Finishing - September-October 2023

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Qualicoat member will be out in force at Surface World
Back to China
SFCHINA2023 will open its gates on November 15 - 17 at Halls E1
and E2 of the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), P.R.
China, with a total gross exhibition area of more than 17,000 square
meters. After 4 years of absence at Shanghai, 227 exhibitors from 16
countries / regions (as of August 31, 2023) are going to display a wide
spectrum of processes, materials, equipment and solutions in 2 exhibit
zones, namely ‘Electroplating & Finishing Technology’ and ‘Coating
Applications & Coating Products’. Besides, SFCHINA2023 Online
Show will be held from November 1 to December 31, allowing visitors
from anywhere to participate digitally.
A series of concurrent Technical Programmes will be organized
alongside the exhibition. Industry experts and renowned
manufacturers are going to present cutting-edge technologies,
products and applications, offering opportunities for face-to-face
learning, networking and business cooperation.
New partnership announced
PMD Chemicals has announced
its new partnership with Chicago
based Techevon LLC. Techevon
is a vertically integrated chemical
manufacturer for the anodising
industry and offers a highperformance
range of dyes and
chemicals for the aluminium
anodising process. This
partnership is set to cement
PMD Chemicals stronghold
within the process chemistry
industry.
“Techevon is excited to partner
with PMD chemical as we
continue to grow our anodizing
chemistry solutions globally.
PMD Chemical's best-in-class
operations and sales network will
help us bring our industry leading
anodizing dyes, chemistry, and
technical knowledge to new
customers in the United Kingdom,
the Middle East and Asia, ”
commented Tej Patel, director
Techevon LLC
The dyes offer high alkaline
resistance, nickel-free seal
chemistry and are bleed and
chrome free. Cosmetic enhancers
and brighteners also feature in
this range of stable dyes.With
Techevon Technology, every dye
colour is offered along with a
bespoke colour matching service.
Each product is fully supported by
our in-house laboratory and
technical service team.
“We are really pleased we can
formally announce our
agreement to represent the
Techevon range of Anodising
Dyes and additive chemistry
here in the UK. With all products
produced and stocked here in
the UK we feel with the
excellent quality and second to
none customer support offered
by PMD Chemicals and
Techevon LLC we can fully
service the needs of our UK
Anodising customers,” said
Graham Pemberton, managing
director, PMD Chemicals.
Membership of the UK &
Ireland Association continues to
grow as the QUALICOAT
Specification continues to be
adopted by architectural powder
coaters, powder manufacturers
and pretreatment systems
companies. Now with 44
members across the region, the
aim of the Association remains
the adoption of the most up to
date methodologies and
specifications to ensure the very
best in architectural powder
coating for specifiers in the
construction industry.
QUALICOAT Members will
be on hand on stand A20 at
the forthcoming Surface World
exhibition which takes place on
the 4th & 5th October in Hall
11 at the NEC in Birmingham.
If you are attending please drop
by to meet us and discuss any
issues you may have or possibly
discuss with us your potential
membership. Tickets for the
show are available from the
surfaceworld.com website.
The Association aims to
communicate two of the USP’s
of the QUALICOAT
Specification.
The Specification is ‘the only
globally recognised specification
for architectural powder
coating’. This means that as a
specifier you can specify
QUALICOAT for any project,
anywhere and it will be
supported with a local, licensed
supply chain.
The Specification is also ‘the
only third party accredited
specification for architectural
powder coating’ services.
Powder coating Members are
visited, unannounced, twice
yearly by an independent test
house who inspects current
processes and checks records to
ensure the Specification is being
followed. Failure to follow the
Specification can lead to a
Member losing their
QUALICOAT licence allowing
them to use the quality label.
The history of the Association
makes interesting reading. In
1986 several national
associations encompassing
coaters of architectural systems
formed a quality label
organisation and called it
QUALICOAT. Their goal was to
raise and standardise the level
of quality of powder coating
throughout Europe, laying
down rules applying to their
industry. Today, companies from
all five continents have now
become licensees and the
number of national and
international associations has
continued to grow. Through the
efforts of Members over the
past few decades, QUALICOAT
has continued to play a key role
in assuring the quality of
coatings on aluminium systems
used in architecture.
Architectural aluminium powder
coaters, powder suppliers and
manufacturers of pretreatment
chemical systems have been
represented on the
QUALICOAT committees from
the outset, thereby ensuring an
exchange of ideas and
information between coaters
and their suppliers. These
committees and working group
undertake research and
determine agreements that
form the basis of the constantly
updated QUALICOAT
Specification we know today.
The current QUALICOAT
Specification is freely available
for download via the Association
website, qualicoatuki.org and
offers an up-to-date list of
licensed UK and Ireland Powder
Suppliers, Pretreatment
Suppliers and Applicators.
Telephone support is available
from QUALICOAT UK &
Ireland Head Office in
Birmingham on 0330 236
2800, the Association can also
be followed on Twitter
@Qualicoatuki or on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/company/qua
licoat-uk-&-ireland.
Finishing – September/October 2023