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The newness in the coating industry was born in Poland Georgios Bousios Quality Painting Development Sp.z o.o - Chorzów, Poland
georgios.bousios@qpd-poland.com
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for the construction of painting lines, extended to the design process based on the standards of the end customer OEM. It is based on a participatory review of the risk process and the early identification of risks and prevention at the earliest possible stage. Depending on customer’s request, the company suggests materials, assistance during work organization and selection of tools of control and measurement. Extensive knowledge and experience in the painting industry is what makes QPD a reliable partner on production process optimization - mainly by identifying the activities related to the reduction of defects, shortening the production cycle and improving the organization of maintenance activities. Because QPD realizes how important rational management of financial resources is, it offers a convenient system of calculating remuneration for its services, which is linked closely with the identified savings. Consequently, using services generate costs for the customer only in case it has measurable benefits of cooperation with the company. This way we reduce customers’ risk of unjustified expenses. QPD is for customers who need a change for the better. © QPD Quality Painting Development
lbeit Quality Painting Development Sp.z o.o is a relatively young company on the market, its resources include people with an extensive track record, who have gained experience in various fields, thus giving form to a team composed of mutually complementary specialists, who are therefore able to offer a comprehensive assistance throughout the entire process of project management. QPD is specialized mainly in the painting of plastic parts for automotive industry, where requirements are the most restrictive from all branches. In this area, the company has completed several projects for the construction of painting lines and for the execution of processes, and realized orders for the analysis of defects on painted surface. Among the aforementioned projects, we include the construction of a paint line for bumpers (PP) model Maserati and Ferrari (Fig. 1), with one spray booth, whose conveyor allows painting in one cabin from one to three layers of lacquer. Other projects include a line for painting parts of ABS, mainly the products to VW (Poland) and painting line of plastic parts for Kia & Hyundai (Slovakia). What distinguishes QPD from the competitors is a comprehensive offer
1 Figure 1: One of the paintshops engineered and installed by QPD in the automotive sector.
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N. 43 - JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 - international PAINT&COATING magazine