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6th Annual Automotive Plastics & Composites Summit

  • 19th – 20th May 2022
  • Italy flag Italy Milan
  • Sheraton Milan Malpensa Airport Hotel & Conference Centre Malpensa Terminal 1, S.S, 336, 21010 Ferno VA, Italy

Are you ready for a truly unique experience?

After two years, the 6th edition of the Automotive Plastics & Advanced Composites Summit is fully IN-PERSON again. We are happy to invite you to join us in Milan! Besides sharing best practices, this event offers a valuable opportunity for networking and partnering with businesses of diverse sizes and types.

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About the 6th Automotive Plastics & Advanced Composites Summit

The event covers a wide spectrum of topics including emerging trends in automotive plastics, latest advances in the solid union of design and engineering, trends in lightweight uses, laser technology updates, 3D applications, and what the future of automotive plastics has in store for autonomous and green cars. We look forward to meeting you in Milan!

Who Should Attend

Chief Executives, Directors, Vice Presidents, Department Heads, Engineers, Leads, Managers, Scientists, and Suppliers specialising in:

  • Plastics
  • Lightweight
  • Design
  • Composites
  • Structures
  • Marketing
  • R&D
  • Body Engineering
  • Brake System
  • Coating
  • Electronics
  • Powertrain
  • Batteries
  • E-mobility
  • Sustainability
  • Innovation
  • Simulation
  • Manufacturing
  • Welding
  • Testing
  • Recycling
  • Laser Technology
  • Material
  • Chemicals
  • Product Development
  • Business Development

Key Practical Learning Points

  • Lightweight body panels
  • Crash relevant structural composite parts
  • Plastics and electronics/sensors
  • Automotive plastics overview and emerging innovations
  • Advanced composite lightweight solutions
  • Interior/exterior plastics design
  • Design, layout, and manufacture of bonded components
  • Plastics and electronics/sensors
  • eMobility and new challenges
  • Bio-based and sustainable polymer solutions

Daniel Tyrkas, DE

Director of Automotive Solutions

Mitsubishi Chemical Europe

Daniel Tyrkas is the director of automotive solutions at the regional headquarter EMEA of Mitsubishi Chemical. He drives collaboration, innovation, and solutions across all business units of Mitsubishi Chemical EMEA to meet customers’ needs across multiple automotive segments and material classes. Daniel received his master’s in mechanical engineering/Dipl.-Ing. from the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. His studies focused on plastics, composites, processing, manufacturing, and design engineering. Previously, Daniel worked as business development manager automotive at the carbon fiber and composites division of Mitsubishi Chemical, focussing on materials and processes that enable high volume manufacturing of CFRP-composite parts. Before joining Mitsubishi Chemical, Daniel has held various technical and commercial positions within the plastics/composites/automotive industry ranging from technology consulting to sales and marketing director, engineering, application, and business development, contributing to the success of companies like Altran, General Electric Plastics and SABIC. Daniel has gathered more than 19 years of experience in composites and other high-performance materials and components, mainly in the automotive industry.

Marcel Remp, DE

Strategic Growth Manager – Automotive and Mobility

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials

Marcel Remp studied electrical engineering in Munich from 1999-03. From 2007-09 he graduated as a master of business administration (MBA) with a focus on marketing management at Reutlingen University. After studying at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, Marcel served as an officer and company commander in the German Bundeswehr (1995-08). From 2002-07 he worked as a development engineer in body development and exterior development at the BMW Group in Munich. From 2008 he moved to the SGL Group and held various leadership positions in the field of lightweight construction with fibre-reinforced plastics parts. Since 2015 he has been responsible for the automotive and mobility strategy development for Mitsubishi Chemical, coordinating the composite material strategy worldwide.

Luca Gili, IT

Plastics Material Specialist, Materials Engineering Department

Stellantis

Luca graduated in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Turin joined the Plastic Materials Engineering team in 2015 with a Master Thesis in Green materials and technologies. Today, inside Stellantis Plastics Materials Engineering in EMEA Region, he manages materials engineering and innovation activities for aesthetic and high-performance plastics with a focus on Bio and Recycled materials. Luca is also managing activities within EU-funded Projects.

