Qilin Fu disseminated HIPPOCAMP project’s concept and initial results on DMMS (Centre for Design & Management of Manufacturing Systems) members meeting on 2nd -3rd December 2014. Participants to the meeting includes most of research groups in academies and manufacturing industries (Sandvik, SAAB, SECO Tools, SKF, SCANIA, VOLVO, etc.) within Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark). The concept of HIPPOCAMP and its bottom up approach to synthesize nano-sized grains in a coating material has opened the discussion on the topic of high dynamic stiffness materials and high hardness resilient coatings. The results achieved in the early stage of the project has impressed the audience on how to correlate nano-material research with modern metal cutting industry. A milling tool with 6 times overhang has showed its potential to be improved by HIPPOCAMP’s nano damping material. R&D responsible persons in the industry put their expectations with further improvement which will speed up the marketing process of such technology.