IFHTSE - Welcome!
The International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering links organisations around the world active in the fields of heat treatment and surface engineering.
Who we are
The International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) is a not-for-profit body founded in Switzerland 11th October, 1971.
We are an international group of scientific/technological societies and associations, universities, research institutes, and companies, whose primary interest is heat treatment and surface engineering.
The primary function of the IFHTSE is to promote international collaboration and communication on heat treatment and surface engineering, through the sharing of knowledge. This knowledge is communicated via conferences and international congresses held throughout the globe.
Upcoming Events
- Mar 2025
Tooling 2025
Mon, March 24, 2025 - Thu, March 27, 2025Place: Trento, ItalyThe 13th International Tooling Conference will be a continuation of a long established philosophy of providing a forum for practicing engineers and researchers to exchange their ideas and experiences in all aspects in the field of tooling. As well as giving practitioners an opportunity to keep up-to-date in the latest developments in production and application of tooling materials, the conference will also provide an excellent forum for researchers to present their work and enhance it's transformation to industrial application. The upcoming 13th International Tooling Conference will be dedicated to sustainability in the field of tooling.
- May 2025
3rd QDE - International Conference on Quenching and Distortion Engineering
Tue, May 06, 2025 - Thu, May 08, 2025Place: Vancouver, CanadaSeries merged from the two of 'Quenching and Control of Distortion' and 'Int'l Conf. on Distortion Engineering'. QDE will co-locate with AeroMat 2025, AeroTech 2025 and the International Thermal Spray Conference and Exposition (ITSC) 2025.
- Jun 2025
Motion in Heat Treatment - Heat Treatment in Motion
Wed, June 04, 2025 - Fri, June 06, 2025Place: Prague, Czech Republic5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering in Automotive and Transportation Applications - This conference is the fifth in its series, following the 3rd conference held also in Prague in 2016 and the 4th held in Spartanburg, USA. From now on, however, the focus is widened from the former "Automotive Applications" to all transport and vehicle applications on the ground on street and rail, and aircraft and marine applications of heat treated and surface engineered components. The event is combined with the European Conference on Heat Treatment. - Aug 2025
30th IFHTSE World Congress
Mon, August 18, 2025 - Thu, August 21, 2025Place: Suzhou, ChinaAfter the 25th World Congress held in Xi'an 2018, the IFHTSE World Congress is coming back to China. - Oct 2026
