The 14th International (Guangzhou) Surface Finishing, Electroplating and Coating Exhibition (SF EXPO for short) was successfully closed in Guangzhou Poly World Trade Expo on September 29, 2021! The exhibition was jointly hosted by Wise Exhibition (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. China Electroplating Association, China Surface Engineering Association Painting of Branch, Shanghai Coating industry association, Guangdong Electroplating Industry Association and other institutions, and supported by  more than 50 industry organizations at home and abroad.

This exhibition focuses on the process technology and product equipment in surface treatment and supporting fields such as electroplating industry, coating industry, surface pretreatment, vacuum coating, intelligent spraying and industrial environmental protection. At the same time, Asia-Pacific International Industrial Coating, Powder Paint and Coating Exhibition and Coating Industry Exhibition were held, with an exhibition area of 15,000 square meters, nearly 400 enterprises participated in the exhibition, such as Yuanrong Intelligent Manufacturing, UNIVERSAL PLATING CHEMICAL, NEW FORTUNE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SHANSHI INSTRUMENT, Zhilun Park, Juke Park, Baianmei / CIENALO TECHNOLOGY, Jiangsu Mengde, Sinochem International, TONSON/NEUMEK CORPORATION, Qingfeng Chemical, Wuyuan, Qingtian, Huangzhou, Aiyue, Baolijia, Enze Chemical, Liangshan Coating Park,  AnBen, Haosheng, POTENCER CHEMICAL, IHI HAUZER TECHNO COATING, STUEBBE PUMPS & VALVES, SOLUTION SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, CATALYTEC GREEN ENERGY, SAVEMATION TECHNOLOGY, Jiangsu Huineng, Andeng, DOMIN CHEMICAL, Xinwei, Tianrui Instrument, Meifute, YEANOVO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Qihua, Geyuan Environmental Protection, Hengfenglan, Gutian Chemical, Kaimeng, CALIDADDELAIRE TECHNOLOGY, Shanxin, XIAMEN COSOUL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT , WEIPU etc. 

In the context of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the organizers overcame many difficulties and fully enabled enterprises to expand exhibition publicity and accurately invite professional visitors at home and abroad to exchange through professional websites, journals and magazines, new media, big data and other means. According to the on-site statistics, from September 27 to 29, the three-day exhibition received 14,337 professional visitors. Although the number of visitors decreased compared with previous years due to the epidemic, the quality and professionalism of visitors were higher. As an annual event of great concern to China's surface treatment industry, the successful holding of SF EXPO 2021 undoubtedly brings confidence and momentum to the development of the industry and enterprises.

With careful preparation and professional organization work, the exhibition attracted lots of well-known enterprises and organizations to visit, such as China Surface Engineering Association Painting of Branch, Hunan Electroplating Industry Association, Guangdong Fastener Industry Association, Guangzhou Panasonic Air Conditioner, BYD Automobile, GAC Research Institute, BYD Automobile Engineering Research Institute, GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC AION, GAC New Energy, Geely Automobile, General motors, Xinhe auto parts, Toyota Gosei, CRRC Qingdao Sifang Vehicle Research Institute, Guangzhou Aluminum Group, Nanfang Aluminum, Huachang Aluminum Factory, Oppein Home Group, Boshi home, ONLEAD etc.

At the same time, a number of summit forums, technical seminars and product promotion meetings were held, including New Values and Opportunities Brought by 5G for Surface Treatment II, 2021 China (Guangzhou) Automotive Surface Engineering and Anti-corrosion Technology Seminar, 2021 Asia-Pacific International Powder Paint and Coating Application Summit, Metal Powder Bond Process Training, 2021 New Product and New Technology Promotion Meeting, etc. Experts and scholars of the surface finishing industry, association leaders, enterprise representatives and engineers gathered together to explore the new trend and direction of industry development, deeply analyze the pain points and hot spots of the industry and understand the latest policies of the industry. More than 1500 guests and professional visitors participated.

New Values and Opportunities Brought by 5G for Surface Treatment II

2021 China (Guangzhou) Automotive Surface Engineering and Anti-corrosion Technology Seminar

2021 Asia-Pacific International Powder Paint and Coating Application Summit

2021 Asia-Pacific International Powder Paint and Coating Application Summit, sponsored by China Surface Engineering Association Painting of Branch, Shanghai Coating Industry Association, Guangdong Coating Industry Association and Wise Exhibition (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. and co organized by Wuyuan Science and Technology Academician Workstation, was successfully held in Guangzhou.

The special Salon of "Environmental Protection Powder and Light Curing Technology Coating System Engineering Technical Solutions for Wood Panel Furniture" highlighted in the forum was co-chaired by Wu Weiling, Secretary General of China Surface Engineering Association Painting of Branch, and Lu Tonglin, executive deputy secretary general. Wang Yijian, deputy director general of China Surface Engineering Association Painting of Branch, gave technical support and delivered a speech. Wang Bing, Deputy Secretary General of Guangdong Coating Industry Association,  Zhang Chengzhi, executive president of Guangdong Furniture Association Secretary General also addressed salon.

There were three keynote speeches of the salon as following:

1. Zeng Rong, sales manager of Nordson (China) Co., LTD, explained the "Comprehensive Spraying Process Technology of MDF Plate Electrostatic Powder Spraying System (Spraying and Recycling)"

2. Li Lei, general manager of SUZHOU CATALYTEC GREEN ENERGY CO., LTD explained "Application of Gas Catalytic Infrared in MDF Electrostatic Spraying"

3. Wu Xuefeng, deputy general manager of Guangdong Boshuo Coating Technology Co., Ltd., explained the "Sealing Treatment Technology before Powder Spraying of MDF Plate"

Subsequently, vice president Wang Yijian and executive deputy secretary general Lu Tonglin jointly presided over the most important online and offline dialogue and interaction session of the salon. The users, coating suppliers and equipment suppliers put forward problems and doubts encountered in production and technology to on-site experts, and on-site experts answered questions and discussed them.

The salon discussed topics such as coating pretreatment, coating process discussion and test technical indicators, and analyzed the key problems of energy-saving and environmental protection powder coating of wooden furniture by using the interactive form of up-down dialogue. The topic involves five elements of system engineering technology like plain plate and coating materials, workmanship Equipment, environment protection standard and system solution.

Metal Bonding powder process training

2021 New Product and Technology Promotion Meeting

Next exhibition preview

The 15th International (Guangzhou) Surface Finishing, Electroplating and Coating Exhibition (SF Expo 2022) will continue to be held in Guangzhou in May 2022. Meanwhile, the 2022 International Surface Finishing Development Summit and Exhibition (Chongqing) will be held in Chongqing in September 2022. Various preparations for the 2022 exhibition will be carried out one after another. The organizers thank all partners, exhibitors, media and audience groups for their attention and support to the exhibition. We will actively sum up experience, further improve the quality of the exhibition and strive to create a higher quality industry exchange platform. We will meet again in May 2022.