Speakers
Bernd Bergmann
Improve Process Analytics and Control GmbH
Europastraße 8
9524 Villach
Austria
Phone: +43 4242 22810
EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY HANNOVER GERMANY – DIPLOM INGENIEUR ELEKTROTECHNIK
Electrical Engineering with focus on Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Knowledge Engineering
EXPERIENCE: GROUP MANAGER VISION SYSTEMS, GRECON 1995 – 1998
Developing vision systems for the solid timber industry & wood based panel industry.
MANAGER SCANTEC, GRECON 1998 – 2007
Responsibility for the development, sales and service of stress grading machines for the solid timber industry and the development of surface inspections systems for the wood based panel industry.
HEAD OF R&D, GRECON 2007 – 2019
Responsibility for the development of the complete range of measurement, vision and X-Ray products of Fagus-GreCon
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, IPAC 2020 –
Thorsten Beinke
Tarkett GDL S.A.
An der Feckel 11
9779 Lentzweiler
Luxembourg
Phone: +352 9492 11-8313
Thorsten Beinke received vocational training as a carpenter and media designer. He is holding a bachelor in media economics from Fachhochschule des Mittelstands, Bielefeld.
From his nearly 35 years’ experience in product- and print-design, Thorsten spend half of it in the flooring business. His functional experience includes all fields in design from print, web to packaging or display. He also worked in sales, marketing and training. Before he joined the flooring industry, Thorsten worked for major companies in telecommunication, advertising and printing.
His employment history (flooring companies) is as follows:
Tarkett GDL S.A., Lentzweiler, Luxembourg, 2011 to present.
Senior design manager
Responsible for LVT and laminate products as well as in-house design development for future digital printing.
Witex Flooring, Augustdorf, Germany, 2005-2011
Creative director
Responsible for communication design, advertising and customer focused retail projects including point of sale presentation and training.
Terhürne, Südlohn, Germany, 2003-2005
Head of advertising
Responsible for communication design and advertising.
Clarissa Blüm
RENOLIT SE
Horchheimer Str. 50
67547 Worms
Phone: +49.6241.303.1286
Clarissa Blüm has been working as a specialist for the “Colour Road” trend service in Corporate Design Management at RENOLIT SE, one of the world’s leading plastic products manufacturers, since 2020.
She is responsible for the conception and implementation of trend materials. Clarissa presents Colour Road at trade fairs and congresses as well as on the RENOLIT website and in social media for both RENOLIT Interior Surfaces and RENOLIT Exterior Solutions.
She is also an adviser to international customers and licensees such as Lifocolor.
She was born in 1995. After finishing her apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at RENOLIT SE she initially worked as an assistant to the Corporate Design Management. In June 2020, she was certified as a “Colour Road” brand ambassador.
Frank de Jonge
My career is dedicated to human and environmental well-being. Circular economy, CO2-reduction, renewable energy, energy efficiency are as important as resource-optimization and selecting the least harmful processes and material for health, life and well-being. Inkjet printing in industrial scale is my passion. Driving new applications in co-operation between end-user, substrate-manufacturer and printer integrator is the future of the printing market. Guiding and supporting the innovators in the printing industry is my speciality. My career started at Olympia, where I started as junior product manager for one of the first laser Printer launched to the European market. I had the opportunity to sell inks and toner from global leaders like Mitsubishi Chemicals, Toshiba, Hitachi and Sensient to a broad number of challenging and exiting digital printing applications from desktop to industrial scale. I managed development and production of inks for industrial printing applications ie. high speed single pass with water-based inks. The highly efficient dryers from adphos ensure reliable evaporation of water and solvents from any printing and coating application.
Naci Güngör
Alim Group
Ömerli Mah. Arefe Sok. NO:21/23
Arnavutköy / İSTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 670 05 18
Mr. Naci Güngör holds a mechanical engineering degree from Middle East Technical University and an M.B.A. degree from Bilkent University. He has an experience of over 30 years in the wood based panel industry and worked for 12 years as marketing and corporate communications manager at Kastamonu Entegre, which is among the top 5 producers globally. He then joined in 2018 Boyut Edgeband company, a member of Alim Group, as director of marketing and corporate communications.
He acted between 2015-2021 as a member of the Forestry Products Consultative Committee in FAO of United Nations, between 2012-2014 as Board Member of Wood Products Exporters Association in Istanbul and still a member of Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) Business Council Executive Committee.
Stefan Höfs
CGS Publishing Technologies International GmbH
Kettelerstraße 24
63512 Hainburg
Germany
Phone: +49 6182 9626-30 |
Stefan Höfs, born in 1975, started his professional career in the graphic arts industry in 2006, as service manager at BRS GmbH, a dealer for digital large format printers. 2011 he became product Specialist at Roland DG Germany, where, in cooperation with CGS Publishing International GmbH, he introduced solvent and UV printers as proofing solution in the packaging market. In the following years he took also care of the decorative surfaces market, where he introduced proofing solutions for textures and print on décor paper with special décor inks. 2018 Stefan Höfs became business development manager at Roland DG EMEA, where he was responsible for the industrial sector. His focus during this period was establishing UV flatbed-printers as digital alternative for pad- and screen printing. Also, during this time, he was still connected to the surfacing industry, as speaker for proofing solutions on several congresses. In 2023 he started his new position as business development manager at CGS Publishing International GmbH.
