Finishing - September-October 2021

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BCF award nominees announced
Deburring Expo set for October
This year’s DeburringEXPO will be held from October 12 to 14 as an
attendance event at the Trade Fair Center Karlsruhe in Germany.
Finally, users from various industries with a wide range of tasks in the
production steps of deburring and surface finishing will be able to
exchange information with suppliers in face-to-face discussions again
and find out about their new and further developed solutions in
person. The integrated expert forum with simultaneously translated
presentations (German English) also enables the crucial transfer of
knowledge on current developments and trends in these
manufacturing sectors.
Whether it's the automotive and supplier sector, machine and
equipment industry, medical device and pharmaceutical industries,
measurement, precision mechanics and sensor technology, tool and
mould making or energy and environmental technology - demand is
booming again in many branches of industry. The component
manufacturing sector, however, is facing new and changed tasks. This
is due to transformation processes, different production technologies
such as additive manufacturing, new and optimized materials and the
trend towards the automation and digitization of production processes,
as well as new regulatory requirements. As different as these may be
in the various industries, burr-free and optimally-finished surfaces
tailored to product specifications are playing an increasingly important
role. “On the one hand, the aim is to improve quality, precision and
energy efficiency in deburring and surface finishing. On the other
hand, it is about reducing costs,” explains Hartmut Herdin, CEO of
fairXperts GmbH & Co. KG and organizer of DeburringEXPO,
describing some of the key challenges facing companies.
Cutting investment
Nottingham-based Sign Up Systems has invested in a Blackman &
White Genesis V flatbed digital cutting system from i-Sub as it looks to
speed up its finishing process, diversify its work and produce new
products.
The company, which started out providing aluminium systems for
the signage and graphics industry, first diversified into print in 2016
when it invested in a dye-sublimation machine and a 3.2m UV roll-toroll
system. A few years later it installed further large format printing
equipment; a move which opened up a host of potential new avenues,
but also left the company needing to upgrade its finishing options.
"Finishing was definitely the bottleneck in our business," explains
Sign Up Systems' managing director Jon Bromhead. "We could print a
lot of work; we just couldn't finish it. We realised that what we needed
was that missing link - and, as it turned out, that was the Blackman &
White Genesis V cutter."
The British Coatings Federation (BCF) are pleased to announce the
shortlisted entries for the 2021 Awards. Despite a difficult year for
many we received a huge number of high-quality Awards entries
which made shortlisting decisions really difficult. The winners will be
announced at the Awards dinner on October 14th in Manchester.
Sustainable Innovation Award shortlist:
PPG Automotive Refinish – Moonwalk
BYK-Gardner – Spectro2profiler
BASF – Agilis
Customer Service Award shortlist:
Sun Chemical
AkzoNobel – Dulux Decorator Centre
Young Leader of the Year Award shortlist:
Cameron Starkey, IPL
Steve Coppin, U-POL
Natasha Ram, PPG Architectural Coatings
Natalie Hood, Jotun Paints Europe
Corporate Social Responsibility Award shortlist:
PPG Architectural Coatings
AkzoNobel
HMG
Excellence in Training Award shortlist:
U-POL
Jotun Paints Europe
Dulux Academy
Marketing Campaign of the Year Award shortlist:
AkzoNobel – Dulux Decorator Centre
PPG – Leyland Trade Smart
BASF – Glasurit
Apprentice of the Year Award shortlist:
Daniel Bower, Rakem Group
Nathan Eckersley, HMG
Josh Taylor, HMG
George O-Reilly, IPL
Diversity and Inclusion Award shortlist:
PPG Architectural Coatings
Jotun Paints Europe
UL
The shortlisted companies for both Coatings Care Awards, and
those shortlisted for the Student of the Year Award will be
announced in September.
Five star safety
The British Safety Council’s renowned Five Star Occupational Health
and Safety Audit has been revised and updated. It now places greater
emphasis on assessing how effectively an organisation manages the
combined risks to workers’ health and wellbeing, as well as business
resilience and recovery.
The Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit provides a
quantified outcome with detailed recommendations; it goes beyond
the requirements of current health and safety management standards
such as ISO 45001 and provides a structured route toward best
practice status.
Finishing – September/October 2021