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Chemtec’s Offer in the Post-Pandemic Scenario Carlo Guidetti Chemtec Srl, Corbetta (Milan, Italy)
c.guidetti@chemtec.it
Reducing consumption from pre-treatment to coating while improving processes: this is the solution offered by Chemtec to face the current economic scenario among inflation, energy crisis, and post-pandemic recovery.
T
he economic crises of 2008 and 2012 taught the European and
• reducing energy consumption linked to exploding electricity and gas
international manufacturing industry the importance of the
costs;
equation “crisis = opportunity”. In the current economic and social
• reducing water consumption linked to global warming and a dry winter;
context of gradual post-Covid-19 pandemic recovery, we believe that its
becoming independent from raw materials subject to economic
value should be relaunched and reminded to all companies, specifically
speculation;
those operating in the industrial coating field. Whereas in 2021 the post-
• elimination of heavy metals from industrial processes, to reduce the
Covid-19 economic recovery caused excitement and significant growth
environmental impact of operations and of finished goods when they
in production in almost every sector, in 2022 things have unfortunately
have to be disposed of;
changed: general inflation and rising raw material costs are challenging
• eliminating or reducing the creation of waste to be disposed of, which
the paint industry yet again.
should instead be reused in the context of the circular economy.
The current needs of coating companies
The processes of preparing (washing, cleaning, pre-treating) metal surfaces prior to coating are heavily influenced by the current situation,
The following is a summary of the requirements and needs that are most
because they use enormous amounts of energy and water, they are
relevant to the paint industry nowadays:
dependent on speculative raw materials, they use heavy metals (zinc,
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