Over 180 industry experts attended the latest edition of corrosion protection-focused Dörken Days, held in Frankfurt am Main at the end of November 2019.
As part of the comprehensive overview of current trends and challenges in the sector, speakers were heard from Nord-Lock, Growermetal, Identpro, markmann + müller, Eska Schneider and Arnold Umformtechnik.
Once a year, Dörken MKS invites customers, market partners and corrosion experts from the value chain to Dörken Days. The 2019 was the ninth to be held and included a market overview of the global corrosion protection activities of Dörken MKS and new developments via a new seminar programme, The Corrosion College. A further point of focus was the latest quality offensive of Daimler Trucks and the new MBN 10544 specification of Daimler on the subject of coefficients of friction.
Coating practice: One-stop information
Insights into coating practice were delivered through presentations at Dörken Days, including including on the requirements-satisfying coating of large components such as car chassis and the use of the colourless lubricant DELTA-LUBE® 50 with self-tapping screws. In addition, participants also embarked on a journey through time through the “evolution of the corrosion test” and learned the latest regarding “audits” at Dörken MKS.
“We experienced two highly successful days," said Dörken MKS MD Dr. Martin Welp. "The experts participating were able to use the opportunity to network intensively throughout the value chain and interact avidly. We would like to thank the participants for their interest and the speakers for the wonderful, extremely practicerelevantpresentations.”
The guest speakers included: Thomas Jakob, Arnold Umformtechnik // Paolo Cattaneo, Growermetal S.r.l. // Frank Götz, Nord-Lock GmbH // Roman Kucza, Identpro GmbH // Michael Müller, markmann+müller // Heiko Schneider, Eska Schneider GmbH).
