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.

Effective July 1, 2013, Top Oberflächen GmbH of Würzburg has become a 100% daughter company of Impreglon SE, Lüneburg.

Founded in 2000 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer-Institut, Top Oberflächen develops and produces Nano lacquer and scratchproof coatings for plastic components under clean room conditions. As the Impreglon Group is mainly active in the coating of metal components, the new Top coatings will enable Impreglon to widen its range of services and offer Top products through its worldwide sales network.

With 30 plants in 13 countries on 4 continents around the world, Impreglon is a global leader in surface engineering.

Impreglon UK enjoys a successful show at Subcon 2013.

Subcon 2013 is an exhibition aimed at subcontractors and as Impreglon derives a lot of work from subcontractors, it was felt that exhibiting here would be of benefit. And it was. We had a good position near the centre of the show and welcomed many new prospective clients onto the stand. The general consensus is that this has been a very worthwhile show for Impreglon and management are hopeful of generating new business as a result.

Impreglon Group on target to reach sales of 120 million Euros in 2013.

Despite an economy in Europe and Asia that has been weakening since the last quarter of 2012, the first quarter of 2013 showed increases in both sales and earnings as compared to the previous quarter. Sales reached a record high of almost 29 million Euros, but earnings were heavily influenced by the profit margins of the eight companies acquired in 2012/2013, which were lower than those of the rest of the companies in the group. Added to this are special factors such as plant relocations and the merging of Impreglon Lasertechnik with Maschinenbau Jessenitz to form the new 'Impreglon Engineering,' as well as the costly delay in commissioning of the Ropal production system.

Neither of these factors should have a negative effect on the results beginning in the third quarter. Measures have already been implemented to improve the earnings situation of the new acquisitions. An increase in EBIT of about 500,000 Euros can be expected in the second quarter and will continue to rise throughout the year. In addition to the acquisitions earlier this year, there will be no more than 2 - 3 acquisitions in 2013. Instead, the focus will be on consolidation and increasing earnings of the new companies in the group. The margin situation should continue to improve in 2013.

Impreglon is a global leader in surface engineering.

Rotary Die Anvil Roll Coating




Application
When labels are printed, various shapes and sizes are stamped out of the roll of labels with a rotary die.
Requirements
During the stamping process, the blades on the counter-cutting rotary die need to touch the metal surface of the anvil roll. The surface of the anvil roll needs to be very hard wearing and very smooth, but, even so, can become damaged.
Coating
StarCoat® applied to the anvil roll provides extremely durable protection against wear and effectively protects the anvil roll against damage and wear. Superior to chrome plating, StarCoat® lends itself to being superfinished to achieve the level of smoothness required.
Benefits
Increase in productivity due to more stamping operations. Less frequent repairs and replacements.

StarCoat®
- Extraordinary wear protection