The Clausthal professors Heinz Palkowski, Karl-Heinz Spitzer, Harald Schmidt and Babette Tonn had invited to the metallurgical colloquium at the TU Clausthal. Under the motto "Business and Science in Dialogue", former and current Clausthalers as well as experts from various disciplines were able to exchange views on the urgent topics of the time. The topics and strategies in thermochemistry, micro kinetics,…