New anti-microbial coating launched.

See www.safecoat600.com for more details.

The SafeCoat 600 series (each colour has its own SafeCoat 600 number) is a decorative coating with anti-microbial properties.

SafeCoat 600 series will kill the following microorganisms:

Enterococcus faecalis

Staphylococcus Aureus

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)

Bacillus Subtilis

Streptococcus pyogenes

Klebsiella pneumonine

Pseudomonsas aeruginosa

Escherichia Coli

Salmonella cholerasius

Salmonella enteritidis

Legionella

div. Algen

Candida Albicans

Aspergillus Niger

Herpes Simplex

Plus SafeCoat 600 series is a decorative coating so combines functionality with aesthetics.

How does SafeCoat 600 series compare with traditional conventional nanosilver powder coatings? A typical nanosilver coating will start at an effective rate of being able to neutralise about 103 germs per hour though it’s effectivity drops off to zero germs per hour after just a few weeks. SafeCoat 600 series starts with being able to neutralise 5 x 105 germs per hour BUT retains this level for between 5 and 10 years, depending on usage.

Within a hospital environment SafeCoat 600 series can offer a massive benefit. Research in Germany has shown that MRSA infections have risen from less than 2% in 1990 to over 20% in 2012, with around 80,000 patients contracting hospital acquired infections every year. A high proportion of these infected patients die as a result.

SafeCoat 600 series coatings can be used on hand rails, door handles – anything that has to be touched in a mass transport location, along with building services such as water filtration systems and air conditioning ductwork.

Impreglon Germany have worked on the development of SafeCoat 600 series and have successfully trialed it on tram grab rails. Impreglon UK is now in a position to offer SafeCoat 600 series to UK and Ireland clients.

Impreglon Group acquires SKR AG, Dunningen, a heat and hardness treatment company.

Effective August 1, 2013 Impreglon Oberflächentechnik GmbH, Lüneburg has acquired the operation of former SKR AG, Dunningen. With state of the art production equipment and a 'one stop shop' range of the most common heat and hardness processes, SKR established itself as one of the leading service providers.

Depending on the required properties Impreglon offers a broad spectrum of coatings, also now onto surfaces which have been heat or hardness treated. The new acquisition enables Impreglon to offer its customers the complete know how of surface technology from one source.

With 31 plants in 13 countries on 4 continents Impreglon is one of the worldwide leaders in the field of surface technology.

Impreglon Group Grows Despite Weak Economy

Even with no new acquisitions, sales in the second quarter of 2013 rose to a new record of nearly 30 million Euro. With total sales of 58 million Euro for the first half of 2013, it appears that the forecast of 120 million Euro for the year will be achieved. But an even more positive development is the dramatic improvement in profit margins. At 0.13 Euro in the second quarter of 2013, the profit per share nearly doubled compared to the same quarter last year and more than tripled over the results of the first quarter of this year.

If management's expectations are confirmed, with no further weakening of the economy in the second half of 2013 and stabilized sales in the western European automotive industry, the Group targets might even be exceeded. After the acquisition of 'TOP Oberflächen GmbH' in Würzburg, Impreglon is planning to acquire one or two more companies in the course of the rest of this year with the intention to reduce the proportion of automotive business in favour of other sectors.

With 30 plants in 13 countries on four continents around the world, Impreglon is a global leader in surface engineering.