Biographies of Authors and Editors
Gruner, Heiko Dr. rer. nat.
Director
Medicoat AG, Gewerbe Nord, CH-5506 Mägenwil, Switzerland
E-mail: info@medicoat.ch
Heiko Gruner was educated in Applied Physics at the University of Tübingen (DE). He received M.D. in electron microscopy in 1969 and D.D. in thin film technology in 1972. From 1973 to 1982 he worked in the Research Centre of R. Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE) as the team-leader in vacuum technology and coating development. From 1982 to 1989 he was General Manager for the Vacuum Plasma Spray Technology at Plasma Technik AG, Wohlen (CH). In 1989 he founded MEDICOAT AG which is engaged in the coating of medical implant devices as well as in the development of new coatings for endoprostheses and solid oxide fuel cells. Key-activities are engineering of components, construction of coating facilities for thermal spraying technologies and the participation in several important public supported research projects.
