GTS-STRAHL

02/03/2026

GTS-Strahl 55
in DVS Thermal Spray Bulletin 1/2026 (February)

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
• “The Factor for Success!”
Dr. Guido Reise

GTS Head Office Report
with Facts and Figures from the GTS Head Office

GTS Articles
• Surface engineers investigate – the GTS company interview with LaserBond Limited in Australia
  LaserBond: Pushing the Boundaries of Surface Engineering in Australasia and Beyond!
• New GTS Paper “GTS Job Description Thermal Spraying Supervisor”
• 13^th Colloquium High Velocity Oxy-Fuel Flame Spraying:
   Innovation, Sustainability, Digitalisation, Data Analysis
• 33^rd GTS Annual General Meeting 2025 in Freiburg im Breisgau
  Research is the Focus of the GTS Annual Meeting
• The ITSC 2026 bears the motto “Engineered for Excellence – Smart Coatings for a Smart World”
  The Thermal Spray Community meets in Bangkok

News from our members
• C&M Technologies GmbH at SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2025
  First Time at the GTS Joint Booth after a Solo Appearance of 19 Years
• GTS Trade Fair Appearances to Promote Thermal Spray Technology
• Reimann Industrietechnik GmbH
  Pulsed rather than Continuous Flame – Strengths of Detonation Spraying and its Niches
• A Technical Visit by the Dutch Thermal Spraying Association (VTS) to C-Cube International
  Predictive Coating Evaluation and Sustainability in Thermal Spraying
• 19^th Aachen Surface Engineering Colloquium

Regular Features / GTS Services
• Many Thanks for 10 Years with GTS in the Head Office
• GTS Circulars 2025/2026
• Dates and Events
• Registration Form 13^th HVOF Colloquium

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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