IVAM Member Anniversaries: a big "Thank You" to long-standing members

Joining an organization or a network is always a strategic question - and for many small and medium-sized companies exactly the right strategy to drive their business forward in the long term. We are especially pleased that there are IVAM members who have been loyal to us for many years and are celebrating 10, 15 or 20 years of IVAM membership.

IFAS Institut für Qualitätssicherung und angewandte Schadensanalyse GmbH: 15 years of IVAM membership

Being a team of multi-disciplinary engineers, IFAS offers services in failure and damage analysis, error prevention and in-development assistance. IFAS is independent and neutral (accredited after DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025) and offers a combination of tests, analyses and consulting services. 

Failure and damage analysis

Depending on the requirements profile and objectives of the client, the team, which is specially assembled as needed, develops a tailored approach based on an individual combination of different methods. In addition, research as well as individual analyses are carried out upon request.

The materials analyzed include polymers, metals and alloys, ceramics, glass, biomaterials, composites and composite materials. The spectrum of test objects includes semi-finished products, coatings, subsystems as well as complete end products. These include electrical and mechanical systems, construction elements, motors and motor components, sensors, connecting elements, printed circuit boards and implants.

Congratulations from the IVAM team

As IFAS and IVAM are both located in Dortmund, our team was able to deliver the congratulations personally. We thank the IFAS for the long-standing membership and look forward to further cooperation. The company has been a member of the network since 2008 and is celebrating its 15t^h anniversary this year. 

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Micreon GmbH: 15 years of IVAM membership

Micreon GmbH is a prestigious contract manufacturer and technology consultant for micromachining with femtosecond lasers. Micreon develops, manufactures and finishes components for medical technology, electronics, the pharmaceutical industry, toolmakers and automobile manufacturers.

Laser micromachining

The company was founded in 2004 as a spin-off from the IVAM member Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) and received several awards for its innovative methods of micromachining of various materials with ultrashort pulse lasers, like start2grow, Carl Zeiss Preiss, "Lighthouse" competition and the cooperation award of the state of Lower Saxony.

IVAM is particularly pleased to welcome Micreon as a regular exhibitor at the IVAM joint areas at trade fairs, as for example at Hannover-Messe, COMPAMED or W3+ Fair. 

The company has been a member of the network since 2008 and is celebrating its 15t^h anniversary this year. 

Congratulations from the IVAM team

Managing Director Dr. Thomas Dietrich and Orkide Karasu, responsible for trade fairs at IVAM, took the opportunity at the W3+ Fair 2023 in Wetzlar to personally congratulate and present a small gift.

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