Moderators
Our moderators are practical specialists with plenty of experience in their particular field. They will provide an overview of each of the sessions. They will also introduce and mediate the discussion between the workshop participants and the speakers.
The IKV says a warm "thank you" to these outstanding experts in the plastics industry, who will support the IKV Colloquium 2012 actively.
Moderator
Session/Workshop
Company, job
- Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Bourdon
Special robust injection techniques – Processes for improved reliability and part quality
KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH, Member of the board of management, Member of the company's Executive Committee of KraussMaffei Group - Dr.-Ing. Marcel Brandt
Damage behaviour of plastics in long-term use
LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Customer Engineering Service Semi-Crystalline Products, CAE Development/Part Testing - Dr. rer. nat. Rainer Dahlmann
Workshop Lifetime prediction for plastics products
Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV), Head of Centre for Analysis and Testing of Plastics - Dr.-Ing. Matthias Franke-Maintz
Possibilities for simulation along the extrusion process chain
Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG, Director Machine Building & Finishing Line Building Dept. (M+V) - Dr.-Ing. Stefan Glaser
Material- and load-oriented structural analysis
BASF SE, Vice President Simulation Engineering - Dipl.-Ing. Günter Hofmann
Optimised moulds for series production
Hofmann Innovation Group GmbH, Managing Director - Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kalwa
Precision optics – new process techniques for clearer vision
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Head of Development Coating Technologies - Dr.-Ing. Ingo Kleba
PU – new approaches through tailor-made processes
RÜHL PUROMER GmbH, Managing Director, - Dr. Werner Klusmeier
Potentials of biomaterials – compounds, composites, recycling
Johnson Controls GmbH & Co. KG, Manager AME Natural Fibers - Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Mohr-Matuschek
Added value through integrative simulation
Ticona GmbH, Global Leader Design / CAE - Ing. Dietmar L. Morwitzer
Elastomer technology – innovative approaches for compounding and injection moulding
MAPLAN Maschinen und technische Anlagen Planungs- und Fertigungs-Ges. m.b.H, CEO Managing Director - Dr.-Ing. Oliver Pfannschmidt
Workshop High performance and precise moulds – a factor of success not only in medical technologies
Balda Medical GmbH & Co. KG, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) - Dr.-Ing. Oliver Schnerr
Quality assurance – new measuring processes for a reliable production
Kistler Instrumente AG, Head of Business Unit Plastics - Dr.-Ing. Jochen Töpker
Workshop Lightweight potentials of fibre-reinforced plastics for automotive applications
BMW AG, Project Management Joint Venture SGL ACF, BMW AG - Dr.-Ing. Jürgen van Marwick
Success resulting from innovative film concepts
RKW SE, Head of Business Unit Wasserburg - Dr.-Ing. Marco Wacker
Integration of functions and cost reduction through multi-material systems
Oechsler AG, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Weigand
Workshop Location and portfolio strategies
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Co-Director Center for European Studies, Chairholder for Mircoeconomics and Industrial Organization - Dr.-Ing. Thomas Winkelmann
Nano-composites as matrix materials – processing, properties and analysis
KraussMaffei Berstorff GmbH, Manager Process Technology Twin Screw Extruders
