New training courses at Fraunhofer IPA

Update training courses on VDA 19.1: New knowledge on technical cleanliness

Date and time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on one of the following dates: April 16, 2026 and May 7, 2026

Title: Update training courses on the new VDA 19.1 (3rd edition, 2025)

Venue: Online

Organizer: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

The revised VDA 19.1 “Testing of Technical Cleanliness” sets new standards for the cleanliness testing of components. After two years of close cooperation in an industry consortium with over 40 companies, the third edition is now available, with numerous enhancements and practical changes.

Our online update-training course provides you with a concise overview of what has changed and how you can confidently integrate the new requirements into your everyday laboratory and testing work. Benefit from first-hand insights and find out which changes are relevant to your everyday laboratory and testing work.

Your advantages at a glance

·         Official license partnership with the VDA QM:C

·         Refresher and renewal of existing certification

·         Comprehensive guidance on changes within the guideline

·         All significant changes and requirements explained in detail

·         Tips and examples for implementation

Further information & registration: Fraunhofer IPA – VDA 19.1 update training course

Cleanroom training: Producing under clean conditions

Date: 16.06.-17.06.2026 and 10.11.-11.11.2026

Title: Cleanroom training: Producing under clean conditions

Venue: Stuttgart

Organizer: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

The adapted interaction of cleanroom, personnel, material flow, process, cleaning and plant engineering is the requirement to produce high-quality, contamination-sensitive products. The basis for this is an understanding of the type and quantity of the critical contaminants in each case. Based on this, the necessary and target-oriented technical and operational measures for generating and maintaining product cleanliness can be selected.

The objective of the two-day training course is to provide participants with a comprehensive insight into the available technologies and methods and their application. The combination of knowledge transfer by experienced cleanliness experts in the form of lectures and the associated practical parts in the cleanroom laboratories of the Fraunhofer IPA provides a framework that has proven itself over many years.

The training course introducing the theory and practice of cleanroom technology covers the following training contents:

- Cleanroom planning and monitoring

- Clean product handling and logistics

- Personnel behavior and clothing

- Cleanroom-compatible process and plant design

- Cleaning and cleanliness analysis

- Extensive practical part to deepen the theoretical training contents

Page of the organizer: https://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/de/veranstaltungen-messen/veranstaltungen/2026/produzieren_unter_reinen_bedingungen.html