Metallographers and materials testers from Gesthacht (GKSS) to Oldenburg (FH) have expressed interest in the "North" area. Also the Fraunhofer Institute in Itzehoe, TÜV Nord, Lufthansa Technik (HH), Aluminiumwerke in HH-Finkenwerder, as well as IWT (HB), BK-Werkstofftechnik (HB), Airbus (HB u HH), Fachhochschule Hamburg and others. The meetings take place twice a year either in Bremen or in Hamburg.