovoltaic at Chemetall Pinghu Site

Chemetall Site in China Recognized for Renewable Energy Use

July 9, 2025
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Chemetall announced its Pinghu site received recognition for achieving 100% renewable electricity use and reducing its carbon footprint.


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Hydrophilic Coatings: An Overview

Atul Yadav Dhiraj Kumar
June 20, 2023
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The utilization of hydrophilic coatings offers numerous advantages, including enhanced biocompatibility, lubricity, durability, corrosion resistance, and antifouling properties. This type of coating is used across diverse industries, including medical devices, automotive, aerospace, marine, optical, and consumer goods.


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BASF Inaugurates China Surface Treatment Site

BASF Inaugurates China Surface Treatment Site

November 28, 2022
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The new site offers a comprehensive portfolio of applied surface treatment products and solutions to various market segments, including but not limited to automotive OEM and components, coil, general industry, cold forming, aerospace, aluminum finishing, and glass.


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basf launches chemetall innovation and technology center in china

BASF Launches Chemetall Innovation and Technology Center in China

October 31, 2022
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The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, has opened its first regional innovation and technology center for applied surface treatment technology in Shanghai, China.


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Oxford Advanced Surfaces KOTEFAST

Water-Based Treatment from Oxford Advanced Surfaces

May 13, 2021
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Oxford Advanced Surfaces has developed a new treatment that reportedly reduces surface preparation time by over 90% compared to the existing approach of sanding.
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Plasmatreat

Quality Monitoring for Surface Treatment from Plasmatreat

April 29, 2021
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Plasmatreat GmbH supports digitized manufacturing with its Plasma Control Unit (PCU) and makes numerous controls, regulation and monitoring functions available to ensure consistently high surface-treatment quality and reproducibility.
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BASF Surface Treatment

BASF Invests in Surface Treatment Site in China

August 31, 2018
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The Surface Treatment business unit of the Coatings division of BASF, operating under the Chemetall brand, is investing in a surface treatment site in the Dushan Port Economic Development Zone of Pinghu, Zhejiang province, China.
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Aterian Investment Partners Buys Pioneer Metal Finishing

August 24, 2018
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Private equity firm Aterian Investment Partners announced that one of its affiliates has acquired Pioneer Metal Finishing LLC.
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