The Europäische Gesellschaft für Lackiertechnik e.V. (EGL) was founded on March 13, 1996. Meanwhile it has nearly 200 members. The EGL addresses all specialists from the coating sector.

Industrial coating technology has developed from a handicraft technique into an engineering discipline with many high-tech feaures in a relatively short period of time. Materials, processes, plants, and test methods are subject to fast changes. Therefore, it is almost essential to be well informed, have a good overview, know many specialists in this sector, and most of all to have access to a central office that works on technical problems.

The foundation of the EGL made up for something that had long been considered a shortage: The foundation of a professional association for industrial coating technology with emphasis on the correlation of paint material, process technology, and application closed a large gap. It was clear from the beginning that this association would be open to specialists from other countries due to the need and wish to think European.

The DFO was founded in 1949 and for the past 20 years the DFO has concentrated on the following spectrum of services: joint research with know-how exchange, further education and training, and technology consulting. The DFO is based on the membership of companies and associations, because the offered services, especially the federal promotion of joint research, require a great deal of industrial sponsoring.

The Europäische Gesellschaft für Lackiertechnik e.V. is based on the membership of individual persons. Therefore, the mutual supplement of the DFO and the Europäische Gesellschaft für Lackiertechnik e.V.is practically ideal.

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