09.04.2025 DÖRKEN at the Fastener Fair Global: an international success

Fastener Fair Global 2025, which took place in Stuttgart from 25 to 27 March, once again provided an impressive overview of the latest developments and trends in fastening technology.

Expert audience and established industry meeting place

With a steadily growing international presence, Fastener Fair Global was able to further underpin its importance as an established meeting place for industry players: this is where manufacturers of bolts and other fasteners, contract coaters and OEMs come together to discuss the latest developments and technologies. Once again this year, the trade fair attracted numerous trade visitors, who used the event primarily for an intensive professional exchange and for networking along the entire value chain.

‘We had intensive discussions with many customers and business partners about the economy, current innovations and the potential PFAS ban,’ says Christos Tselebidis, CEO Industrial Coatings Dörken. The discussions about the potential PFAS ban in particular took up a lot of space, as the handling of these substances in joining technology continues to be an important topic. As part of this, an event organised by the EIFI (European Industrial Fasteners Institute) took place on the first day of the trade fair, which dealt with the possible PFAS ban. The event was very well attended and demonstrated the industry's great interest in current developments and the status quo. ‘With numerous experts and speakers from various areas of the industry, the event was a complete success,’ said Sabrina Hilbt, Strategic Sales Manager at Dörken Coatings, who was also a speaker at the event. ‘Special thanks to the EIFI for their excellent work in bringing together everyone involved in the value chain to discuss different perspectives and solutions.’

Get ready – PFAS-free

In line with current market developments, the core topic at the DÖRKEN booth was also ‘PFAS-free coating solutions’. The coating experts from Herdecke presented their new PFAS-free product range, which consists of basecoats and topcoats and has already been successfully tested in series production. These include DÖRKEN^® SEAL 711 BLACK, DÖRKEN^® SEAL 711 SILVER, DÖRKEN^® BASE 120, DÖRKEN^® BASE 105 and DÖRKEN^® TOP 500 BLACK. The products show the well-known DÖRKEN quality, but are already PFAS-free, so that customers are already well prepared for the possible ban. DÖRKEN was also able to present results from series trials and projects generated with various PFAS-free prototypes as well as initial specification entries with PFAS-free systems.

‘For DÖRKEN, the Fastener Fair once again proved to be a complete success,’ Christos Tselebidis sums up: ’The excellently organised event offered us valuable discussions with existing and new partners.’
 

If you have any questions, please contact us:

Dörken Coatings GmbH & Co. KG, +49 2330 – 63243, coatings@doerken.de