SVC Technical Conference in Chicago

May 13, 2024

André Wahl, of KETMarket GmbH, presented at the 67th Annual SVC Technical Conference which took place in Chicago on Wednesday, May 8 2024. He explained what was open innovation in Europe and explored the opportunities for open innovation in the thin film vacuum coating industry.

Europe’s robust ecosystem for open innovation, where industry collaboration, academic institutions, and public funding work together to drive advancements in thin film coating technologies seemed of great attractiveness to the American audience and the concept of Open Innovation Test Bed (OTIB) ecosystem.