Society profile

The “Bond voor Materialenkennis” (Society for Materials Knowledge) is a networking group with experts in the field of materials science and technology. 
Our members are researchers and technicians working at universities, research organisations and companies in The Netherlans and Belgium. Our goal is to transfer knowledge on science, processing and application of materials, to help solving problems within and outside the materials field. 

The Bond has approximately 800 members, and is active in the following fields: 

* Metals 
* Polymers 
* Ceramics 
* Carbon composites
* Biobased materials 
* Paint technology 
* Corrosion 
* Joining 
* Materials processing using lasers 
* Rheology 
* Tribology 
* Heat treatment (of metals) 
* Durability and reliability 

The Bond promotes research and transfers knowledge through meetings (over 30x each year), the "meeting materials" conferences, scientific/technological publications, the yearbook, our digital newsletter and our website www.materialenkennis.nl.