We are exhibiting together with Easytec GmbH at the European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg and, in addition to our well-known inert boxes, we are also presenting our new, mega-flat inert boxes IB-K-SR-MF (height: approx. 27 mm) as a world premiere as well as our new, one-day advanced UV seminar, based on our well-known, well-booked 2-day basic UV seminar! You will find us in Hall 4, Stand 560 […]

The production facility in Hamburg is expected to continue producing until mid-2024, after which the supply to customers will be taken over by other Allnex locations. Allnex plans to renovate and dismantle the site by the end of 2026. Most of the approximately 130 employees in Hamburg are affected by this plan. “We strive to find good solutions for our employees […]

At the beginning of the New Year, Addixx Specialties is offering a new UV seminar based on the very successful “UV Basic Seminar”: “The UV Advanced Seminar”. In this seminar, topics such as: formulation of UV coatings, UV curing and UV light protection, matting of 100% UV systems, testing and application technology for UV systems are dealt with. As co-speakers we were able to have Dr. Alexander Kröger, Grace GmbH, Worms, and […]

Teknos Germany recently completed a strategic review of production sites in Germany. As a result, a production relocation from Fulda to Brüggen is now planned. The aim of the recent review was to develop plans to simplify operational processes while identifying opportunities to further develop Teknos Deutschland GmbH's production and delivery capabilities. As a result […]

In a recent study, researchers have achieved highly efficient self-initiated UV curing of waterborne coatings. Instead of petrochemicals, they used soy protein isolate as a co-initiator. Using the emulsion polymerization method, the photoinitiator 4-hydroxybenzophenone (HBP) and the co-initiator soy protein isolate (SPI) were simultaneously grafted onto a polyacrylate molecular chain, and an innovative UV-curable polyacrylate resin based on the macromolecular […]

Prof. Dr. Karl Hönle, company founder and long-time chairman of the supervisory board of Dr. Hönle AG, will resign from office at the next Annual General Meeting on March 23.03.2023, XNUMX and will be leaving the Supervisory Board at his own request. The supervisory board of Dr. At its last meeting, Hönle AG decided to nominate Dr. Franz Richter as the new candidate for […]

As already announced on November 02.11.2022nd, XNUMX, the Executive Board of Dr. Hönle AG decided to close the subsidiary Raesch Quartz (Germany) GmbH, Ilmenau, and to sell the assets. Fortunately, an agreement has now been reached on the sale of the entire company to a new owner. Business operations can therefore be continued with the existing staff. Of the […]

The LED technology for UV radiation curing of parquet coatings has great potential to replace conventional mercury vapor lamps in the future. There is an opportunity to make a product more sustainable over its entire life cycle. In a recently published work, the applicability of LED technology for industrial parquet coating was examined. The comparison of LED and mercury vapor lamps in terms of […]

Depreciation on inventories of air disinfection devices at Dr. Hönle AG issued a profit warning for 2022. The Gilching-based company had previously expected a loss of between EUR 3,0 and 3,5 million for the current year before interest and taxes. Now the loss before interest and taxes will be between 9,5 and 11,0 million euros […]

Rice University researchers have developed an important light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy. Using inexpensive raw materials, a team from the Rice Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. and Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment has developed a scalable catalyst that requires only the power of light to convert ammonia into […]