Nr. 73 1/2018 COATINGS. Colour tones to go

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1 COATINGS Nr. 73 1/2018 Colour tones to go We all know the situation from everyday life: colour tones are being chosen to match a shade during a customer conversation. The customer would like a component to be coated in the colour of their carpet, for example. The difficulty here is finding the right colour tone from a multitude of colour tone swatches. Surface specialist Hesse Lignal has now come up with a very novel and smart colour detector the Hesse COLOR-READER. > Find colour tones within 1 second > Time saving of over 90 % compared with traditional colour tone searching using colour cards > Database contains around 5,000 colour tones from RAL Classic, RAL Design, NCS S > Available in specialist retail outlets or from Hesse > Order number: XDCCR Trends Concerning Surfaces

2 PRODUCTS Colour tones to go Dear readers, The entire Hesse team is still riding the emotional wave of the Innovation Days Many thanks to all our guests who visited us on this occasion. Almost 1,000 guests from 27 countries spent time with us over 2 days. Incredible! We significantly exceeded even our own high expectations. We have also been hugely delighted to receive your feedback. Our guests from both the craftsmanship and industrial sectors admired many product and service innovations under the motto Optimize the future. There was something for everyone - including plenty of scope for guests to network with each other. We saw many lively discussions both during the daytime as well as throughout the evening event. The concept has been successful once again! This current edition provides lots of information about the innovations presented. Our website also contains many pictures plus further information about our new products and services under: Companies > Hesse innovation. The wonderful praise received from our guests encourages us to retain the concept of product demonstrations, co-exhibitors from our industry and interesting lectures; we are already looking forward to the next Innovation Days. A regional presence in our core markets is also important to us and we would be delighted to welcome you to Holz-Handwerk in Nürnberg from 21 to 24 March. Here, too, we have product demonstrations planned for you, but naturally also many ideas for making your lives easier. We are looking forward to the opportunity to accompany you once again under the motto Optimize the future. Yours sincerely, Jens Hesse It fits into every handbag or trouser pocket. The device measures the desired shade and transmits the data via Bluetooth to your Apple or Android smartphone. The app then searches through the Hesse database with currently around 5,000 colour tones and the best match of colour tone is displayed on your smartphone with the Hesse product number. The app also provides a timeline and the option of setting up a file structure. This handy device provoked great enthusiasm even before its market launch. Product Manager Ralf Untiedt had presented the device to some customers during surveys and became convinced of it jointly with those customers: this device significantly simplifies the detection of colour card tones and is ideal for every craftsman and interior designer. The customer s desired colours can even be named in the consultation directly with colour tone designation and product number. So the decision to include this innovative instrument in the Hesse Lignal product range was not difficult to reach. One customer was very reluctant to return the device as I explained the functions to him. He now owns one himself and no longer wants to be without it... Ralf Untiedt Hesse-Lignal Product Manager 2 lacktuell Trade 1/2018

3 PRODUCTS No matter how you look, you see nothing. The invisible look with Hesse INVIPRO-OIL. The trend towards dull matt surfaces and those that appear untreated has become more widespread in recent years. Surfaces with a bare wood effect are increasingly in demand, especially as a design counterweight to high gloss furniture and coloured fitments. This is also no surprise, because the look and feel of these surfaces appeal to all the senses and lend furniture a timeless attractiveness. Albeit untreated wood surfaces have limited suitability for decorative use. Most bare and unprotected surfaces become soiled by the environment and use and quickly become significantly less appealing. Although this doesn t have to be the case. Hesse INVIPRO-OIL can be used to prevent it. It offers the ideal conditions for achieving a bare wood effect on woods with coarse pores; especially oak. This non-accentuating oil leaves the surface appearing completely bare and uncoated, yet it reliably protects against damage with normal to medium use. Its dull matt surface makes the exclusive natural wood continue to appear untreated. There is nevertheless the certainty of an invisible protective shield on the apparently bare surface, since INVIPRO-OIL makes the surface resistant to water and liquid and thus also easier to clean and scratch resistant. And all of this on top of its simple and oil-typical application method: depending on the type of wood and desired protection level, INVIPRO-OIL should be applied thinly to the surface, rubbed in and the excess subsequently removed. Repeat this work sequence after brief intermediate drying and there you have it. The surface is now invisibly protected. Curious? Test it yourself. Order information Order number: OE Container size: 1 l, 2.5 l, 25 l lacktuell Trade 1/2018 3

