82nd Heat Treatment Congress October 13 - 15, 2026 - Cologne

The 82nd HärtereiKongress of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V., AWT, will take place from 13 - 15.10.2026 in Cologne. The entire congress will be held in English.

Presentations on the following key topics are invited until 15 March 2026:

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- Heat treatment - processes, systems, media, safety
- Sustainability concepts for heat treatment plants and process chains
- Production and processing of components in the process chain
- Properties of components in processing
- New material developments
- Material analysis and quality control
- Artificial intelligence, simulation and digitalization

Steel Innovation
- Materials Engineering steel
- Digital steel technology
- High strength and wear-resistant steels
- Sustainable steel - recycling, re-use and re-manufacturing
- Corrosion-resistant steels
- Hydrogen embrittlement /steel development for the hydrogen economy
- Materials testing for steel
- Increasing the damage tolerance of steels
- New steel concepts for additive manufacturing

Cross-industry global highlight

The HeatTreatmentCongress and Steel Innovation 2026 is organized in cooperation with the European heat treatment associations from France, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Benelux countries, as well as the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE). Due to the expected number of lecture registrations, the congress event is planned as a three-day event. The lecture language is English.
You are welcome to send us an abstract in English of 1,800 characters (including spaces) along with your photo to info@awt-online.org. From November onwards, abstracts can also be submitted using the form on the website www.hk-awt.de.
The trade fair will also take place throughout the three days. Registration for exhibition stands can now be made using the form.

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The AWT member companies that presented themselves this year at the Industry Forum of the Hardening Congress:

Company	Place	Country
Aichelin Holding GmbH	Mödling	AUT
Air Products GmbH	Hattingen	DE
ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH	Hanau	DE
Bax Engineering GmbH	Bad Nenndorf	EN
Burgdorf GmbH & Co KG	Stuttgart	DE
Codere S. A.	All	CH
Dr. Sommer Werkstofftechnik GmbH	Issum	DE
ECM Technologies	Grenoble	FR
Eltro GmbH	Baesweiler	DE
Eugen Geyer GmbH	Königsbach-Stein	DE
G.H. Induction Deutschland Induktions-Erwärmungs-Anlagen GmbH	Hirschhorn	DE
Gefran Germany GmbH, Gefran SpA	Seligenstadt	DE
Hammer Gas Engineering GmbH	Dreieich	DE
HEESS GmbH & Co KG	Lampertheim	DE
Hemo GmbH	Ötisheim	EN
igb Prüfcomputer GmbH	Ebermannstadt	DE
Ipsen International GmbH	Kleve	DE
ITG Induction Systems GmbH	Hirschhorn	DE
IVA Schmetz GmbH	Menden	DE
Karberg & Hennemann GmbH	Hamburg	DE
Machine factory Alfing Kessler GmbH	Aalen	DE
Meapforni S.R.L.	Fontanafredda (Pn)	IT
Mesa Electronic GmbH	Bad-Feilnbach	DE
Nippon Gases Germany GmbH	Düsseldorf	DE
O-C-S-S GmbH	Neukirchen-Vluyn	DE
PETROFER CHEMIE H.R. Fischer GmbH + Co KG	Hildesheim	DE
PhonixTM GmbH	Bad Oeynhausen	EN
PVA Industrial Vacuum Systems GmbH	Wettenberg	DE
Seco Warwick S. A.	Swiebodzin	PL
Solo Swiss S. A.	Porrentruy	CH
Stange Elektronik GmbH	Wiehl	DE
Systherms GmbH	Waldbüttelbrunn	DE
United Process Controls GmbH	Göppingen	DE
VA-Tech GmbH	Sonsbeck	DE
Wickert Maschinenbau GmbH	Landau	DE
Wienstroth Heat Treatment Technology GmbH	Goch	DE
WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH	Renningen	DE
Wuxi Junteng Fanghu Casting Co., Ltd.	Wuxi City	CN

Note for visitors: The Industry Forum of Member Companies can only be visited with a valid congress ticket. Registration/ticket: here