EU COATINGS RESEARCH MAY CREATE ALUMINIUM NICHE
August 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EURO 1.8 million European Union research project claims to have reduced the cost of coating aluminium to such an extent, that a potentially lucrative niche could have been created. Project coordinator Germany's Fischer Oberflachentechnik says its coating can make aluminium tough enough to replace the steel that is usually employed in cars, aeroplanes and other heavy industrial applications. Such coatings are already available, but Fischer says its coating process is much cheaper, because it uses 70% less energy than conventional systems. And ...
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