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Destination 2 – Achieving technological leadership for Europe’s open strategic autonomy in raw materials, chemicals and innovative materials industry The tender topics of this destination are intended to contribute to a paradigm shift with regard

Current calls for funding have been published as part of the EU funding program HORIZON EUROPE. Cluster 5 “Climate, Energy and Mobility” in particular includes topics that can be decisively advanced through developments and innovations

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, In the EFDS Newsletter, you will find quarterly recent news from our members, information on new projects of the Industrial Collective Research IGF and always up-to-date information on upcoming EFDS activities.

The “IGF Project of the Year” 2025 has been chosen. Experts from all over Germany chose the innovation project from the field of battery research as the winner from three finalists yesterday. The vote was

Press Release_conclusion of the 8th International ALD Conference 2025 Successful conclusion of the 8th International Conference “ALD FOR INDUSTRY” in Dresden Dresden, March 12, 2025 – The 8th International Conference “ALD FOR INDUSTRY” has once

Our members Fraunhofer IWU, Fraunhofer IST and Fraunhofer IWS are jointly researching the IGF project “Development of manufacturing process sequences for coated metallic bipolar plates for fuel cells of the highest quality and energy efficiency”.

»Green ICT @ FMD« is a project initiated by the Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland (FMD) and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to reduce the CO2 footprint of information and communication technology

The Danish EFDS member company Polyteknik AS opened its German subsidiary in November. The deposition system manufacturer from near Aalborg in Jutland is launching in Dresden. Polyteknik AS is a medium-sized family owned business. Due

Dresden, November 2024 – The European Society of Thin Films (EFDS) and the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) have sealed a strategic partnership to further expand international cooperation in the fields of coating and vacuum.

Networking and connecting are important tasks of the EFDS. Jointly a new cooperation between EFDS and TACT, Taiwan Association for Coating and Thin Film Technology, was started. International exchange and new possibilities for cooperations between