Prof. Alexander Michaelis elected as new President of the German Ceramic Society (DKG)

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The DKG is the ceramic society with the largest number of members in Europe and one of the oldest professional associations in the world. For more than 100 years, the DKG has been the forum for all technical and scientific questions concerning ceramics. The society maintains a unique network of applicators, manufacturing industry, research, science, and teaching. The main topics of the DKG are research and development, education and training, organization and execution of events as well as support of ceramic art and culture.

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Prof. Alexander Michaelis, Institute Director of Fraunhofer IKTS.

At yesterday's annual meeting of the DKG in Leoben, Switzerland, Prof. Alexander Michaelis, Institute Director of Fraunhofer IKTS, was unanimously elected as the new President for an initial term of two years. He succeeds Joachim Heym of Schunk Ingenieurkeramik GmbH, who has successfully held this position for the last four years.