IN REVIEW
May and June in Review Barbara Pennati ipcm®
The calm after the storm: back to (the new) normality.
ay meant for many Italians
M
ipcm®_Academy courses also took
(and still means) to be an entrepreneur
the end of a lockdown that
place in May but in a slightly different
and do business at the times of
lasted almost three months
way than usual: trainees were trained
Coronavirus.
and the slow return to normal.
on corrosion, pre-treatment and
In May, we experienced the same
We too have finally been able to
water treatment online for the first
uncertainty and caution as those who
return to our editorial office where,
time ever. To know more about
set foot outside the house after a heavy
after the implementation of the
our training offer, contact us at
storm: assessing the damage is a must,
necessary security measures, all
corsi@ipcm.it.
but the desire to start over and get back
desks have been occupied once
Although our daily routine has
on track is great.
again.
been partly restored, what we have
The situation is made even more
In May we have published what
experienced is an unprecedented
peculiar and complicated by the fact that
we hope to be the last issues
historical period, which we have
while many countries have resumed a
created under lockdown: the ipcm®
not yet fully put behind us and
semblance of normality, others are still in
Automotive special, one of the most
which has left a grave impact on the
a state of emergency.
important numbers of the year,
industry. This is why we are working
with the supplement ICT_Industrial
on a project to give voice to several
And it is precisely with this awareness
Cleaning Technologies, and the
companies at an international level,
that in June we published the first
May editions of ipcm _Ibérica and
with the aim of offering a direct and
episode of Beyond The Pandemic, a
ipcm®_LatinoAmérica.
unfiltered testimony of what it meant
series of interviews that aims at bringing
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Publishing these issues and those would not have been possible without the collaboration with
© ipcm ®
that preceded them during lockdown
our customers and partners, who demonstrated great proactiveness and willingness. And it is thanks to this synergy that, even in a period in which travelling was impossible, we were still able to publish exclusive articles and interviews, such as the report on the new automatic coating cells for the application of the basecoat on body interiors manufactured at FCA Group’s Pomigliano headquarters; or the one on the new powder coating line for Formas Descansos’ medical beds.
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N. 64 - JULY/AUGUST 2020 - international PAINT&COATING magazine