Dr.-Ing. Andreas Wank

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Wank was born in Werne/Unna in 1972 and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Dortmund from 1992 to 1997, majoring in materials engineering/quality assurance. He then worked at the Chair of Composite Materials at Chemnitz University of Technology under Prof. Wielage, first as a research assistant and subsequently as head of the department  "Thermal Spraying and Beam Treatment" and after receiving his doctorate in 2002 as a senior engineer. From 2006 to 2015, he was the general manager of GTV Thermal Spray (Beijing) Co. Ltd. responsible for all business matters of GTV Verschleißschutz GmbH in Asia. Since 2015, he has headed the research and development department of GTV Verschleißschutz GmbH in Luckenbach.