From March 24 to 26, Oliver+Batlle will be present at Eurocoat 2026, the leading event in France for professionals in the paint, ink, varnish, adhesive, and coating industries. The fair, held in Paris, brings together manufacturers, formulators, and suppliers of raw materials and technology, establishing itself as one of the main meeting points for the sector in Europe.
Oliver + Batlle consolidates its commitment to innovation and customer proximity. At this edition of Eurocoat, the company will have a stand (Stand B27), where it will present its solutions for optimizing manufacturing processes, with a special focus on the French market and neighboring European countries.
Technology geared towards industrial performance
During the three days of the fair, visitors will learn about our latest innovations in industrial equipment and process systems, designed to bring efficiency, versatility, and precision to production. Oliver+Batlle‘s solutions combine the mechanical robustness that characterizes us with advanced control technologies, allowing them to be optimally adjusted to the specific requirements of each manufacturer.
Various innovations will be on display at our stand. We will present our Dispermix Dual, a twin-shaft mixer-disperser with variable speed designed to work with medium and high viscosity products. Thanks to the combination of butterfly agitation and a dispersing disc, the equipment improves the homogeneity of the mixture, reduces processing times, optimizes energy consumption, and adapts to different formulations and production requirements.
With this technological approach, Oliver+Batlle responds to the current demands of the sector, promoting more efficient, controlled, and adaptable processes, aligned with the challenges of competitiveness and sustainability in the industry.
A key meeting point for the industry
Eurocoat has established itself as a leading technical and commercial platform where trends, innovations, and technological solutions for the manufacture of paints and coatings are shared. Participating in Eurocoat reinforces our strategy of proximity to the French and European markets. For Oliver+Batlle, this event is an opportunity to present our technological developments, listen to the real needs of the market, strengthen relationships with customers and partners, and drive innovation applied to industrial processes.
We look forward to seeing you at Eurocoat 2026
We invite all professionals in the sector to visit our stand and discover how we transform technology into real performance for our production processes.
Our team (Xavier Villanueva, Area Manager France, and Eduardo Serna, Area Manager Europe) will be at your disposal to talk and share experiences about the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
In the paints and coatings industry, efficiency is not just a goal; it is a competitive necessity. However, many production lines are still held back by conventional dosing technologies that create bottlenecks, product waste, and high maintenance costs.
At Oliver + Batlle we have launched a 3D additive manufacturing nozzle service that does not just sell a product, but optimises your entire packaging process.
Why switch from traditional metal nozzles to 3D technology?
Additive manufacturing allows us to design “layer by layer”, breaking the limitations of traditional machining and offering tangible benefits in three critical areas:
1. Increased productivity and profitability
- Manufacturing speed: Our nozzles allow for up to a 20% increase in filling speed compared to conventional dosers.
- Time optimisation: Reducing the seconds per dosing cycle is the most direct way to increase your daily output.
- Cost reduction: Improved efficiency, together with annual contract options including 10% discounts, significantly reduces the total cost of ownership.
2. Packaging quality: Zero drips, zero foam
One of the biggest challenges in paint packaging is difficult products that generate foam or residual dripping.
- Precision design: Each nozzle is custom-designed for the specific rheology of your product.
- A diameter for every container: We apply the principle of an optimal nozzle according to the container diameter, ensuring a millimetre-perfect fit and an impeccable finish.
3. Technical superiority of the material
Unlike heavy metal parts, our 3D nozzles offer:
- Minimum weight: Reduces mechanical stress and wear on the dosing arms of your machines.
- Greater impact resistance: Manufactured with high-durability technical polymers that withstand the pace of an industrial plant.
- Ad-hoc flexibility: The process begins with a preliminary study and the development of a functional prototype to ensure the solution is perfect before final production.
A service model designed for your business
We understand that production varies, which is why our model is fully flexible. We offer a service with no long-term commitment which includes:
- Personalised study and design.
- Scheduled deliveries to guarantee your stock.
- Express service: Deliveries within 24 hours in Europe and 72 hours in the rest of the world for urgent situations.
Conclusion
The digitalisation of dosing is here to stay. With Oliver + Batlle’s 3D nozzles, your company not only gains speed, but also a packaging quality that your customers will notice from the very first tin.
Are you ready to transform your production line? To discover the potential savings and see our rates (with nozzles starting from €180), contact our sales team today.
Challenge: Increase production capacity without expanding facilities, working with variable batches of varnishes and water-based and solvent-based paints.
Solution: Polimix DPS-5000-TRC ATEX disperser.
Result: Significant increase in production capacity, greater operational flexibility, and reduction in manual operator intervention.
1. IRURENA GROUP
IRURENA Group is a family-owned industrial company founded in 1969, specialized in the manufacture of varnishes and paints for industrial applications, mainly on wood, in both water-based and solvent-based formulations.
2. Products and Manufacturing Challenges
- Water-based paints for industrial applications on wood
- Solvent-based paints with ATEX requirementsTechnical complexity: The variability of formulations and production volumes required a dispersion system capable of adapting to different products while maintaining process quality and production efficiency.
- Industrial varnishes for high-quality professional finishes on wood
Technical complexity: The variability of formulations and production volumes required a dispersion system capable of adapting to different products while maintaining process quality and production efficiency.
