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CONTENTS MARCH 2020 - VOLUME 27 - NUMBER 3 Welcome to the SURFACE WORLD team! MANAGING DIRECTOR & ADVERTISEMENT DIRECTOR Nigel Bean: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] EDITOR Jane Soones: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT Sheena Burrus: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] EXHIBITION ORGANISER Sheena Burrus: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] Surface World tel: [phone] fax: [phone] Hill Media Ltd, Marash House 2-5 Brook Street, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5ED, United Kingdom. The Surface World magazine is published 12 times a year by Hill Media Ltd. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of material published in Surface World, Hill Media Ltd and its agents accept no responsibility for the veracity of claims made by contributors, manufacturers or advertisers. Copyright for all material published in this journal remains with Hill Media Ltd and its agents. © Hill Media Ltd – 2020 ISSN 1757-367X COMPANY SPOTLIGHT New high specification entry level powder plant 2 BRITISH COATINGS FEDERATION Workers and users should not be alarmed by titanium dioxide classification 6 Established in 2010 to raise standards 8 QUALICOAT meet in Solihull 12 INDUSTRY NEWS New Product Manager appointed for Elcometer Limited 14 Ametek Surface Vision announces enhanced regional support 18 Anniversaries in the Caldan Group 20 Babcock Wanson produces first 1MW gas fired super critical water heater 24 Sustainable accreditation creates ’full house’ for Cornelius Group 26 Cornelius Group appoints Richard Palmer as Territory Sales Manager 26 Hempel appoints Katarina Lindström as COO 30 New appointment grows Lanemark’s customer and sales liaison activities 32 Automated, industrial post processing for HP multijet fusion components: HP and Rösler sign cooperation agreement 32 NMC paunches new specialist coatings business service 38 PRETREATMENT, SURFACE PREPARATION, DEGREASING & CLEANING Blastcom UK take Netherton Foundry ’out of the frying pan into the blaster!’ 40 International growth drives expansion of MecWash website 44 Kluthe chemical technology helps deliver performance and environmental gains at leading vehicle manufacturing plant 46 ASD lighting choose Metavate pretreatment technology 50 Shot Blast, Shot Peen, The Next Level - Straaltechniek UK Ltd 52 Surface treatment and aqueous cleaning equipment from a single source 54 Oxford Advanced Surfaces on target to achieve 1 million square feet of composites surface preparation in a tenth of the time 56 PAINT & POWDER AkzoNobel secures supply deal with leading car manufacturer 58 Paint shop of the future: away from the line, towards the box 60 The long-term solution for dry separation 62 Further investments for Vertik-Al 64 PRODUCTS & PROCESSES New TQC Sheen automatic cupping tester WORLD SERVICES 66 70 Surface World Magazine is supported by: read online: www.surfaceworld.com MARCH 2020 1