04.11.2025 Dörken Day China: 20 years of partnership

On September 19, 2025, with the theme of "20 years of partnership", Dörken Day China --- the 20th anniversary of Dörken's China came to a successful end at the Radisson Select Hotel in Shanghai. The China Surface Engineering Association, coating manufacturers, automotive customers, ecological partners, and colleagues from various regions of Dörken witnessed this commemorative event together.

"In 2005, driven by the dream of German anti-corrosion technology, Dörken started its journey in China, a land full of opportunities. Starting from a small room and one founder, a two-decade partnership journey began ” With the rigor of German craftsmanship and sincerity rooted in China, we have steadily embarked on a journey of deep cooperation spanning 20 years and coexisting with Chinese industrial chain partners.

Mr. Andrej Von Hofman, General Manager of Dörken MKS-Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., expressing sincere gratitude to all the guests present at the scene. He mentioned, "The company has always accompanied the growth and transformation process of China's automotive industry. Since entering the Chinese market, it has not only continued to deepen its local business, but also actively supported the development of international and local OEMs in China, always focusing on practicing the service concept of 'local for local'. Looking ahead to the next step of development, the company will further upgrade its service positioning and establish "local for global" as a new strategy.

Mr. Ma Jie, the president of China Surface Engineering Association, did the opening speech, highly recognizing Dörken's 20 years of deep cultivation in the field of micro coating anti-corrosion: "establish the industry benchmark with precision technology, and build market reputation with reliable protection!" This evaluation accurately summarized Dörken's 20 years of technical adherence.

Mr. Huangping, and Deputy Chief Engineer of Chongqing Chang’an Automobile represent by China local OEMs to give a video speech for our 20 anniversary. “The global industry has entered a new stage of low-carbon and intelligent transformation, and the surface anti-corrosion industry has also adjusted its development path accordingly, taking "high performance, sustainability, high quality, and compatibility" as key development dimensions. In the face of this industry change, Dörken, with its breakthrough innovative technology, has opened up the situation and reshaped the value benchmark of high-performance surface coating.

On the spot, our technical team, respectively made professional sharing on PFAS restrictions and Dörken new PFAS free series products, and deeply interpreted the core requirements of current global and domestic PFAS restrictions, industry compliance trends, and the impact of restrictions on automotive and industrial anti-corrosion fields. At the same time, we shared our successful case and new 2-components RT zinc flake in railway corrosion protection applications. Brake disc coating solution as our future core development business given speech by our new sales director.

As the stage of whole network display, We have invited domestic and foreign coating equipment manufacturers to share their latest technologies. Juan Torres Guma from DAMAS MACHINERY, shared their solutions for Dörken coating and pre-treatment process by insisting on manufacturing equipment with solid structure and simple operation, reducing energy consumption while achieving high productivity and maximizing environmental protection. Shen Haiqing from Victory Intelligent introduces the scenarios of different equipment combinations and emphasizes that there is no equipment that can cover all products 100%. It is crucial to match the appropriate equipment based on the product form and the type of coating used.

After a day of technical meetings and exchanges, we welcomed the Oktoberfest event in the evening. Customers from the entire supply chain gather together and raise their glasses to drink. The 20th anniversary celebration of Dörken came to an end in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. Let's look forward to next DDC celebration in 2027.