Process & Production Engineering

Process and production engineering covers thermal, mechanical and chemical manufacturing methods such as forming, casting, machining, coating and additive manufacturing. The goal is controlled generation of desired microstructures and properties with economic efficiency. Process modeling, monitoring, quality control and digitization (Industry 4.0) optimize productivity and reproducibility.

Committees

Working Group

Additive Fertigung mit Polymeren

Committee members: 132

Chair

Prof. Dr. Andreas Blaeser

Technical University of Darmstadt

Vice Chair

Dipl.-Ing. Hansgeorg Haupt

Technical University of Darmstadt
Expert Committee

Additive manufacturing

Committee members: 292

Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vasily Ploshikhin

University of Bremen

Vice Chair

Dr. Kai Schimanski

Airbus Operations GmbH
Expert Committee

Continuous Casting

Committee members: 159

Chair

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Rüdiger Böhmer

Universität Hildesheim
Working Group

Coordination

Committee members: 19

Chair

Dr. Johannes Strümpfel

VON ARDENNE GmbH

Chair

Prof. Dr. André Anders

Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
Expert Committee

Drawing

Committee members: 81

Chair

Dr.-Ing. Farzad Foadian

Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
Working Group

Expert Group on Metal powder production

Committee members: 37

Chair

Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Cornelius

INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH
Expert Committee

Extrusion

Committee members: 161

Chair

Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. Sören Müller

TU Berlin
Expert Committee

Functionalisation of surfaces by micro- and nano patterning techniques

Committee members: 63

Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrés Fabián Lasagni

TU Dresden

Vice Chair

Prof. Dr. Carsten Gachot

TU Wien
Working Group

Furnace-independent Mold - Aluminium

Committee members: 54

Chair

Dr. Bernd Prillhofer

AMAG Gruppe

Vice Chair

Dr. Johannes Morscheiser

Novelis Deutschland GmbH
Working Group

Heavy metal extrusion products

Committee members: 34

Vice Chair

Dr.-Ing. Axel Jörg

HME Brass Germany GmbH
Working Group

Industrial Advisory Board

Committee members: 25

Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vasily Ploshikhin

University of Bremen
Working Group

Light metal

Committee members: 95

Chair

Dr. Thomas Herding

Hydro Extrusion Lüdenscheid GmbH
Joint Committee

Materials Technology Steel

Committee members: 177

Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Fechte-Heinen

Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering - IWT

Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ulrich Krupp

RWTH Aachen University
Working Group

Measurement and Control of Strip Shape

Committee members: 30

Chair

Dr. Kai Friedrich Karhausen

Speira GmbH
Expert Committee

Mechanical surface treatments

Committee members: 125

Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Hoffmeister

University of Applied Sciences
Joint Committee

PLASMA Germany

Committee members: 35

Chair

Prof. Dr. André Anders

Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
Working Group

Plasma modification of polymers

Committee members: 3

Chair

Prof. Dr. Jörg Friedrich

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Expert Committee

Polymermaterials

Committee members: 69

Chair

Dipl.-Ing. Hansgeorg Haupt

Technical University of Darmstadt
Joint Committee

Powder Metallurgy

Committee members: 186

Chair

Prof. Dr. Christoph Broeckmann

RWTH Aachen University

Vice Chair

Dr. Jürgen Schmidt

Boehlerit GmbH & Co.KG
Working Group

Roll-Cladding

Committee members: 28

Chair

Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Reichelt

HFP Bandstahl GmbH
Expert Committee

Rolling

Committee members: 196

Chair

Dr. Jan Lindemann

Messingwerk Plettenberg Herfeld GmbH & Co. KG
Working Group

Standardization

Committee members: 3

Chair

Prof. Dr. Georg Reiners

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Working Group

Thermal process technology

Committee members: 12
Working Group

Tubes and Sections

Committee members: 31

Chair

Dr.-Ing. Farzad Foadian

Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
Working Group

Wire and rods

Committee members: 22

Chair

Franz-Josef Reitz

Events

2026

2027

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