Members of the LSST Telescope & Site and Project Office teams participated in the kickoff meeting for the LSST Coating Plant at the Von Ardenne GmbH facility in Dresden, Germany on April 5th. Von Ardenne is responsible for the final design and fabrication of the coating chamber (pumping system, rotating magnetrons, steel vacuum vessels) and the washing/stripping station to enable coating of the M1M3 Cell Assembly and the M2 mirror on the LSST summit. This 30-month effort will conclude with onsite final acceptance in mid-2018.