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4th Cutlery Symposium - 06 Nov. 2025
For the fourth time, the Berger Gruppe is organizing a symposium on the subject of cutlery together with the IVSH cutlery association, which will take place on 6 November.
Nine specialist presentations will take a closer look at various aspects of the manufacture of cutlery - from additive manufacturing to innovative coatings and plastic materials.
We look forward to your visit!
Date: 6th of November 2025, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Berger Gruppe, Kohlfurther Brücke 69, 42349 Wuppertal
Register at https://ivsh.de/meldungen/4-schneidwaren-symposium-2025-innovation-trifft-praxis
The lectures will be held in German!
Timetable
| 09:30 h | Come together | |
| 09:55 h | Welcome | |
| 10:00 h | Additive manufacturing: Technical implementation and new opportunities (Maximilian Boulter, Trumpf) | |
| 10:25 h | Additive manufacturing and PM steels: Applications, similarities and challenges (Dr. Niklas Disch, Stahl Krebs) | |
| 10:50 h | Grinding wheels (Dorfner / Derkom + Klein / Schmitz) | |
| 11:15 h | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 h | Innovative coating (Dr.-Ing. Christoph Schiffers, Cemecon and Dr. Otmar Zimmer, Frauenhofer IWS) | |
| 11:55 h | Grinding technologies and automation (Dr. Andreas Groß, Berger Gruppe) | |
| 12:20 h | Company Tour | |
| 13:10 h | Lunch break | |
| 14:10 h | Coolant control (Hydac) | |
| 14:35 h | Extraction concepts in machining - contribution to work and process safety ( Dr. Jan Kuppinger, AFS Airfilter) | |
| 15:00 h | Coffee break | |
| 15:15 h | Handy materials made of plastic - The plastics industry in transition towards more sustainability and potential for the cutlery industry (Thies Falko Pithan, Kunststoffinstitut Lüdenscheid) | |
| 15:40 h | Sharpness measurement & Berger Connect - From standardization to digitalization, AI (Marius Nahler, PWFT / Noah Kabjesz, Berger Gruppe) | |
| 16:05 h | IVSH: Outlook for 2026 - topics, formats and news (Jan-Frederik Kremer, IVSH) | |
| 16:30 h | Closing remarks |