Mike Horsten
Agfa NV
Hendrik Kuijpersstraat
2640 Mortsel
Belgium
Phone: +32 344 44 193
Mike Horsten is the Global Business Manager InterioJet and Head of Textiles at Agfa NV. He and his team support the Business Development and Channel Marketing for interior decoration projects like flooring and surfaces and the development of textiles for the sign and fashion industries
Mike has over 35 years of profound business management experience in the digital print (sign and textiles), finishing, workflow and rip software, travel (aviation) and industrial/commercial industries.
Prior to this role, Mike worked as the Business Manager for HP’s Large Format Graphics Production Division responsible for the HP Latex and HP Stitch product lines in EMEA. Mike joined HP from Mimaki Europe B.V. in 2017, where he held various executive positions including General Manager Marketing EMEA.
Mike was at the forefront of creating a better and greener world for the production of Sign and Graphics and Textiles, helping in the development of greener technologies for digital printing of textile and wining Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility awards in 2002-03.
Mike studied Mass Communications at Emerson College in Boston.
Evan Knoblauch
Keyland Polymer Material Sciences, LLC.
4641 Hinckley Industrial Parkway
Cleveland, OH 44109
Phone: +1 216 741 7915
Evan Knoblauch is the European Business Development Manager for Keyland Polymer Materials Sciences, a global leader in the development, formulation, and manufacturing of UV-cured powder coatings and solid resins. Based out of Barcelona, Evan educates the market about UV curable solid materials and assists customers in finding coating solutions for products that are heat sensitive or difficult to finish like woods, plastics, composites, and carbon fiber. He holds a BA in Economics from Denison University.
Peter Lantz
IKEA of Sweden AB (B1)
Tulpanvägen 8
343 81 Älmhult
Sweden
Phone: +46 73 2321252
Experienced Materials Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the furniture industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Operations Management, Value Stream Mapping, International Business, and Quality Management. Strong engineering professional graduated from Fågelviksskolan in Tibro.
Responsible for being part of creating new capabilities within the Product Management area. Work with enable optimized customer & production driven product development by providing and governing a business structure that sets the framework for developing IKEA products and services sellable in all touchpoints.
Moritz Menier
Classen Group
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 18-20
56759 Kaisersesch
Germany
Phone: +49 2653 980 0
After his Bachelor and Master in addition to his DBA studies Moritz Menier, is working since over 10 years in the woodworking industry. As a start of his career he was working as a VP of Sales and later CEO of the BMK Group, the largest independent paper impregnation company worldwide. The responsibilities included global sales and purchasing as well as lead responsibility of North America plant.
Mr. Menier served under his previous employment globally. Involved in nearly all laminate and furniture production facilities with melamine papers, especially focused on North and South American market.
As of January 1st he joined the Classen Group, one of the leading manufacturers of laminate flooring, Ceramin (Non-PVC Floor) and doors with over 2.000 employees worldwide and manufacturing sites in Germany and Poland. As a Vice President Strategic Business Development Mr. Menier is responsible to extend the footprint of the Classen Group in North America and develop new concepts in the market.
Pol Merino
Honext Material S.L.
Carrer d’Aragó, 383, 10/F
08013 Barcelona
Spain
Phone: +34 623 379 238
Paul is driving the company’s growth and industrial expansion based on circular economy principles, aiming for Honext to accelerate the access and use of circular solutions in the panel and construction industry.
Since 2008, Paul has been dedicated to environmentally and sustainably sound manufacturing and is fully committed to making sustainable innovation in the built environment commercially viable.
With over 25 years of leadership experience in investment banking and multiple board positions in healthcare, financial, and industrial organizations, Paul brings a wealth of executive and strategic expertise of commercialization of sustainable wood-based products.
Prior to this role, as CEO for 12 years, he successfully restructured and led Accsys Technologies PLC.
Andrea Mühlbauer
Munksjö Apprieu R&D Center
40 rue du Grand Champ – BP14
38140 Apprieu
France
Phone: +33 4 76 93 72 71
After her Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Andrea made her PhD thesis as a co-tutelle project at the University of Regensburg (Germany) and the University of Lille (France) in the field of cellulose solubilization with environmentally friendly solvents.
In 2015, she started as R&D Engineer at the Munksjö R&D Center in Apprieu (France) leading product development projects for decor and pre-impregnated papers.
Since 2021, Andrea has taken the position of Product Manager for pre-impregnated paper.