3. Project Objectives
Main objective: Increase the production capacity of the existing plant by incorporating new dispersion equipment capable of working with both small and large batches, without the need to expand facilities or modify the manufacturing platform.
| Challenge | Description |
| Space | Integration of equipment in a reduced space, within an already operational production facility. |
| Coordination | Technical coordination with different project contractors, ensuring proper integration with auxiliary systems for liquid and solid feeding, dust and vapor extraction, cleaning solvents, complying with ATEX requirements. |
| Installation | Execution of complex maneuvers, conditioned by equipment dimensions and plant access limitations. |
Critical requirement: The entire project had to guarantee safe, reliable operation oriented toward optimizing daily operations.
4. Implemented Solution
Polimix DPS-5000-TRC ATEX Equipment
Oliver + Batlle designed and manufactured a high-power disperser specifically configured for the client’s production needs, ensuring maximum efficiency and operational safety.
Main Technical Features
- Truncated-conical design: Allows efficient work with both small and large product volumes
- Disperser shaft raising and lowering system: Provides flexibility and control during the manufacturing process
- Half-pipe cooling jacket: Ensures thermal stability of the product during dispersion
- Automatic cleaning system: Using mobile lances, with integrated process control
- Complete control of the equipment: HMI touchscreen in classified zone, while PLC and electrical cabinet are located in safe area, fully compliant with ATEX requirements.
The equipment was installed on a carbon steel support structure with primer coating, designed at the same height as the existing production platform. Oliver + Batlle provided the loads transmitted to the floor so that the client could execute the corresponding foundations, as well as the anchor plates on which the structure and the equipment rest. The position of the liquid and powder loading connections and the vapour/dust extraction points was also defined.
A specialized technician from Oliver + Batlle coordinated the positioning operations, final assembly, and commissioning of the equipment, ensuring its proper integration into the plant.
Process diagram of supplied equipment:
3D views of the equipment on its structure, integrated in the existing factory:
5. Results
- Significant increase in the production capacity of the existing plant without the need to expand facilities
- Maximum operational flexibility: production of large and small batches of a wide variety of products using a single disperser
- Improved efficiency of the production process through integrated automatic control
- Reduced operator intervention: manual and automatic operation, and integrated cleaning system
6. Conclusion
This project demonstrates how a customized engineering solution, properly integrated into an existing installation, optimizes production and prepares the plant for future growth.
The combination of specialized technical design, ATEX regulatory compliance, integration within reduced space, and process automation has enabled IRURENA GROUP to strengthen its competitive position in the industrial coatings market.
Company overview
Duracolor Coatings, S.L.U. is a family-owned company dedicated to the manufacture of a wide range of coatings, both water-based and solvent-based, including emulsion paints, exterior coatings, primers, enamels, varnishes and wood finishes.
With a strong industrial background dating back to the 1980s, Duracolor markets its products both in the domestic market and internationally, particularly in South America and Africa, through specialised distributors. Throughout its history, the company has continuously invested in improving its production processes to meet growing demands for quality, flexibility and capacity.
Product to be processed
Water-based emulsion paints and exterior coatings.
Project objective
Duracolor Coatings identified the need to increase the production capacity of its water-based product range (emulsion paints and exterior coatings), under a number of key technical constraints:
- Installation of the new equipment in a limited space, adjacent to the existing dispersion area, originally supplied by Oliver + Batlle in the late 1990s.
- Close coordination with the different contractors involved in the project, including:
- Manufacturer of the working platform.
- Installers of solid and liquid feeding systems.
- Dust and vapour extraction systems integrated with the Oliver + Batlle equipment.
The objective was to integrate the new manufacturing units while maintaining production continuity, optimising the use of available space and ensuring appropriate safety, ergonomics and operational efficiency.
Oliver + Batlle solution
Oliver + Batlle designed and supplied a solution fully adapted to the specific requirements of Duracolor’s plant, including the following equipment:
- Polimix DPS-8000-OR, standard power, equipped with:
- Integrated weighing system.
- Automatic discharge valves.
- Fixed cleaning lances.
- Cleaning pump unit GLP-10/S-30.
- MF-16 pumping unit with filter, for transferring the paste produced in the Polimix to the finishing tanks.
- Three TA-12000-PS finishing tanks, each equipped with:
- Weighing system.
- Automatic discharge valve.
- Fixed cleaning lances.
Dynamic load calculations for the existing structure were provided, and the final location of the Polimix and the finishing tanks within the available space was jointly agreed, arranging them in a triangular (staggered) layout in order to optimise access, traffic flow and operational accessibility.
In addition, the position and sizing of the following were also jointly defined:
- Liquid and powder feeding connections for the Polimix unit.
- Dust and vapour extraction systems for the Polimix unit.
- Liquid feeding connections and vapour extraction for the Finishing Tanks.
Process flow diagram of the supplied equipment
Results
As a result of the implemented solution, Duracolor Coatings has significantly increased the production capacity of its existing plant.
- The Polimix is used for the paste preparation stage, incorporating water, powders and additives.
- The paste is then transferred to the Finishing Tanks, where the formulation is completed by adding emulsions, water and final additives.
This production concept allows overlapping operations: while a batch is being finalised in a finishing tank, a new paste can be prepared in the Polimix. As a result, manufacturing times are optimised, overall plant productivity is improved, and the quality and homogeneity of the final product are ensured.