Maurizio Servetti, IT

Plastics Technical Manager, Materials Engineering Department

Stellantis

Maurizio was born in Turin (Italy) and has 30 years of experience in the automotive research and development area. He is Technical Manager of Stellantis Plastics Materials Engineering in the EMEA Region. He follows Strategic Research and develops plastics materials and processes in collaboration with major Suppliers. Maurizio is Responsible for standards and procedures related to plastics following activities of materials characterization and components testing for all programs in EMEA development (interior, exterior, under hood, and body plastics areas). He collaborates with all Stellantis worldwide regions to guarantee harmonized global development. He manages a very passionate team at Stellantis Materials Engineering in Italy.

Marcel Boucheny, DK

Marketing Coordinator & Executive Assistant to CEO

Addifab 

Marcel Boucheny is a marketing coordinator and executive assistant to the CEO at Danish-based additive manufacturer Addifab. He has an educational background in international security and American politics. He is passionate about technology and security, and how the two can improve society. He believes that additive manufacturing (AM) has a big influence in this area, and that combining AM with injection moulding truly can create novel products/parts. 

Christof Kujat, DE

Head of Global Technical Industry Management - Pigments for Plastics

Sun Chemical

Dr. Christof Kujat studied chemistry at the University of Hannover (Germany) and Stanford University (California, USA). He received his PhD in organic chemistry in March 2007, title: “Studies towards the total synthesis of Ripostatin A & B.” Since June 2007, Christof has worked for BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The first five years of his career at BASF, he worked in the field of nanotechnology, focussing on surface modification and compounding of nanoparticles, later on focussing on printed electronics. Afterwards, he was responsible for global pigment development for industrial and decorative coatings. As of July 2021, Christof began his current position as head of global technical industry management, pigments for plastics within BASF Colors and Effects.

Nicolas Batailley, FR

eMobility Marketing Manager (Specialty Polymers)

Solvay

Nicolas started his career in the Automotive Industry 25 years ago, working for major Tiers One and Chemical companies (Electricfil Industrie / Unifil Electronic / Sintertech / Federal Mogul) in France, Turkey, and Brazil. He held various increasing positions in Project Management and Sales & Marketing. Nicolas was appointed by Solvay Engineering Plastics in 2007 to develop the Thermal Management segment. He became Application Development Manager in 2009 prior to holding the position of Automotive Business Development Manager for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) in 2011. In 2016, Nicolas took the position of Global e-mobility leader to develop the emerging market of electrified vehicles. In November 2018, Nicolas moved to Solvay Specialty Polymers to hold the position of Automotive Sales Development Manager EMEA. More recently, in November 2020, Nicolas was appointed eMobility Marketing Manager to develop the market of electric vehicles, hybrids, and fuel-cell vehicles with innovative solutions based on Ultra-Polymers, High-Performance Polymers, and Fluoropolymers.

Dr. Bruno Poretta, IT

Senior Material Manager – Material Laboratory

Oldrati Group

Dr. Bruno Poretta was born and grew up in the Piedmont region, where he graduated from the faculty of chemistry of the University of Torino. Early on in his career, he developed a passion for rubber applications and for the rubber industry in general. More in particular, Bruno focussed his attention on the development of new and innovative rubber compounds, always with a focus on final product characteristics and specifications. Bruno had the opportunity to develop strong experience on various applications and markets, thanks to his experience in multiple companies, including Pirelli Group, Trelleborg Group, and the Oldrati Group, where he currently holds the position of materials senior manager and is in charge of developing both theoretical know-how and application-driven development for Ogreen, the sustainable rubber.

Ashok Adur, Ph.D., US

President & Consultant

Everest International Consulting

Ashok M. Adur has earned a Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering and trained in Executive Entrepreneurship. He has over 40 years of success in R & D, business development, marketing and general management at chemical, plastics and paper companies. He has published 13 papers in professional journals, presented over 75 papers at professional conferences and filed 75 patent applications resulting in new annual business of over $2.5 billion. He has been honored as a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). As a consultant at Everest International Consulting (LLC) Dr. Adur has expertise in plastics, polymers, elastomers, composites, packaging, microencapsulation & specialty products. He is considered an expert in polymer compounding and plastics recycling, particularly in compatibilization of multi-component systems and developing strategies for intellectual property issues in polymers and plastics.

