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The scope of this meeting is to present latest developments and technologies, featuring contributions on fundamental science and applied research.


11th European Coating Symposium

Symposium date: September 9-11, 2015

ECS2015 will take place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands and is organized jointly by the Holst Centre / TNO and the Eindhoven University of Technology. There will be keynote lectures, invited and contributed talks, as well as poster and exhibitor sessions. The scope of this meeting is to present latest developments in coating science and technology and to showcase its multiple and diverse applications.
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Announcement ECS 2015

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the organizing committee, you are cordially invited to participate in the European Coating Symposium 2015, which will be held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on September 9 to 11, 2015. This symposium aims at bringing together coating and drying specialists from industry, research institutes, and academia from all over the world. The symposium will provide a key opportunity to learn and discuss about recent advances in liquid film coating science and technology and its multiple and diverse applications. Moreover, the symposium venue will serve as a forum for networking with academic and industrial peers. Please reserve the dates September 9 to 11, 2015.

Topics for which abstracts and contributions are requested include

We look forward to welcoming you in Eindhoven,

The ECS15 organizing committee:

Ike de Vries, Pim Groen, Harrie Gorter, Hero ‘t Mannetje, and Arjan Langen

Holst Centre / TNO

Anton Darhuber, Jos Zeegers, Ber Wedershoven, and Karine van den Wildenberg

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

Download ECS 2015 Flyer (pdf)


Preliminary Announcement

The 11th European Coating Symposium will take place in September 2015 in Eindhoven (NL) Symposium Chairs:

Prof. Anton Darhuber, Eindhoven University of Technology
Ike de Vries, Holst Center

“Dear ECS committee members, Ike and I would like to thank you kindly for your trust and confidence. We will do our best to make the ECS 2015 in Eindhoven as interesting and professionally organized as the past ECS meetings. With best regards,

Anton Darhuber and Ike de Vries"

ISCST 2014 Call for papers - first announcement

The first announcement of the ISCST 2014 and its submission deadlines are now available online.



ECS 2013




ECS Poster Award 2013

The ECS commitee grant the poster "Break-up phenomena in multilayer slot die coating of lithium-ion batteries" of Marcel Schmitt, Prof. Carvalho, Dr. Scharfer and Prof. Schabel with the ECS 2013 Poster Award.




ISCST 2014 Flyer

Get informed of the 2014 ISCST in San Diego, CA, USA by the now online available flyer!



ECS 2013 Program

The program of the ECS 2013 in Mons is now available online!



ISCST 2014 Website

The Website of the upcoming 17th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium is now available online.
The biennial symposium of the ISCST will take place on 7-10 of September 2014 in San Diego, CA, USA.



ECS 2013 Registration & Submission Templates

The registration site and the submission templates for the ECS 2013 in Mons, Beglium are now online



Special Issue "Advances in Coating and Drying of Thin Films" from selected contributions at ECS 2011 in Finland is published

CEP Special Issue June 2011ECS talks of 2013 are published now in a special issue of Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification. The special issue was edited by Martti Toivakka and Wilhelm Schabel and is available on Science Direct. Click here for the editorial article written by Wilhelm Schabel.



Announcement ECS 2013

The informations about the ECS 2013, in Mons, Belgium, have been updated.

Download ECS 2013 Flyer (PDF 165 kB)



Announcement ECS 2015

The 11th European Coating Symposium will take place in September 2015 in Eindhoven (NL) Symposium Chairs:

Prof. Anton Darhuber, Eindhoven University of Technology
Ike de Vries, Holst Center

“Dear ECS committee members, Ike and I would like to thank you kindly for your trust and confidence. We will do our best to make the ECS 2015 in Eindhoven as interesting and professionally organized as the past ECS meetings. With best regards,

Anton Darhuber and Ike de Vries"

Announcement ISCST 2012 and ECS 2013

The ECS Symposium is held biennial in rotation with the International Symposium of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST).The 16th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium September 9-12, 2012 Atlanta, GA.
ISCST 2012 Newslettter

The 10th European Coating Symposium will take place in 2013. The location of
ECS 13 will prospectively be at University of Mons, Mons, Belgium.
Download ECS 2013 Flyer


05/2011 Special Issue:

Advances in Coating and Drying of Thin Films dedicated to E.U. Schluender - Edited by Wilhelm Schabel
Download (PDF 446 kB)


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Participants of ECS 11


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Impressions of ECS 09

ECS 09 took place in Karlsruhe, Germany and was organized by the group Thin Film Technology (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).

Symposium Date: September 7-9, 2009
Short Course Date: September 5-6, 2009

Download ECS note by Hadj Benkreira as Word file (36 KB)

Detailed information about ECS09 can be found on the ECS09 Website.

Participants of ECS 09


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