The first European Pulse Plating Seminar took place on the 10^th of March in Vienna. Main focus was the method and its industrial application. With more than 80 participants coming from 13 European countries, the conference can be considered a full success. Therefore, the European Pulse Plating Seminar will take place 2007 in an extended form again.

10 international presentations of leading experts on pulse plating formed the framework of the conference:

Plenary lectures

• Prof. Dr. Pietro Cavalotti (Politecnico di Milano, I)
  Electrodeposition of sacrificial Mn-Cu alloy on steel
• Prof. Dr. Peter Farr (Institute of Metal Finishing IMF, GB)
  Pulse Plating of nickel-molybdenum alloys
• Dr. Hans-Jürgen Grande (CIDETEC, E)
  High conductive silver nanocoatings on aluminium obtained from pulse plating techniques
• Dr. Selma Hansal (Happy Plating, A)
  Optimisation of pulse plating processes by computational simulation
• Dr. Wolfgang E.G. Hansal (Happy Plating, A)
  Pulse Plating: How to develop a pulse sequence
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kautek (Universität Wien, A)
  Chromate-free zinc conversion coatings by pulse and AC methods
• Prof. Dr. Magda Lakatos Varsanyi (Bay Zoltan Foundation, H)
  Pulse Electrodeposition of Nanocrystalline Layers
• Prof. Dr. Peter Leisner (Acreo AB/Jönköping University, S)
  Pulse reversal plating of copper for electronics applications
• Dr. Peter T. Tang (DTU, DK)
  Pulse Reversal Plating of Nickel Alloys
• Dr. Jac Vermeijlen (A+, NL)
  Pulse reverse electrodeposition in a Kyoto perspective

Exhibitors

In addition several international posters were presented. Some relevant companies in the field of pulse plating were exhibiting their products (in alphabetical order):

• Fa. Befeld-Systeme GmbH
  https://www.befeld-systeme.de
  Producer of industrial pulse rectifiers
• Fa. DRPP B.V.
  https://www.drpp.nl
  Dutch producer of pulse rectifiers
• Fa. Hirtenberger Engineered Surfaces GmbH
  https://www.happyplating.at
  Development, prototyping and industrial application of pulse plating and other pulsed processes
• Fa. MacDermid GmbH
  https://www.macdermid.com
  Bath- and chemistry supplier with a completely developed and ready for use bright copper pulse plating system
• Fa. Munk GmbH
  https://www.munk.de
  German producer of pulse rectifiers
• Fa. Plating Electronic
  https://www.plating.de
  Producer of a broad variety of pulse rectifiers
• Fa. Röntgenanalytik Messtechnik GmbH
  https://www.roentgenanalytik.de
  High quality X-Ray fluorescence devises fort he determination of the coating thickness and alloy compositions
• Fa. UMI-Industrievertretung GmbH
  Distributor of ELCA pulse rectifiers Contact: u.madeya-umi@t-online.de

Photos of the event 2006

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Due to the great success and the very positive feedback of the participants the European Pulse Plating Seminar will take place again 2007 in an extended form!