Industrial surface engineering for durable components.
Wet painting, powder coating, blasting and paint stripping for rail vehicles as well as components from mechanical, plant and metal engineering – from surface preparation to documented final inspection, to drawing and customer specification.
Four processes. End-to-end responsibility for the surface.
A durable coating does not begin with the application of paint but with proper preparation of the substrate. PICTUM combines paint stripping, blasting, wet painting and powder coating into coordinated process chains – depending on substrate, initial condition, component geometry and later loading, including defined inspection and documentation requirements.
ICE front · topcoat in high gloss
Industrial wet painting to customer specification
Single-coat and multi-coat coating systems for components, assemblies and complete vehicle fronts. Coating system, substrate preparation, specified coating thickness and colour shade are executed in accordance with the technical requirement – for components that cannot be transported, also with mobile equipment including an enclosure at the customer's site.
- Max. component length
- up to 30 m
- Colour systems
- RAL · NCS · DB · special
- Test options
- Coating thickness · cross-cut test · gloss level
Powder application in our booth
Powder coating for steel and aluminium components
Depending on substrate, surface preparation, powder system and operating conditions, high mechanical resistance as well as durable weathering and corrosion protection can be achieved. For defined applications in the rail vehicle sector, PICTUM holds the DB coater qualification to DBS 918340.
- Booth/oven dimensions
- 6 × 2.5 × 2 m
- Colour shades
- RAL · NCS · DB · special
- Qualification
- DBS 918340
Open blasting facility · large components up to 30 m
Blasting and surface preparation up to Sa 2½
Abrasive removal of corrosion, mill scale, existing coatings and contamination to the required surface preparation grade. For sensitive or already coated surfaces, sweep blasting is available as an adapted process – stationary in the open blasting facility or mobile at the customer's site.
- Open blasting facility L×W×H
- 30 × 6 × 6 m
- Surface preparation
- up to Sa 2½ · sweep blasting
- Execution
- Stationary & mobile
Stripped · ready for recoating
Substrate-specific paint stripping for components and production equipment
Existing paint and powder coatings are removed chemically or thermally, depending on base substrate, coating system, component geometry and subsequent processing – as a single order or as a recurring process for fixtures, beams, hangers and jigs.
- Processes
- chemical & thermal
- Max. component size
- approx. 8 × 2.5 × 3 m
- Order handling
- Single, series & framework agreements
From ongoing production.
No glossy staging, but real production steps: footage of components and vehicle parts from current customer projects – from preparation to coating application.
Coated in Hennigsdorf – out on the rails.
Surface engineering for demanding industrial applications.
Our processes are used where surfaces have to meet technical, visual and economic requirements over the long term.
Rail vehicle industry
Coating and surface preparation of vehicle components, assemblies and large components for OEMs, suppliers and maintenance operations – to customer, drawing and quality requirements, qualified to DBS 918340 for defined applications.
Mechanical and plant engineering
Wet painting, powder coating and surface preparation for frames, housings, machine components, steel structures and series parts – from functional protective coatings to surfaces with high visual requirements.
Metal construction, building and architecture
Coating of steel and aluminium structures for interior and exterior applications. Coating system and surface preparation are matched to the substrate, the loading and the intended appearance.
Commercial single parts and small batches
Individual components, small batches and recurring commercial orders are integrated into our production processes. Private customers can also enquire about selected components for coating or refurbishment.
Photo of the works locomotive “Hennigsdorf”: Jörg Fuhrmann (Intermerker), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Reference projects from our production.
From series components and vehicle fronts to complete train fronts and work carried out directly on the vehicle – this selection shows the range and the component dimensions handled at the Hennigsdorf site and with mobile equipment. Because of existing confidentiality agreements we do not publish all customer names and project details; we are glad to present further references in direct discussion where there is a legitimate interest.
Quality is a defined process.
Surface quality is the result of reproducible processes, suitable test methods and traceable documentation – from reviewing the requirements through production to final inspection.
ISO 9001:2015
The quality management system covers the relevant processes from order acceptance and work preparation through production to final inspection. SE-Cert, valid until 01/2027.
View certificate (PDF)DBS 918340 · Aluminium
Qualification for powder coatings on aluminium for defined interior and exterior applications on rail vehicles.
Evidence on requestDBS 918340 · Steel
Qualification for powder coatings on steel for defined exterior applications in the rail vehicle sector.
