‘Qualicoat Meet at the Metalforming Centre’

Qualicoat UK & Ireland members met at the National Metalforming Centre at West Bromwich for their March meeting to discuss current issues relating to the powder coating of architectural aluminium.

The association now stands at 28 members and, despite the slowdown in the construction sector, there are a further eight new potential members undergoing early inspection with Exova, Qualicoat UK & Ireland's independent inspectorate. Three of these potentials should meet Qualicoat approval by the middle of 2011.

There have also been 13 random inspections of members by Exova since the last members meeting in early December, all who have passed inspection. Random inspection forms an important part of the Qualicoat label and ensures third party accredited output.

The associations website continues to gain interest form the sector with visits increased by 5% over the last three months and with 30% returning visitors. It was agreed that further technical information should be placed on the site which seems to be the most popular areas of interest. Twitter has now been added as a further newsfeed taking Qualicoat UK & Ireland into social media.

For further information about Qualicoat and the quality label, or for further information on Qualicoat UK & Ireland membership, please visit the associations website at www.qualicoatuki.org