4 USEFUL INFORMATION 112 metallic colour tones in one in one card The most innovative colour selector of the year is from Hamm: the new Hesse Lignal CREATIVE- METALLIC colour selector. > A colour selector with 112 colour tones is available for your customer conversations > Application on wood material, glass and plastic > Available as a mixing system > Fast availability > Contains copper, silver, bronze, gold and varied colour tones > Colour selector order number: XFCM For many years now it has been hard to overlook furniture and fitments in the metallic look and there is currently no sign of a decline in its popularity. Copper, brass, chrome and other metallic tones make for elegant eye catchers. The metallic trend is ubiquitous. Hesse has noted this trend and created a metallic selector with over a hundred colour tones in classic metallic hues, but also in unusual shades. These colour tones are generally coated onto membranes. This has the advantage that the front of the membrane shows the original gloss of the coating, whereas the rear shows the shine of a high gloss or reverse glass coating. Hesse CREATIVE-METALLIC is formulated as a 2-component, polyurethane lacquer material, which can be used on wood, glass and plastics depending on the type of hardener. Top coating is possible using most polyurethane finishing and brilliant lacquers. Hesse CREATIVE-METALLIC is also offered as a mixing system. Some 112 colour tones can be mixed using five base lacquers and ten pigments. Please speak to your Hesse service point partner for further information or to order the colour selector. 4 lacktuell Trade 1/2018

5 IN PRACTICE Six months of FANTASTIC-FILL at Docpaint The company Docpaint from Barneveld in the Netherlands has now been using the new Hesse FANTASTIC-FILL DP pigment filler for over half a year. The edges do not need to be sanded so intensively because FANTASTIC-FILL tensions so well and there is therefore must less risk of sanding through the edges. Dennis Dokter (right) shows us the sanding section. Brushing the edges is generally sufficient. The rear surfaces also do not need to be sanded, they are merely brushed in the machine. The drying room is where FANTASTIC-FILL develops its outstanding sanding properties. High time to visit owner Mr Dennis Dokter and ask him about his experiences with our new pigment filler. Mr Dokter enthusiastically recalls his search for a good pigment filler and how he eventually decided on FANTASTIC-FILL. A good pigment filler is one of the most important products at a kitchen and interiors paint shop like Docpaint. The requirements for a filler are therefore very high. Mr Dokter and his 12 staff had been searching for a long time for a filler that could meet their requirements. Many renown brands like Akzo, Arti or Zweihorn and even various Hesse pigment fillers were tested in a year-long search for a flawless and perfect filler. Each product had its specific advantages and disadvantages. Ultimately there were only two suppliers remaining. One of these was Hesse with EASY-FILL DP This filler was almost perfect for Docpaint. They had been using it for two years when Hesse sales representative Kurt Candries presented the new FANTASTIC-FILL. The coating and sanding staff were already convinced by this new filler during testing. And now half a year later, they still are. Easy to work with Mr Jeffrey van de Braak, who constantly works with pigment filler at Docpaint, takes us into his spray booth and shows us what he likes so much about FANTASTIC-FILL. FANTASTIC-FILL is easy to apply and has an easy mixing ratio of 10:1 (by volume) which is good for spraying. The filler holds well on the edges and tensions well during hardening. A further not insignificant advantage is that excess spray on the floor of the spray booth does not adhere to you work shoes. Good sanding properties We also only see happy faces in the sanding section. Sanding can be undertaken after only a few hours, if desired, but FANTASTIC-FILL still has good sanding properties even after a few days. The sanding dust is a dry dust that does not clump or adhere to the sandpaper. This is how Docpaint operates: FANTASTIC-FILL DP Mixture 10:1 DR % DV 4994 (in summer with 3% retarder) Application via air-mix using a spray nozzle size of 0.33 mm > Thin pre-spraying > Allow to dry (until the content of a trolley is coated) > Full coat spray application > Sanding / brushing over night lacktuell Trade 1/2018 5

