The annual general assembly of the Fraunhofer Business Area Cleaning took place from February 29th to March 1st, 2024, this time at our member Fraunhofer IPM in Freiburg. In addition to a review of the eventful year 2023, the focus of the meeting included the development of the basic seminar cleaning technology, the next parts2clean, as well as the implementation of the first regular training course for “Geprüfter Berufsspezialist / Geprüfte Berufsspezialistin für industrielle Teilereinigung (IHK)".