PaintExpo 2016 brings comprehensive coatings solutions

More than 470 exhibitors will be represented at the 6th PaintExpo at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre from 19-22 April, 2016.  These exhibitors come from 26 countries and will showcase  the world’s most comprehensive offerings for liquid painting, powder coating and coil coating processes. The exhibition will occupy over 13,200 sq.m.  (142,000 sq.ft.) of net floor space.  Of the more than 470 exhibitors, about 31% come from outside of Germany.

Innovations and further developments ranging from pre-treatment to quality control for practically all materials and material combinations will be unveiled.  Industrial coating technology will be the focus of attention given the demand for enhanced quality, material and energy efficiency, flexibility and sustainability for liquid painting, powder coating and coil coating.

Visitors from companies with in-house painting operations and from job-shop coaters will be awaited by multi-sector offerings for a comprehensive range of materials. The exhibition program includes systems and application technology, pre-treatment and cleaning, paints, drying and cross-linking systems, conveyor technology, automation solutions and painting robots, measuring and test equipment, quality control, environmental engineering, accessories, consumable materials, packaging and services.

"The exhibitors will showcase innovations, further developments and new trends in all of the trade fair segments. And not just as product displays, but rather with numerous live presentations”, says Jürgen Haußmann, managing director of event promoters FairFair GmbH. For example, solutions targeted at integrating Industry 4.0 into the paint shop will be shown. And the latest developments for coating and curing geometrically complex parts with UV technology will be demonstrated live on-site. A fully automated, compact powder coating system will be operated at PaintExpo as well. And things will get set into motion at various booths with companies from the field of conveyor technology. Additionally, visitors will be able to gather information on just how agile, flexible and easily programmable today’s painting robots are directly at the source.

For the first time ever anywhere in the world, a system for cleaning conveyor system chains, for example as used in Power & Free conveyors, will be introduced at PaintExpo. It can be used in running production lines and contributes to the minimisation of costly scrap and rework caused by falling contamination. Visitors will also be awaited by processes and products for more efficient and ecological cleaning and pre-treatment such as newly developed liquid paints and powdered enamels with optimised decorative and functional characteristics. Innovative and advanced paint guns and atomisers provide for increased material efficiency, quality and ergonomics where the application of these coatings is concerned.

Further information and the exhibitor list can be accessed at www.paintexpo.de.