The 10th International Coating Symposium of Coatema will take place in Dormagen on 30th of September and 1st of October 2009. This time the symposium will be introduced by a drinks reception on 29th of September 2009. There will be nine international lecturers from industry and research will report on the latest results and developments (subject to modifications).

• Dr. Klaus Hecker of OE-A (a working group within VDMA), Germany: Organic and printed electronics – chances and challenges.
• Frank Sarnes of Sarnes Ingenieure OHG, Germany: InertCoater – Drying and Sintering in Inert Atmosphere for Sophisticated Applications.
• Ike De Vries of TNO Holst Centre, The Netherlands: High precision lamination of flexible foils.
• Omar Cheema of C-Change LLP, United Kingdom: Solar cells 3rd Generation PV.
• Dr. Rolf-Dieter Hund of Technische Universität Dresden, Germany: Technical Textiles.
• Andrea Glawe of Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, Germany and Dr. Roland Wilberger of B. Laufenberg GmbH, Germany: The right combination of machinery and transfer substrates for prepreg products.
• Debbie Thorp of iTi imaging Technology international, United Kingdom: Integration of inkjet technology for printed electronics and photovoltaic applications.
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Schabel + Philip Scharfer of KIT Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany: Frontiers in Thin Film Drying and Simulation of an industrial belt dryer with regard to the gas phase mass transport.
• Dr. Daniel Rudhardt of Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany: Conductive films and structures.

The delivered theory will be put into practice in the company owned R&D center on a surface of 1,200 square meters. Here, plants with working widths from 250 mm up to 2000 mm are on hand: 11 pilot plants, 1 production line and Click&Coat concept.

The combination of theoretical lectures and practical coating trials will again answer a lot of questions and will give suggestions for the future.

Because of the international orientation, the conference will be held in English for the 5th time. It will be the meeting point for basic researchers, process engineers, machine builders, experts in production and product development.