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Emiliana Serbatoi’s New Water-Based Top Coat Halved Drying Times and Increased Production Throughput Monica Fumagalli ipcm®
Reducing the duration of coating processes is one of the most frequent requests received by paint manufacturers from applicators. Emiliana Serbatoi turned to Inver, belonging to multinational group Sherwin-Williams, for the development of INVERPUR/R, a water-based top coat capable of halving drying times even at room temperature and thus doubling its production capacity related to its world-famous tanks.
P
roduction times are among the biggest costs of a company.
that can reduce our products’ delivery times to increasingly demanding
Emiliana Serbatoi (Campogalliano, Modena, Italy), a company
local and international markets.” Moreover, in 2015, the firm switched
known globally for the production of tanks for the storage,
from solvent-based to water-based paints and, since then, the drying
transport, and dispensing of fuels and liquids in general for agricultural
times of its tanks have increased due to the inherent peculiarities of this
and industrial use. “This is why,” states Gian Lauro Morselli, the founder
particular coating technology. Based on a well-considered management
of the company in 1983 together with his father Giancarlo and its
decision aimed at sustainability, however, it chose not to install a drying
current president, “we are always on the lookout for innovative solutions
oven in its coating department, which would have certainly reduced
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One of the latest products made by Emiliana Serbatoi (Campogalliano, Modena) and coated with INVERPUR/R.
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