Harmen IJdema, Director: Jonkman Coating is a specialist in powder coating, spray painting and chemical pretreatment. We mostly operate as a job coater, and five years ago we decided to develop a vertical production line for aluminum profiles with pre-anodization – because we believe pre-anodization is the future.
We had experience of using chrome-free technologies, as well as solutions containing Cr3 and Cr6. Switching to pre-anodization adds an extra step in the pretreatment process, which means extra costs. That’s why we tried to automate our process as much as possible to minimize additional costs and avoid increasing the price of the product.
When we designed and built our factory, we always kept a strong focus on making sure our products offer the highest level of quality. At the same time, the process had to be technically feasible and costs had to be acceptable, while everything had to meet environmental requirements too. One of the advantages of building a new line is that you can optimize it in terms of quality, safety and sustainability – so you can really build a factory for the future.