Automotive Thermoplastic Composites 2016 conference

Date: 05 – 06 July, 2016

Location: Renaissance Dusseldorf Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany

Website: www.automotive-plastics-conference.com

 UPDATE*:

Presentations/Lectures: 

• Gareth Lamb, IHS Chemical Consulting
  Trends in material usage within the automotive industry
• Elmar Witten, AVK Federation of Reinforced Plastics
  Trends and developments in the composites market
• George Kellie, Kellie Solutions
  Composite woven and non-woven automotive thermoplastics trends
• Christoph Kuhn, Volkswagen
  Material-adapted process simulation – a precondition for cost-efficient lightweight design using long-fibre reinforced thermoplastics
• Arnt Offringa, Fokker Aerostructures
  Thermoplastic composites in aerospace: serving a different market with similar needs
• Andreas Erber, Senior Manager, SGL Carbon SE, Germany 
  Materials and processes for thermoplastic composite structural components
• Clemens Buschhoff, Fraunhofer Institut für Produktions Technologie IPT
  High volume production of lightweight structures in automotive applications
• Martin Read, Croda
  Improving scratch resistance in polyolefins
• Klaus Gleich, Johns Manville Europe GmbH
  Structural thermoplastic composites as seen by a glass fibre manufacturer
• Peter Hansen, Element Materials Technology
  Laser welding and cutting of long fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites and the influence on mechanical properties for  lightweight structural applications
• Marcus Ruhnau, Luvocom
  Customisation of thermoplastic materials
• Peter Fuß, Ernst & Young
  How can thermoplastic composites survive in future virtual car interiors?
• Thilo Bein, Fraunhofer Insitute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF
  Enhanced lightweight design using thermoplastic composites – the EU funded project ENLIGHT
• Philippe Pineau, Mecaplast & Guillaume Huguet, Mecaplast
  Production of automotive composite parts by overmoulding process
• Sebastiaan Wijskamp, ThermoPlastic composites Research Center (TPRC)
  Overmoulding – joining plastics and composites
• Tuncay Gumus, Teklas
  Metal replacement and rubber replacement of fluid circulation systems (case studies)
• Marcel Döring, 3M
  Hollow Glass Microspheres; an established lightweight filler that can now be used for thermoplastic processing methods
• Wolfgang Trümper, Technische Universität Dresden
  Innovative textile technologies for the direct manufacturing of waste free 3D textile preforms for thermoplastic composites
• Mohamed Hashish, Flow International Corporation
  The potential of waterjet trimming of automotive CFRP Parts
• Boney Mathew, Mathson Composite Group, LLC
  Innovative automotive skid plate & underbody shield composite technology

* conference program subject to change