Sponsors

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of talented employees in 39 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #147 on the Fortune 500.

Please find further information on www.lear.com

Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials.

The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets.

Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs more than 30,000 employees in over 50 countries. Reported sales in 2019 were $7.1 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Etimex is changing the state of technology with precision plastic parts and rubber moulded items, thus achieving additional functionality in lighter vehicles, the precise transport of air and water in home appliances, and much more.

Developing innovations is our forte

As a long-standing automotive partner – with a focus on our ground-breaking solutions for electronic drive systems – Etimex is going down the road of commercial vehicles, off-highway vehicles, rail transport, marine transport and the mobility of the future. In the process, we are aligning ourselves with our customers’ objectives and developing blow-moulded and injection-moulded components for plastics such as elastomers and thermoplastics to provide effective solutions to problems. Our currently ongoing projects, in which we enable smart parts for our customers, include venting units for battery aeration and carrier systems for battery cells: these are flat, flame-retardant, slender and dimensionally stable, high-strength and ultra-light. Harness the strengths of Etimex Technical Components and include us in your deliberations at an early stage: we cover various areas of application, live up to the highest expectations, produce special sizes and expertly give you an edge.

More information: https://etimex.global/en

With over 38 years of work experience in tooling and stamping in its innovative and technological surroundings, together with an energetic team of specialists, these are PLAST-MET’s best resources.

The Company gives its all to secure a full level of flexibility and reliability to deliver products in the exact way the Customer requires. The main strategy is to internally centralize the entire development process chain being able to offer a full scope of services:

• Part Design

• Process Design

• FEM Analysis

• Prototyping

• Tool design

• Tool construction

• Stamping

• Welding & Assembly

With the approach of continuously improving of the existing processes and striving to invest in future technologies we will continue to grow focusing on environmentally-sustainable manufacturing which is a key factor in the company policy.

http://www.plast-met.com

The Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe, headquartered in Kronach-Neuses, Upper Franconia, has established itself as a specialist for first-class products for vehicle interiors - from innovative air vent systems to sophisticated modules for instrument panels and centre consoles, from highly integrated trim to mechatronic components. As a flexible system coordinator and strategic business partner for its customers, Dr. Schneider works today on innovative solutions for the mobile world of tomorrow. Smart systems and intelligent modules are playing a major role in the mobility of the future. The product specialists Electrical Engineering & Electronics department (E/E) in the Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe are meeting this challenges of the future here every day. They have specialized in four product fields: Intelligent Surfaces, Actuators, Light and Clean Air.

The competences of the full-service supplier range from the latest processes in fixture and tool construction to ultra-modern injection moulding technologies, sophisticated painting technology, future-oriented assembly technologies and the production of electronic components (EMS).

Around the globe, more than 4,000 employees at Dr. Schneider work on smart technologies for a premium driving experience - always with the "Focus on Excellence".

More information can be found at www.dr-schneider.com

Change and Transformation: TAGUERI AG

All branches of industry will grow dynamically in this decade - a great opportunity for all market participants. However, those who want to take advantage of these opportunities must also face completely new challenges: Global supply chains, digital business models, new forms of work and organization and other trends will change the market forever. Its mission as a consulting and implementation partner is to actively shape the transformation together with its customers and to design successful products, processes and business models for the future.
Based on market knowledge and industry experience, Tagueri delivers analyses, plan projects, select suitable methods & tools and develop technical concepts and business models for your project together with its customers. Experienced project managers lead the projects according to classical or agile methods. Its project management offices efficiently implement controlling, reporting, opportunity and resource management and ensure everything from supplier management to systems engineering and industrialization. Experts are available for highly specialized tasks such as requirements engineering, diagnosis or auditing.
With more than 300 employees at seven locations throughout Germany, Tagueri is at the service of their customers. Since 2020, as part of the Scalian Group, Tagueri has also been present for customers internationally in France, Spain, UK, Belgium, Canada and the USA.

For further information please visit www.tagueri.com

From fiber manufacturer to global supplier of multi-material lightweight solutions

- Teijin provides innovative solutions for the automotive industry -

Teijin is a technology-driven global group offering advanced solutions in the areas of environmental value; safety, security and disaster mitigation; and demographic change and increased health consciousness. Since its establishment in 1918, Teijin has continuously expanded and evolved into a unique enterprise that now encompasses three business domains: high-performance materials including aramid, carbon fiber, composites, resin and nonwovens; healthcare; and IT.

The various subsidiaries of the Teijin Group offer innovative solutions for the automotive industry: Teijin Aramid is market-leading manufacturer of aramids, which are e.g. used in brakes, tires and hoses. The German J.H. Ziegler GmbH is a leading provider of nonwovens for automotive interior and exterior applications. Teijin Automotive Technologies is a global top supplier of lightweight technologies for motor vehicles.

Guided by its underlying corporate philosophy and honoring its promise to stakeholders expressed as the brand statement “Human Chemistry, Human Solutions”, Teijin aims to be a company that supports the society of the future.

Please visit www.teijin.com

For more than half a century Costenoble has been an internationally renowned trading house and a reputable manufacturer of specialty chemicals and chemical additives. Costenoble’s distinctive “C” stands behind a multitude of solutions for numerous applications in almost all industrial sectors. Costenoble is a globally networked and locally operating specialist for lubricants, coatings, adhesives and sealants, pigments and further high-quality chemical-technical products. As a partner of some of the world’s largest chemical companies Costenoble understands how to get the products and services of international corporations to the customer via a medium-sized company structure, always placing primary focus on concrete customer benefits. Providing flexibility, customer proximity, a high-quality and broad portfolio as well as reliability Costenoble has managed to be a steady and competent industrial partner. The company’s performance orientation includes meeting customer-specific requirements so that concrete tasks develop to individual solutions. In the process Costenoble can always be measured against its principle to individualize quality and to support its customers as a reliable and competent partner.

More information can be found at www.costenoble.de

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic systems design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary products from chips to boards to complete systems for the most dynamic market applications, including hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, mobile, aerospace, consumer, industrial and healthcare. For seven years in a row, Fortune magazine has named Cadence one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Learn more at www.cadence.com.