The European Society of Thin Films (EFDS) is a non-profit scientific research society in the plasma-enhanced deposition and vacuum coating industry.
The European Society of Thin Films promotes close collaboration between industrial enterprises and research institutions and supports research activities and the application of plasma surface engineering and thin-film technologies in practice. We highly value your co-operation in achieving these objectives!
- Process development
- Plant engineering
- Materials science
- Commercial coating, or
- other surface engineering applications.
Currently, members come from Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Denmark, the USA, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Their common goals and objectives have brought them together.
V2013 - Exhibition and Workshop
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Exhibition and Workshop |


