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About ecca

The European Coil Coating Association (ECCA) is an international non-profit association dedicated to the promotion of the use of prepainted metal as the environmentally sound, the cost effective and the high quality method of finishing.

137

Coil coating lines in Europe (STS BREF 2020)

50%

since 2008, we have reduced our fossil fuel-based CO2 emissions.*

+75k

industrial and commercial buildings in Europe use prepainted metal annually.*

35%

energy consumption during production 

3x

Our market is now 3x the size it was in 1992.*
ECCA Statistics

1.5b m2

We produce 1.5 billion sq.metres of product each year* Enough to cover 200,000 football pitches.

100+

Over 100 infinite colours and finishes.

*ECCA Statistics & Benchmarking

About Coil Coating

The coil coating process which is used to produce prepainted metal is continually evolving to produce better products, higher quality, faster and with lower environmental impact. Some of the major innovations in recent years have been :

Roller coating
1 Roller coating

The basic technique of applying paint by roller coating is at the heart of prepainted metal and continual innovation is used to make this faster, more consistent and more efficient

No-rinse pre-treatment
2 No-rinse pre-treatment

The adoption firstly of reverse-cascade rinsing and then of no-rinse pre-treatment on many coil coating lines has dramatically reduced water usage in the initial stages of the process

Curing ovens
3 Curing ovens

The most energy-intensive part of the coil coating process has seen major development to provide more efficient ovens, able of curing paint in seconds, using both traditional gas-fired techniques, but also innovative induction, IR and NIR curing techniques

VOC elimination
4 VOC elimination

The coil coating process allows for very efficient collection of VOCs from the solvents used in paints and the latest oxidisers ensure that over 99% of these are destroyed without polluting the atmosphere.

Who are we?

Our mission is to promote the use of pre-painted metal, an environmentally friendly, economical, and high-quality material.

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Premium®

ECCA Premium® is a label awarded by ECCA that ensures, using strict criteria, the quality, sustainability and aesthetics of prepainted metal products used in building applications.

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Testimonials

Mathieu Meur
(Director at DP Façade)
Mathilde Poupart
(Architecht at Bohuon Bertic & Associé.e.s )
Naja Tabrizian
(Metal Specialist at Velux)