June 28, 2023
Over the years, Van Geenen in Rijssen has grown from a small family business to a leading player in the stainless steel market. With more than thirty employees, dozens of machines in the production hall and specialties in over thirty different finishes, it is impossible to imagine Van Geenen without it. In recent years, the world of architecture has been added.
Increasingly, architects, product designers and designers are using colored stainless steel. Until a few years ago, powder coating was often used, where an organic coating was applied to the surface to beautify the object. A method that serves in some cases, but in many cases simply falls short of the client's requirements and wishes.
To fill that gap, Van Geenen started focusing on that one step more. How can stainless steel be processed to make it suitable for use in facades, interiors and design projects. PVD coating and Nano-coating turned out to be the answer.
PVD coating is ideally suited for creating brilliant designs, both indoors and outdoors. This is because this form of coating can be used on a variety of substrates. As a result, PVD coating, available in beautiful colors such as Champagne, Gold, Copper and Bronze, can also be applied, for example, to a polished, polished or sandblasted finish. This brings a very exclusive look. In addition, PVD-coating, also called Tin-coating or titanium nitride, uses no environmentally harmful or toxic substances.
Because PVD is in high demand, but this form of coating is only available in a few colors, Van Geenen has chosen to offer Nano-coating as a complement. Nano-coating, produced under the brand name nanoINOX®, is available in a wide range of color shades and designs. In addition, during the production of nanoINOX®, properties such as color, hardness, corrosion, transparency and flexibility can be well controlled.
Nano-coating is also distinguished by the fact that it is produced on the basis of SolGel technology. This technology includes AntiFingerprint and Easy-to-Clean properties, making nanoINOX® even more attractive for architecture. As with PVD coating, Van Geenen's nano-coating can be applied to various finishes, such as polished, polished and sandblasted. Thus, this coating also provides a very exclusive look.
Stainless steel has become a permanent fixture in living and working environments. Indoors and outdoors. Facades, stairs, cables and ropes; stainless steel is used in everything these days. Because stainless steel itself has a rather dull color, Van Geenen reaches out to architects with the Nano and PVD coatings. With these coatings, available in the most beautiful colors and finishes, architecture is ready for the future.
All this Van Geenen does together with the German company MirrorINOX GmbH & Co. KG, with which it has had a close, intensive partnership for many years. MirrorINOX and Van Geenen bring the best of both worlds together; in particular, the professional possibilities in the field of PVD and Nano coating is a huge addition to Van Geenen's package. As far as the MirrorINOX product range is concerned, Van Geenen is therefore the official and exclusive partner for the BeNeLux.
This article was taken from the fifth edition of the online magazine of ALURVS. The full magazine can be read back here.
