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: 133
    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: 299
    Chair
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vasily Ploshikhin
    University of Bremen
    Vice Chair
    Dr. Kai Schimanski
    Airbus Operations GmbH
  • Expert Committee

    Continuous Casting

    Committee members: 154
    Chair
    Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Rüdiger Böhmer
    Universität Hildesheim
  • Working Group

    Coordination

    Committee members: 18
    Chair
    Dr. Johannes Strümpfel
    VON ARDENNE GmbH
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. André Anders
    Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
  • Expert Committee

    Drawing

    Committee members: 82
    Chair
    Franz-Josef Reitz
  • 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: 162
    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: 53
    Chair
    Dr. Bernd Prillhofer
    AMAG Gruppe
    Vice Chair
    Dr. Johannes Morscheiser
    Novelis Deutschland GmbH
  • Working Group

    Heavy metal extrusion products

    Committee members: 34
    Chair
    Dr. Alexander Treff
    Niederrheinische Metallwerke GmbH & Co. KG
    Vice Chair
    Dr.-Ing. Axel Jörg
    HME Brass Germany GmbH
  • Working Group

    Industrial Advisory Board

    Committee members: 28
    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: 179
    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: 31
    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: 29
    Chair
    Michael Liehr
    W&L Coating Systems GmbH
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. Peter Awakowicz
    Ruhr University Bochum
    Experts
    Burkhard Zimmermann
    Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP
    Experts
    Dr. Martin Rudolph
    Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
    Experts
    Dr. Christoph Schiffers
    CemeCon AG
    Experts
    Uwe Heydenreich
    TRUMPF Hüttinger GmbH + Co. KG
    Experts
    Dr. Kerstin Horn
    INNOVENT e.V.
    Experts
    Dr.-Ing. Manuela Junghähnel
    Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration IZM
    Experts
    Christian Koch
    enaDyne
    Experts
    Hendrik Paetzelt
    TriboPlast GmbH
    Experts
    Christoph Regula
    Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM
    Experts
    Dr. Lars Schücke
    Ruhr University Bochum
    Experts
    Dr.-Ing. Matthias Walker
    University of Stuttgart
    Experts
    Dr.-Ing. Andreas Schulz
    University of Stuttgart
    Experts
    Dr. Stefan Wrehde
    BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Experts
    Prof. Dr. Peter Awakowicz
    Ruhr University Bochum
    Experts
    Prof. Dr. Michael Thomas
    Fraunhofer-Zentrum Circular Economy für Mobilität CCEM
    Experts
    Prof. Dr. Holger Kersten
    Kiel University
    Experts
    Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Weltmann
    INP Greifswald e.V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Dr. Maik Fröhlich
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e. V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Bobzin
    Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e. V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Prof. Dr. Andreas Leson
    VDI - Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e. V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Prof. Dr. Udo Klotzbach
    Europäischen Forschungsgesellschaft Dünne Schichten e.V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Dr. Kai Masur
    Nationales Zentrum für Plasmamedizin e.V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Dr.-Ing. Daniel Meyer
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Galvano- und Oberflächentechnik e.V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Dr.-Ing. Anke Dalke
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Plasmatechnologie e.V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Alexander Schwock
    BalticNet PlasmaTec e.V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Dr. Michael Wahl
    Deutsche Vakuum-Gesellschaft e.V.
    Representatives of the Member Societies
    Carola Brand
    Kompetenznetz Industrielle Plasma-Oberflächentechnik e.V.
  • Working Group

    Plasma modification of polymers

    Committee members: 2
    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: 187
    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: 2
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. Georg Reiners
    Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
  • Working Group

    Thermal process technology

    Committee members: 13
  • Working Group

    Tubes and Sections

    Committee members: 31
    Chair
    Dr.-Ing. Farzad Foadian Krähe
    Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
  • Working Group

    Wire and rods

    Committee members: 23
    Chair
    Franz-Josef Reitz

Events

2026
  1. | Congress & Exhibition

    MSE 2026

    Darmstadt & Online

  2. | Training Course

    Entstehung, Ermittlung und Bewertung von Eigenspannungen

    Karlsruhe

  3. | Committee Meeting

    Fachausschuss Mechanische Oberflächenbehandlungen

    Karlsruhe

  4. | Training Course

    Werkstoffspezifische Bauteilreparatur zur nachhaltigen Lebensdauerverlängerung

    Hamburg

  5. | Training Course

    Aluminium

    Bonn

  6. | Committee Meeting

    Arbeitskreis Walzplattieren im FA Walzen

    Hanau

  7. | Committee Meeting

    Arbeitskreis Schwermetall im Fachausschuss Strangpressen

    Viersen-Dülken

  8. | Committee Meeting

    Arbeitskreis Ofenunabhängige Kokille - Aluminium im Fachausschuss Stranggießen

    Voerde

  9. | Committee Meeting

    Fachausschuss Walzen

    Schweinfurt

  10. | Committee Meeting

    Gemeinschaftsausschuss Pulvermetallurgie - Herbstsitzung 2026

    Hagen

  11. | Training Course

    Mechanische Oberflächenbehandlung

    Karlsruhe

  12. | Committee Meeting

    Gemeinschaftsausschuss Plasma Germany - Herbstsitzung

    Leipzig

  13. | Committee Meeting

    Fachausschuss Additive Fertigung

    Online

2027
  1. | Training Course

    Ziehen von Drähten, Rohren und Profilen

    Clausthal-Zellerfeld

  2. | Congress & Exhibition

    H₂MSE 2027

    Kassel & Online

  3. | Congress & Exhibition

    Magnet Days 2027

    Pforzheim

  4. | Congress & Exhibition

    LightMAT 2027

    Siegen (Germany) & Online

  5. | Training Course

    Moderne Beschichtungsverfahren

    Dortmund-Hörde

  6. | Committee Meeting

    Fachausschuss Ziehen - Jahressitzung 2027

    Ilmenau

  7. | Training Course

    Pulvermetallurgie

    Dresden

  8. | Congress & Exhibition

    MatSecure 2027

    Dresden

  9. | Congress & Exhibition

    ESOMAT 2027

    Bochum

  10. | Congress & Exhibition

    SuMAT 2027

    Düsseldorf & Online

  11. | Congress & Exhibition

    Ti-2027

    Berlin & Online

  12. | Training Course

    Einführung in die Metallkunde

    Darmstadt

  13. | Training Course

    Löten - Grundlagen und Anwendungen

    Aachen

  14. | Congress & Exhibition

    Hybrid 2027

    Bremen & Online

  15. | Training Course

    Aluminium

    Bonn

  16. | Congress & Exhibition

    AI MSE 2027

    Aalen & Online

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