Alessandro Iviglia, IT

Senior Product Manager, Fluid Solution and Bio Plastic

Röchling Automotive s.r.l.

After graduating in industrial design at Politecnico of Torino, Alessandro was employed as an interior designer engineer and HMI expert in Fiat Research Center from 2004-11. From 2011-13 he was project manager and performance engineer in FCA for the new Fiat 500X. From 2013-16, he was project manager and performance engineer in Modena for Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio, and in 2016 and 2017 he was global product manager for Alfa Romeo.

Since 2017, Alessandro has been global product manager in Roechling Automotive (fluid solution department) and he follows products related to bio polymer and autonomous driving.

Filipe Pinto Loureiro, PT

Global Sales Manager

Irmamolde

Filipe Pinto Loureiro was born in Paris, France, and has been working in the automotive industry for the last 25 years. First as a motorsport journalist and editor for national and international press and TV outlets, attending events such as the Dakar, World Rally Championship, Formula One, World Touring Car Championship, 24 Hours of Spa, 24 Hours of Le Mans, and 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

For the last eight years, he has been working for mould manufacturers in Portugal, India, and Thailand, having been the founder and director of a joint-venture company in India. As a global sales manager, he has been working in markets such as USA, México, Romania, India, France, Spain, Germany, Norway, and Morocco.

With experience in corporate communication, PR, and marketing, Filipe is the global sales manager for a Portuguese-based tooling company in the moulding cluster in Marinha Grande.

Francesco Gobbo, IT

Technical Sales, South Europe

MS Ultraschall Technologie

Francesco Gobbo is the technical and sales reference in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France for MS Ultraschall Technologie with headquarters in Spaichingen. Specifically for the ultrasonic welding, technical development is a fundamental prerogative for every type of solution because every project is unique and tailor-made. Francesco received his master's in electronic engineering/Dipl.-Ing. from the University of Udine and from the ESIEE of Paris – Marne-La-Vallée. His strong passion for joining plastic parts derives from the union of mechanical and electronic skills and from a complete training on plastics, starting from 2008. Polymers make up over 70% of a modern car and in most cases, ultrasounds are used because they represent the fastest, cheapest, and most flexible way to join plastic parts. Before joining MS, Francesco held positions and quality and technical developments within the plastic/electronic industry in companies like Nice, Diehl Group, and Herrmann Ultraschall, gaining a complete vision of industrial processes from the prototyping phase to the SOP. Francesco loves the most complex technical challenges and uses the knowledge and solutions learned every day in an effective and creative way, typical of Italian culture.

Silvia Rosenberger, DE

Technical Marketing - Surface Solutions

Merck KGaA

Silvia Rosenberger is a technical marketing manager at the surface solutions division of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany. She holds a degree in chemical engineering and a postgraduate degree in economics from Mainz University of Applied Sciences. She has held various positions in the field of effect and functional pigments in plastics applications. For the past 15 years she has observed the development of lasers and seen them become an indispensable and reliable tool in production. The laser applications and developments of the last years continue to fascinate her.

Daniel Tyrkas, DE

Director of Automotive Solutions

Mitsubishi Chemical Europe

Marcel Remp, DE

Strategic Growth Manager – Automotive and Mobility

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials

Luca Gili, IT

Plastics Material Specialist, Materials Engineering Department

Stellantis

Maurizio Servetti, IT

Plastics Technical Manager, Materials Engineering Department

Stellantis

Marcel Boucheny, DK

Marketing Coordinator & Executive Assistant to CEO

Addifab 

Christof Kujat, DE

Head of Global Technical Industry Management - Pigments for Plastics

Sun Chemical

Nicolas Batailley, FR

eMobility Marketing Manager (Specialty Polymers)

Solvay

Dr. Bruno Poretta, IT

Senior Material Manager – Material Laboratory

Oldrati Group

Ashok Adur, Ph.D., US

President & Consultant

Everest International Consulting

Alessandro Iviglia, IT

Senior Product Manager, Fluid Solution and Bio Plastic

Röchling Automotive s.r.l.

Filipe Pinto Loureiro, PT

Global Sales Manager

Irmamolde

Francesco Gobbo, IT

Technical Sales, South Europe

MS Ultraschall Technologie

Silvia Rosenberger, DE

Technical Marketing - Surface Solutions

Merck KGaA

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