15th standards document launched
14th November 2017

The 15th biennial edition of the QUALICOAT standard for architectural powder coating was launched to UK and Ireland members and specifiers met at the RIBA Portland Street.

A ‘not for profit’ organisation, with head office in Zurich, QUALICOAT maintains a global standard for the process of pretreatment and powder coating of architectural aluminium.

The presentations also included the RIBA approved CPD from Qualicoat titled, ‘Setting the Standard for Architectural Powder Coating’ presented by Russell Deane of AkzoNobel and Ben Parsley of Jotun gave a short presentation on the importance of correctly specifying powder coating for various projects and locations.

The event closed with an expert panel question and answer session with Chairman Alan Maginnis, Michael Stacey of Michael Stacey Architects, Russell Deane of AkzoNobel, Ben Parsley of Jotun and Jan Lukaszewski, General Secretary of Qualicoat UK and Ireland.