6 HESSE INTERN Hesse Innovation Days 2017 Innovation Days 2017 was a complete success. Surface specialist Hesse succeeded once again in significantly improving the results from previous events in relation to offering, quality and visitor response. Our factory gates were opened to almost 1000 guests from 27 countries on 14th and 15th September A large part of the conception plan for the Innovation Days was retained. Direct observation of the lacquering process rather than fully lacquered sample panels. Only interaction with the correct processes enables new products to become value-creating solutions for practical use. One particular emphasis of the product presentations was therefore on the topic of optimal processes. Processes that save material, save working time, increase processing speed or even enable totally new product properties. The spectrum of those product innovations that were demonstrated was adapted to the visitor groups present. This meant there was something for everyone; from carpenters, joiners and large interior decorating companies to major industrial processors. The latest surface systems could be experienced in a real environment in the Hesse Innovation Area. In addition to an appropriate demonstration of Hesse surface systems, guests were able to optimise their lacquering skills at a virtual lacquering simulator. Specific subjects were covered in more detail on large touch panels, e.g. reduction in VOCs, current plant planning and much more besides. Hesse attached great importance to the networking aspect at the Innovation Days. That is how we managed to attract 20 co-exhibitors from the lacquer-related sector. These presented their products on almost 600 m2 in an Innovation Center they erected themselves. Alongside the practical demonstrations there were also lectures by internationally renowned specialists from our industry. For instance Dr. Kalthegener spoke on colour design as a quality factor, or Ms Nina Defounga on innovations. Dr. Sebastian Dantz from mpa Stuttgart on questions regarding fire protection and Mr Sebastian Büscher on modern trends in interior design. The crowning conclusion to the first day of the Hesse Innovation Days 2017 was a large festive gathering on the Thursday evening. Around 600 participants were able to review the first day, build and extend networks and exchange views with colleagues in a convivial atmosphere. Customers, industrial partners and Hesse all agreed that the Hesse Innovation Days were a huge success and look forward to their continuation. 6 lacktuell Trade 1/2018

7 INTERNATIONAL A dream of 1001 nights in fact thus began the company Hesse business in the Gulf region. 15 years ago we started our activities in Dubai with tentative individual contacts. A region in change that should become a hotspot. With Beate Hesse as a tireless booster we won first customers and with great pride we were able to send the first see container with paint to Dubai quite exactly 15 years ago. Going into the desert - not just the paint also our service technicians had to adapt to climate and market. Instead of drying conditions in the temperate European climate, our coatings had to work at up to 50 C - a challenge which made us investing in an air-conditioned spray and drying cabin. From then on, not only the teams in Dubai were sweating also the development experts from the laboratory tested and engineered in Hamm under extreme conditions. Even the global crisis in 2009/2010 and the depression in Dubai did not hurt us -on the contrary: In 2009 we opened in Dubai our largest external warehouse worldwide - a central warehouse with sales unit, which was built up to supply the Emirates and the entire Arabian region. Countless fair presentations and a welltrained team of field staff, laboratory and back-office have completed the successful story in recent years. Hesse Coatings is a benchmark in interior construction and we are very proud of that. Thanks to the whole team - and it all started with the dream of 1001 nights...! The lacquers and stains were adjusted better and better to the really extreme conditions and our business in the Emirates grew steadily. We established ourselves as the one specialist for high-quality interior construction - not only for yachts. Our surfaces are represented in almost all of Dubai s prominent buildings. lacktuell Trade 1/2018 7

8 VACANCIES Our current vacancies seize your opportunity! We are seeking to further extend our market position in the industrial customers target group and wish to engage for the Eastern Westphalia Region a Sales Representative Sales and Technical Departments (male or female) Your duties: Commercial and technical support of our lacquer systems locally at customer premises Systematic market expansion, in particular by the acquisition of new customers First contact partner for our customers technically well versed Holding price and target discussions Strengthening our customer contacts For our Research and Development Department (polyurethane laboratory) at the Hamm site we are seeking a qualified and motivated Lacquer Laboratory Technician, polyurethane lacquers (male or female) Your duties Development of polyurethane lacquers Independent execution and evaluation of quality inspections and analyses Supporting the sales representatives, even at customer premises Dealing with application related problems Documentation of the results We are seeking... For one of our customers we are seeking a used sprayer, ideally with lacquer recovery. Please send information or offers to: Melanie Wiechers Area Sales Manager CEI Mo - Fr: 07:15 16:00 Tel.: Fax: m.wiechers@hesse-lignal.de For our International Sales Department we are seeking a qualified and motivated Application Technician for wood lacquers (male of female) Your duties: Technical support to the wood processing industry and specialist dealers, subsidiaries and joint ventures Customer acquisition Product presentations Customer service: application related support, local solutions to technical issues, identification of customer wishes If you are interested in one of these interesting posts, please send your informative application documents stating your earliest possible starting date to: jobs.de@hesse-lignal.de We eagerly look forward to receiving your application. Further vacancies can be found at: > Company > Careers Editor: Hesse GmbH & Co. KG Warendorfer Str. 21, Hamm Germany Tel.: / Fax: / info@hesse-lignal.de Internet: Responsible for content: Jens Hesse Rights: reproduction of pictures or texts in whole or in part is only allowed with written permission of the publisher. No guarantee can be given for unsolicited texts or photographs. Named contributions do not necessarily correspond to the views of the publisher or the editor. 8 lacktuell Trade 1/2018