About

The Saxonian Institute of Surface Mechanics (SIO) is a private modern research and service institute, which is specialized in mechanical and tribological characterization and optimization of arbitrary structured surfaces (e.g. nano coatings or human-compatible coatings etc.). These covers also the large topic of simulation of real loading problems in extreme application situations. SIO does its own research as well as co-operative research together with well-known universities worldwide. These research activities are mainly funded by rendering corresponding services and selling software to companies (e.g. in the sector of surface coating processing and surface treatment).