03/09/2025
In
the new issue of GTS-Strahl we again report on news and activities from within the association and,
of course, again offer interesting technical articles and reports on
GTS members and thermal spraying.
Contents
Editorial
Bulletin Board
• “In business, the rule is: you only lie once!”
Daniel Plätzer
GTS Head Office Report
• with Facts and Figures from the GTS Head Office
GTS Articles
• Change in the GTS-Strahl editorial team
• New member in the GTS family
• GTS congratulates DUMA-BANDZINK GmbH on its initial certification
• SAVE THE DATE - SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2025
• The GTS Interview with Ingo Dresel:
An economist who feels right at home with techies and engineers!
• English-language training program to become a European Thermal Spraying Specialist (ETSS) successfully completed:
Expertise meets practice: ETSS course at SLV Munich
News from our members
• DURUM Verschleißschutz GmbH
Heading
seamlessly into the future – new cored-wire concept for laser cladding
• New departures for design and maintenance
Spotlight on handheld laser welding
• 24th Materials Engineering Colloquium
Academia meets Industry in Chemnitz
Regular Features / GTS Services
• We congratulate Georg Kalawrytinos on his 90th birthday
• GTS Circulars 2025
• Dates and Events
You will find further topics and interesting technical articles from science and industry in the “Thermal Spray Bulletin” section of the journal. Just go to the journal’s homepage at www.thermal-spray-bulletin.info.
Contact:
Advertising Department
Markus Winterhalter
Phone: +49 (0)211/1591-142,
Fax: +49 (0)211/1591-150, markus.winterhalter@dvs-media.info
Britta Wingartz
Phone +49 (0)211/1591-155,
Fax: +49 (0)211/1591-150,
britta.wingartz@dvs-media.info
Editorial Department
Nicole Stramka
Phone: +49 (0) 211/1591-289, Fax: +49 (0) 211/1591-250, nicole.stramka@dvs-media.info
Editorial Department GTS-Strahl
Dr. Gerd Bloschies
E-mail: strahl@gts-ev.de
Web and media Information
www.thermal-spray-bulletin.info
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