6 NEWS www.finishingmagazine.co.ukBCF award winners crownedThe winners of the tenth BritishCoatings Federation (BCF) 2019were announced on 28November at the annual BCFAwards at the Radisson Blu, EastMidlands Airport, across tencategories showcasing brilliancein the coatings industry in frontof over 160 delegates.Three new categories wereintroduced for 2019. Diversityand Inclusion was the first ofthose awarded, and this win wastaken by Inktech, with U-POLbeing highly commended fortheir entry. Receiving moreentries than any other category,Marketing Campaign of the Yearwas awarded to U-POL whileboth Dulux Trade (AkzoNobelDecorative Paints UK&I) andPPG (Architectural Coatings UK& Ireland) were highlycommended for their campaigns.Celebrating young talent in theindustry, Apprentice of the YearSuccess for SFChinaSFCHINA2019, the 32nd editionof its series, concluded with arecord-breaking net exhibit sizeon November 18-20 at theShanghai New InternationalExpo Centre. The exhibitionresults further strengthenSFCHINA’s status as a greatplatform where surface finishingindustry meets annually. Thisyear the show had:• Total Gross Exhibition Area:was received by Brannon Lee ofDacrylate Paints.The 2019 Awards continued tocelebrate great talent in thecoatings industry with wins forYoung Leader of the Year,picked up by Dayne Fletcher ofInktech and Mark Mills fromWhitford (now a part of PPG)gaining Student of the Year.Further on the training theme,the Excellence in Training Awardwas presented to PPG(Architectural Coatings UK &Ireland), with AkzoNobel highlycommended for their entry.Highlighting sustainabilitywithin the coatings industry, theSustainable Innovation Awardwas given to PPG (ArchitecturalCoatings UK & Ireland). Plus,BCF’s long standing CoatingsCare Awards were presented totwo BCF member companiesparticipating in the programme– the Coatings Care Overall Best17,000 sqm – A New Record! (Arise of 5% and 23% against2017 and 2018 editionsrespectively);• No. of Registered Visitors:11,528, including 10,370domestic China and 1,158overseas visitors;• No. of Exhibitors: 340, from22 countries/regions, including77 new exhibitors;• No. of ExhibitorPerformer Award went toAkzoNobel Packaging for theirsite in Birmingham whileCoatings Care Progress wasawarded to Whitford (now a partof PPG) in Runcorn.Two companies were declaredwinner for the Customer ServiceAward – to AkzoNobel andInktech respectively. Finally,Corporate Social Responsibilitysaw Organik Kimya highlycommended while HMG Paintstook home the win.Tom Bowtell, BCF chiefexecutive said “At such anunsettling time for our industry,it was great to come together inorder to celebrate all that isfantastic in the coatings industry,with the event continuing togrow year by year. Thecompetition was the toughestyet, so many congratulations toall those who were shortlisted,but especially to the winners.”Representatives: 3,225 (10%more than 2017 edition);The total number ofSFCHINA2019 visitors increasedby 3.9% and 0.5% respectivelycompared to 2017 Shanghai and2018 Guangzhou editions. Thenumber of overseas visitorsremained steady. According tothe findings from our onsitevisitor surveys, majority of visitorsgave positive comments:New atWallworkTim Merryweather has joinedWallwork Group as vacuumbrazing technical sales engineer.Over the last two years thecompany has invested £2.7million in world class vacuumbrazing facilities to meetgrowing demand.“It is an exciting time to bejoining Wallwork, they areexperiencing significant ordersfrom the aerospace sector –especially for critical hot engineparts like honeycombs, blades,vanes and more. I will beworking with both UK andinternational clients alongsidePeter Cookson our VacuumBrazing Group Manager to helpmeet the challenges ahead,” TimexplainedTim has previously worked forRadshape Sheet Metal, KnightStrip Metals and VBC Group.Experience has been gainedwith both aerospace OEMs andMROs. Project involvementincludes Rolls-Royce, LockheedMartin, GE, Siemens andReaction Engines.“Helping customers withresearch and development is alarge part of our work in thevacuum brazing department.Fostering a close workingrelationship is essential for longtermaerospace programmesand Wallwork having AS9100,Nadcap and many primeapprovals gives them confidencein our ability to meet theiradvanced technical needs.Likewise, in motorsport, we canbring top teams all theexperience gained fromaerospace to help them rapidlydevelop winning components,”Tim added.Finishing – January/February 2020
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