ZOOM on events 48TH ECCA GENERAL MEETING: TRENDS IN COLORS AND AESTHETICS FOR PREPAINTED METAL 48° ECCA General Meeting: colori ed estetica di tendenza per il metallo preverniciato
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Opening photo: the Royal Carlton Hotel in Bologna hosted the 48th “ECCA General Meeting”. The meeting was dedicated to several themes concerning industrial design, home design and architecture, related to current trends, prepainted metal sheets and coil coating. Foto d’apertura: il Royal Carlton Hotel di Bologna ha ospitato il 48° “ECCA General Meeting”, incontro durante il quale sono stati affrontati temi riguardanti l’industrial design, l’home design e l’architettura legati ai trend di oggi, ai laminati metallici preverniciati e al coil coating.
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The 48 “ECCA General Meeting” took place in Bologna, at Royal Carlton Hotel, last May 19 and 20. This event represented a great opportunity to discuss several themes related to current trends and concerning industrial design, home design and architecture. (ref. opening photo) ECCA – the European Coil Coating Association - was founded in 1967, its headquarters are in Bruxelles and has about 122 companies among its members. ECCA’s peculiarity consists in the variety of its members, including companies present on the market as suppliers as well as clients and working in different sectors (steel, aluminium, paints, chemical products, plants and mechanical devices for paints and film application, etc.). ECCA’s mission is the promotion of prepainted metal as a high quality solution, cost-effective and safe for the environment, able to address the needs of several industries and in particular:
Introduzione Il 48° “ECCA General Meeting”, tenutosi presso il Royal Carlton Hotel, a Bologna, il 19 e 20 maggio scorsi, è stato una grande occasione per affrontare diversi temi riguardanti l’industrial design, l’home design e l’architettura legati ai trend di oggi (rif. foto d’apertura). ECCA - European Coil Coating Association è stata fondata nel 1967, con sede a Bruxelles, e conta circa 122 aziende associate. La particolarità di ECCA consiste nell’avere tra i propri membri aziende che si posizionano sul mercato sia come fornitori che come clienti, provenienti da diversi settori (acciaio, alluminio, vernici, prodotti chimici, impianti e macchinari di applicazione di vernici e film, ecc.). La mission di ECCA é la promozione del metallo preverniciato come soluzione di alta qualità, efficiente in termini di
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