17/03/2026
February & March 2026
Much has been written about AI transforming healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and retail through predictive analytics, automation, and generative models. At the same time AI and automation are making many strides in surface technology – which includes coatings, surface treatments, material characterization, and manufacturing finishing – shifting it from manual, experience-based operations to intelligent, data-driven, and highly precise systems.
Artificial intelligence and automation have long been an integral part of industrial surface technology. Whether process monitoring, quality assurance, material efficiency or plant control, digital technologies are fundamentally changing painting processes and raising them to a new level of performance. Intelligent, automated solutions that are already in use today and will become even more important in the future. Close cooperation with manufacturers, system providers, research institutions and users shows that AI is no longer a promise for the future, but a decisive lever for more efficient, sustainable and stable coating processes.
This technology is not just automating old processes; it is creating entirely new possibilities. It helps manufacturers produce higher-quality paint with less waste, empowers consumers to find the perfect color with a tap on their screen, and pushes the boundaries of what a simple coat of paint can achieve. It helps manufacturers produce higher quality paint with less waste, empowers consumers to find the perfect color with a tap on their screen, and pushes the boundaries of what a simple coat of paint can do.
These illustrations show that AI and automation in surface technology are no longer viewed in isolation, but increasingly as integral components of continuous process chains. The focus is shifting from individual optimizations to networked systems in which process data, quality information and plant parameters are collated and evaluated in real time. This development opens up new potential for reproducible quality, resource efficiency and process stability – but at the same time requires a high level of system integration and robust data models.
In this issue, we try and discuss some of the latest developments within our sector in the field of AI and automation. Besides, this issue also carries all our regular features and columns to keep our readers updated.
At the same time, we also hope the hostilities in the Middle East comes to an end as soon as possible and we are able to get on with our businesses and lives as usual and in peace!
Jolly Lonappan
Editor-in-Chief
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