In the woodworking industry, Tikkurila continues on its path of innovation as a supplier of new surface treatment solutions. Alongside our previously introduced UVITEC® 3D solution, at the end of the year 2007 we announced the revolutionary UVITEC® 2D method, which yields significant energy savings in the surface treatment of plane objects.

Growing popularity of single-coat metal finishing. Many new demands are being placed on paints and application work today:ever-greater efficiency, lower cost, better appearance and longer service life. Single-coat finishing offers one solution to these challenges.

Tikkurila Coatings has received an award from the RadTech Europe Association for the development of the UVITEC ultraviolet (UV) coating system, which utlizes UV curing in an inert atmosphere. The award was presented last October on the occasion of the RadTech 2005 Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

New trends in the paint and manufacturing industries and our increasingly international approach mean that the time is right to develop the Temaspeed distributor concept into new and exciting areas. The new concept means better service for industrial paint users and it will be launched internationally during the spring of 2005.