Especially in the context of the change process through industry 4.0, the selection of the optimal surface technology gains even more importance and decides elementarily about the quality, costs of components as well as the robustness of the production. With its annual conference, the Plastics Institute Lüdenscheid aspires to actively promote innovation and present the latest trends, show less known possibilities and present current developments with future potential. From trend and design analysts to OEMs, material and technology providers and users, speakers from all areas of the value chain will once again be on hand to guarantee practical and application-oriented presentations.As usual, the second day will deal with a special topic. This year, various methods from the field of testing technology for surfaces were presented.

FOresIght used the conference to present the network at a side exhibition.