Focus on coil processing
A ‘pre-painted’ pe rspective
ISMR reports on the 40th ECCA
ity issues related to flexibility and bending, cut
edges and surface scratches; service life issues
Congress in Brussels, whose
(endurance, scratch resistance etc.) as well as
PVC lamination and other surface aspects. Case
theme was ‘Reviewing the studies will be prepared.
Advantages of Coil Coating
Dr Winfrid Kreis, BASF Germany, evaluated
trends in the coating environment and how to
against Competitive Materials’
transfer this cognition into coil coatings.
“Our R&D network is linked to all related
fields of science, such as pigments, resins, poly-
meric chemistry,” he explained. “The cognition
T
he European Coil Coating Association
of our development activities is transferred
(ECCA) held its 40th Autumn Congress
into applications in our main business fields:
in Brussels at the end of last year (26-
Automotive OEM and Industrial. Achieved
28 November 2006). The event was themed
improved property profiles in products and
‘Reviewing the Advantages of Coil Coating
processes will always be focused on economy,
against Competitive Materials’, and featured a
ecology, technology or appearance. As this is
range of presentations on new and innovative
common for nearly all industries, results apply
coil coating technologies and processes aimed
for coil coating in the same way. Automation,
at increasing productivity and reducing costs.
rapid processes and high process robustness are
Yvonne Barcelona, General Secretary of the
permanent requirements in the steel industry.
association, outlined the current status of the
So, interpenetrative knowledge of all coatings
industry in Europe, examining market share and
applications fertilizes the performance of all
outlining latest statistics and figures (see slides
developments.”
opposite).
“The main importers of pre-painted mate-
rial to the EU-15, over the first quarter of
“...the installation
2006, were India, Korea, China, Australia and
Taiwan,” she told the audience. “Main export
of advanced
countries for the EU-15, over the same period,
included Poland, Russia, Turkey, Switzerland
drying and curing
and Slovenia.”
technologies such
Pre-painted materials and
processes
as NIR and UV will
ECCA has extended its MC3 Appliances Market
Study, led by Jorg Sander (of Henkel), to iden-
be a key point
tify reasons why the speed of market expansion
for pre-primed sheet is below expectation and
for additional
to create marketing tools to help its members.
Team members are from ECCA itself, Salzgitter,
performance
BASF Coatings, ThyssenKrupp, Arcelor, MCB,
Corus and Henkel.
benefits as well
The team reviewed its educational material
and agreed on a new focus i.e. heavy metal-free
as improved plant
pre-treatments and paints (to comply with WEEE
and RoHS regulations); perceived or real qual-
productivity”
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