22nd TECHNICAL FORUM
Wed, Jan. 28, 2026
Dear interested parties of the Technical Forum!
Please see the list below for the presentation topics submitted for the 22nd Technical Forum. One thing is certain: You will be the first to hear about the latest innovations at the World Money Fair! #theplacetobe
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| Topic | Time | Company | Speaker | Title |
| Welcome and opening remarks | 13:30 | |||
| AI Minting | 13:45 | Royal Canadian Mint & Carveco | Xianyao Li, Robert Newman | AI Powered Digital Minting: Case Studies and Evolution |
| Automation Surface Finishing | 14:00 | Spaleck Oberflächentechnik GmbH & Co. KG | Ludger Tepaße, Maja Czybulski | Automated solutions for every shape to meet highest surface finishing standards |
| Casting | 14:15 | IKOI SPA | Enrico Cappellini | From cast granules to «MECHANICAL SAND®» - Sustainable innovation in the production of silver and gold cast bars |
| Powder Technology | 14:30 | Tera Automation | Silvia Agostini, Julian Verdi | Tera Automation's disruptive technology for coin and bullion production |
| Powder Technology | 14:45 | Reischauer GmbH | Thomas Koeninger | Powder Technology 2.0: Shaping the Future of Innovation |
| 15:00 | Time for Q&A | |||
| Break | 15:15 | Break | ||
| ALD Coating | 15:40 | Beneq Oy | Kari Koski | Functional Atomic Layer Deposition Technology for Minting Industry |
| Minting | 15:55 | Precious Sound by B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH | Mark Sutton, Marcus Saelzle | Where precision becomes sound. Where technology creates emotion. |
| Tooling Surface Finishing | 16:10 | Rösler Oberflächentechnik GmbH | Katja Weis | Polishing Technology by Rösler |
| Automation | 16:25 | Economa Engineering GmbH | Thomas Hrach | Weight Check, on point |
| Security | 16:40 | Deutsche Bundesbank | Roland Zils | Counterfeit Gold Coins |
| 16:55 | Time for Q&A | |||
| Break | 17:10 | Break | ||
| Annealing | 17:35 | WMU - Wärmebehandlungsanlagen für Industrie und Umwelttechnik GmbH | Dr. Klaus Pantke | SMART Heat Treatment – Forward Looking Control Process for WMU-Furnaces |
| PVD Coating | 17:50 | Oerlikon Balzers AG | Reiner Waller | Innovative plasma technology for coin dies |
| Tooling Laser | 18:05 | Lang GmbH & Co. KG | Axel Kaucher | LANG your solution for FEMTO LASER technology |
| Tooling Laser | 18:20 | Acsys Lasertechnik GmbH | Alexander Aminidis | Introducing ACSYS OLP - Optical Layout Positioning for Seamless & High-Precision Stamping-Die Production with Femto Lasers |
| 18:35 | Time for Q&A | |||
| 18:50 | Conclusion of the 22nd Technical Forum |
Dieter Merkle Marc Schwartz, Monnaie de Paris / Frane Maroević, International Currency Association |
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| 19:05 – 22:30 | Get-Together with Drinks and Snacks in the “Technical” Exhibition Area for registered delegates of the Technical Forum in Convention Hall II Sponsored by Spaleck and Andritz Schuler Pressen | |||
| Änderungen im Zeitplan vorbehalten -- Schedule subject to change. | ||||
Our Speakers
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