Michael Riffel
AFRY Management Consulting (Deutschland) GmbH
Lutzstraße 2
80687 München
Germany
Phone: +49 151 550 171 57
Michael’s product focus is on wood-based panels and decorative surfacing materials, especially paper-based surfaces in Europe and China, having spent 12 months in the country. His work focus is on economic and demand analysis, scenario planning, cost competitiveness and modelling as well as due diligence projects. Michael has a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Hochschule Mannheim Germany and Tongji University in Shanghai, China and a B.Eng. in wood technology, Rosenheim Germany.
Duncan Ross
AVA CAD CAM Group Ltd
3 St. Georges Street
Macclesfield SK11 6TG
UK
Phone: +44 1625 506807
Duncan graduated from the Universities of Wolverhampton and Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1994, with BA Honors in European Business Administration and German. After working in the gravure and decorative printing industry for three years, Duncan joined the growing software company AVA CAD CAM in 1998. Initially providing technical support to the Northern European market, he was promoted to Global Sales Manager in 2004 and then to Commercial Director in 2012. AVA CAD CAM provides design and colour solutions, support and workflow consultancy to the décor, flooring, wallcovering and textile industries.
Oliver Baar
Koenig & Bauer Digital & Webfed AG & Co. KG
Friedrich-Koenig-Str. 4
97080 Würzburg
Germany
Phone: +49 931 909 6396
Carsten Brinkmeyer
Hymmen GmbH
Theodor-Hymmen-Straße 3
33613 Bielefeld
Germany
Phone: +49 521 5806 0
Birgit Hansen
Hansen Innenarchitektur Materialberatung
Geisselstrasse 44
50823 Cologne
Germany
Phone: +49 221 5465052
Frank de Jonge
Italy
My career is dedicated to human and environmental well-being. Circular economy, CO2-reduction, renewable energy, energy efficiency are as important as resource-optimization and selecting the least harmful processes and material for health, life and well-being. Inkjet printing in industrial scale is my passion. Driving new applications in co-operation between end-user, substrate-manufacturer and printer integrator is the future of the printing market. Guiding and supporting the innovators in the printing industry is my speciality. My career started at Olympia, where I started as junior product manager for one of the first laser Printer launched to the European market. I had the opportunity to sell inks and toner from global leaders like Mitsubishi Chemicals, Toshiba, Hitachi and Sensient to a broad number of challenging and exiting digital printing applications from desktop to industrial scale. I managed development and production of inks for industrial printing applications ie. high speed single pass with water-based inks. The highly efficient dryers from adphos ensure reliable evaporation of water and solvents from any printing and coating application.
Volker KEttler
59602 Rüthen
Germany
Anders Pettersson
IKEA Supply Services (Sweden) AB
Ikeagatan 7B
343 36 Älmhult
Sweden
Phone: +46476440840
25 years in IKEA working with wood related issues.
First 7 years in purchasing working with manufacturing and quality in east Europe and China.
18 years in Älmhult working in the supply chain development at IKEA of Sweden with board, foils, veneer, and edge glued panels.
2018-2023
Responsible engineer Veneer and edge glued panel
Coordinate technical issues between the suppliers and the product development unit IKEA of Sweden. Purchase development, IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult, Sweden.
2016-2018
Development of future surface materials in the department of Material & Innovation, IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult, Sweden.
2005-2016
Different projects and responsibilities regarding Formaldehyde emission, foils and board materials. Supply Chain development, IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult, Sweden.
2002-2005
Quality & Environmental Manager in Purchasing based in Qingdao, China.
1998-2002
Starting in IKEA working with Manufacturing development in wood-based suppliers based in Vienna, Austria.
Education
Mechanical engineering, Linköpings University, Sweden
Carpenter
Clive Pinnington
European Panel Federation
24, Rue Montoyer, box 20
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +3225562589
Michael Riffel
AFRY Management Consulting (Deutschland) GmbH
Lutzstraße 2
80687 München
Germany
Phone: +49 151 550 171 57
Michael’s product focus is on wood-based panels and decorative surfacing materials, especially paper-based surfaces in Europe and China, having spent 12 months in the country. His work focus is on economic and demand analysis, scenario planning, cost competitiveness and modelling as well as due diligence projects. Michael has a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Hochschule Mannheim Germany and Tongji University in Shanghai, China and a B.Eng. in wood technology, Rosenheim Germany.
Duncan Ross
AVA CAD CAM Group Ltd
3 St. Georges Street
Macclesfield SK11 6TG
UK
Phone: +44 1625 506807
Duncan graduated from the Universities of Wolverhampton and Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences in 1994, with BA Honors in European Business Administration and German. After working in the gravure and decorative printing industry for three years, Duncan joined the growing software company AVA CAD CAM in 1998. Initially providing technical support to the Northern European market, he was promoted to Global Sales Manager in 2004 and then to Commercial Director in 2012. AVA CAD CAM provides design and colour solutions, support and workflow consultancy to the décor, flooring, wallcovering and textile industries.