News and dates
The programme is set!

You can now register for the joint symposium organised by GFE – Gesellschaft für Fertigungstechnik und Entwicklung Schmalkalden e.V., the VDMA…
Preparation for phase II is underway

We have successfully completed Phase I. Now we want to start Phase II.
Industry meeting trade fair

LongRunCycle uses trade fairs as a venue for presentation, knowledge transfer and exchange. This is also on our agenda for the transition from phase…
Kickoff „Elektrofinish“

More and more plans by network partners and joint projects are taking shape. One of these has just been confirmed.
Save the Date – 16. Schmalkalder Werkzeugtagung

You can look forward to an inspiring conference with new scientific findings and interesting networking.
Date: …
V2025 International Conference and Exhibition for Vacuum | Plasma |…

V2025 – Internationale Conference
Date: 13.-16.10.2025
Location: Dresden
Workshop on the subject of wear protection

“Practice meets innovation-Intelligent wear protection with PVD coatings & cutting edges”
We want to grow - partners for phase II

Preparations for Phase II of our project have begun. We want to further expand our network on the stable basis of our previous work.
Network meeting in Schmalkalden

In May, the network partners held another meeting at the GfE to discuss the status of their work and look ahead to the next funding phase.