Evidence on requestTesting instead of claiming: Depending on the order and specification, we test and document the relevant quality characteristics of the applied coating – among them coating thickness, adhesion (cross-cut test), gloss level, colour shade and surface condition. Test scope, target values and documentation follow the agreed requirements. More on quality and test methods →
Surface engineering with an industrial tradition in Hennigsdorf.
The Hennigsdorf site has been connected with rail vehicle manufacturing for more than a century – the painting of components and assemblies has a tradition here that goes back decades. Since the small-parts painting operation was spun off in 1999, the business has worked independently at the site, and since 2017 as PICTUM Oberflächentechnik GmbH. We carry this industrial process knowledge forward with modern equipment and process technology.
- Rail vehicle manufacturing at the site
- since 1913
- Small-parts painting
- since the 1940s
- Independent
- since 1999
- As PICTUM
- since 2017
- Open blasting facility
- 30 × 6 × 6 m
Full timeline 1910 – today
AEG buys the site – and first builds a paint factory
Emil Rathenau acquires around 5.6 square kilometres in Hennigsdorf and Nieder-Neuendorf. Besides the porcelain factory, the first plants include an oilcloth and paint factory. Surface engineering at the site is older than locomotive manufacturing.
Locomotive manufacturing begins
The foundation stone for the locomotive works is laid at the end of 1913, and the first standard-gauge electric locomotives are assembled in spring 1914. Hennigsdorf becomes a city of rail vehicle manufacturing.
200 km/h – the 05 002
The streamlined steam locomotive 05 002, built in Hennigsdorf, sets a world record. In the same years, the E 18 and E 19 express locomotives leave the works.
VEB Lokomotivbau-Elektrotechnische Werke
After destruction and dismantling, the works resumes operation as LEW. Over the following decades, the E 11, E 42, V 60, V 100 and 250 classes are built here – vehicles for the Deutsche Reichsbahn and for export.
Small-parts painting is established
As production restarts, the painting of small parts and assemblies becomes a fixed part of the works. This tradition has continued without interruption to this day.
AEG, Adtranz and the last locomotive
In 1992 AEG takes back its former works; in 1996 rail vehicle manufacturing is absorbed into Adtranz. On 24 May 1998, 145 010 – the last electric locomotive built in Hennigsdorf – leaves the works. The site realigns towards multiple units.
Out of the works and into independence
Adtranz spins off the small-parts painting division. Loll Entlackungs- und Pulverbeschichtungs-GmbH uses it to establish the Kleinteillackierung Hennigsdorf operation. Buildings, structures and equipment are transferred for use – and the existing workforce is taken on. The know-how therefore stays in-house while the process technology is comprehensively modernised.
Bombardier takes over the site
Adtranz becomes Bombardier Transportation. Underground trains for the BVG follow, along with class 422 and 430 suburban trains, trams for Berlin, the Talent 2 from 2008 and the ICE 4 cooperation with Siemens from 2010.
PICTUM Oberflächentechnik GmbH
Since 2017 the Hennigsdorf business has traded as PICTUM Oberflächentechnik GmbH – in the same place, in Gebäude 100 on the factory site. Wet painting, powder coating, blasting and paint stripping come together under one roof.
Alstom
The site passes to Alstom and is set up as a development and service location. Maintenance and modernisation move into the foreground – tasks in which the surface is decisive.
Four processes, one site, verified quality
We work to ISO 9001:2015 and with the DB coater qualification to DBS 918340 – for rail vehicles, industry, commercial and private customers. Production from 06:00 to 23:45, documented from delivery to final inspection.
Equipment, coating systems and quality requirements have changed over the decades. What has remained is the process knowledge from decades of industrial surface treatment – from proper surface preparation to documented final inspection. What counts is the interaction of substrate, preparation, coating system, application and inspection.
Skilled staff for surface engineering wanted.
We are looking for painters, powder coaters, blasters and suitable career changers for our production in Hennigsdorf. What counts is practical understanding, quality awareness and the willingness to carry out industrial coating processes reliably.
Send us a technical enquiry.
For a reliable calculation, please send us – where available – the drawing, substrate, dimensions, quantity, the required coating system or specification and the planned delivery date. On this basis we review the technical feasibility and prepare a specific quotation.
Address
PICTUM Oberflächentechnik GmbH
Am Rathenaupark, Gebäude 100 (Alstom site)
16761 Hennigsdorf
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