GMM Pfaudler Limited announced the signing of definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in the global business of its parent, the Pfaudler Group from the private equity firm Deutsche Beteiligungs AG Fund VI.
As per the agreements, GMM (directly and through its subsidiary Mavag AG) and the Patel family will acquire, a 54% and 26% equity stake respectively in the Pfaudler Group.
DBAG will continue to retain the balance 20% stake.
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Second hand enameling plant for sale
This second hand enameling plant is suitable for batch production of flatware up to 700 x 500 mm and consist of the following equipment :
- 1 electrical heated pickling plant with 6 process stages & manual hoist
- 3 manual wet enamel spray-booths c/w application equipment
- 1 electrical heated box type convection dryer
- 1 electrical heated batch furnace with overhead conveyor
Manual pickling plant 
Manual spray-booth 
Batch type enameling furnace
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Johan De Soete retired
Johan De Soete retire after 42 years working within the porcelain/vitreous enameling industry at respectively Bayer, Emaille Brugge, Pemco & Prince.
Visit his personal LinkedIn page for more info.
Mefrit s.r.o.
Mefrit s.r.o., the famous enamel frit producer from Melnik in the Czech Republic, will be merged with Glazura s.r.o. and soon be deleted from the commercial register.
Expired: PEI Technical Forum, Back-to-Basics Training, and Suppliers’ Mart
The PEI will host their 2020 Technical Forum, Back-to-Basics Training, and Suppliers’ Mart at the Seelbach Hilton in Louisville, KY from August 11 upto 13, 2020.
Because the state of Kentucky has currently a limit for meetings of 50 people maximum, the events may also be virtually attended via the internet.
More info may be found on the PEI’s renewed website .
SMALTO magazine edition 1/20
The Italian Porcelain Enamel Institute (CISP) has just published edition 1/20 of SMALTO PORCELLANATO. Continue reading “SMALTO magazine edition 1/20”
DEV Email 3/2020 published
The German enamel association has published the latest edition of their enamel magazine, which contains among other the following topics :
- Limits for metals – trace elements or poison ? Part 2
- The development & application of steel sheet for glass-lining at Baosteel
German Enamel Course postponed
The 79th edition of the German Enamel Course has been postponed till September 2021, due to COVID-19 related restrictions.
The IBE (Informations und Bildungszentrum Email e.v.) is expected to provide an update in spring 2021.
Expired: 82th PEI technical Forum delayed
The 82th PEI Technical Forum has been rescheduled to August 11 -13, 2020.
See the PEI website for more details
Interactive remote assistance with augmented reality
DTC recently acquired state-of-the-art cloud-based software, which enhance our capabilities to provide real-time remote assistance to customers anywhere in the world.
The augmented reality of this software application enable us to view the camera stream of a smartphone at a remote location, while making simultaneously annotations on the screen, using VoIP and/or sending text chats.
The visual remote assistance software is ensuring secure connections by adopting industry-standard like SSL and 256-bit AES protocols.
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