The 48th IAK will take place on June 9, 2026 at the Fraunhofer IST in Braunschweig. A meeting is planned for the evening before. You can find the complete program here: Program IAK

The pre-event meeting will take place on June 8, 2026 from 19:00 in Braunschweig City. The exact location will be announced.

Please register using the registration form at events@inplas.de

Lectures:

High-performance tool solutions for integrated assembly systems in the aerospace industry’s ramp-up phase

Jan Stuhrmann and Alexander Gosler

Airbus Operations GmbH

Ice-cold drilling – cryogenic processing of CFRP – titanium stacks for the aviation industry

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Dege

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)

Diamond coatings for aircraft construction

Dr. Christoph Schiffers

CemeCon AG

CVD diamond coatings for machining – with intermediate layer

Dr. Sarah Baron

Fraunhofer IST

Carbide: A matter of trust!

Daniel Rumo

Extramet AG

Challenges in cleaning carbide tools prior to PVD coating

Karl Trautz

Hemo GmbH

Super coatings for superalloy cutting applications: Enhancing carbide tool performance with advanced PVD technology

Christian Krieg

Platit AG

Deposition characteristics of various PM-TiAl targets during arc evaporation

Dr. Immo Garrn

Gühring KG

Tool solutions for the construction of wind turbines

Dr.-Ing. Arno Köpf and Christian Midl

Boehlerit GmbH & Co KG