November 122024 Paris - France 30ème journées internationales d’études sur la finition des carrosseries automobiles

2023 Congress Program

Day 1Thursday June 15

Registration reception

In partnership with

  • FANUC

Welcome Speech

  • Maxime GOLDBERG - SURCAR

    President of SURCAR European Committee

  • Sven VEIT - AUDI AG

    Director Manufacturing Engineering Paint Shop

  • Tim HAYES - SURCAR

    President of SURCAR

Keynote Speech – Deploiment of Industrial Metaverse and Decarbonisation

  • Jean-Luc MABIRE - RENAULT

    Production Engineering VP

TREND TO ZERO EMISSION

STELLANTIS Carbon Footprint – Sons Of Neutrality

  • Mathieu MONIN - STELLANTIS

    Project Manager

  • Richard CAETANO - STELLANTIS

    Paint Process Expert

Session Chairs Welcome Notes

  • Silvio LICITRA - STELLANTIS

    Head of Paint Process Engineering

  • Sven VEIT - AUDI AG

    Director Manufacturing Engineering Paint Shop

New atomizer concept to reduce paint waste by 50% during paint application

  • Speaker TBD - STELLANTIS

  • Masaru TERADA - ABB

    R&D Engineer

Overspray-Free Paint Application – Update on the market launch in series production

  • Lars FRIEDRICH - DÜRR SYSTEMS

    President & CEO Application Technology

Networking and refreshment break

Sustainable Paintshop: energy efficiency and waste management towards circularity

  • Nicolò MARIOTTI - GEICO

    Sales Proposal Engineer

Save Electricity and CO² thanks to Paint sprayer

  • Sébastien SALZE - SAMES

    Automotive Business Dev

Plenary Panel Discussion

  • Lars FRIEDRICH - DÜRR SYSTEMS

    President & CEO Application Technology

  • Luigi LAZZARI - GEICO

    Vice President Sales

  • Mathieu MONIN - STELLANTIS

    Project Manager

  • Federico MENTA - PPG

    Global Automotive Decorative Coatings Business Director

  • Sébastien SALZE - SAMES

    Automotive Business Dev

  • Masaru TERADA - ABB

    R&D Engineer

Elevator pitch

  • Tim HAYES - SURCAR

    President of SURCAR

Networking and lunch break

In partnership with

  • ABB

CARRY-OVER OF SOLUTIONS

Session Chairs

  • Guillaume BASQUIN - STELLANTIS

    Paint Engineering Manager

  • Sonia ACHARD - RENAULT

    General Manager Production Engineering Paint & Plastic 

Low bake technologies for the paint & body-shop

  • Jean-Marc PINEL - PPG REVOCOAT

    Global Technical Director A&S

The 4 wet process in solventborne paint system – a collaborative work for a successful line introduction

  • Andy VLIEGEN - EFTEC

    Groupleader R&D PVC-plastisols

  • Patrick CORMIER - STELLANTIS

    Paint Technical Leader

  • Pierre SARRAZIN - NPAC

    Europe Leader OEM Basecoat

Lower the carbon footprint through simultaneous material and application engineering

  • DR. Karsten LESSMANN - PFINDER

    Director Research and Development

Networking and refreshment break

Nitra Plant Contrast Painting line

  • Jan LILKO - JAGUAR LAND ROVER

    Manufacturing Programme & Project Manager

  • Sébastien SALZE - SAMES

    Automotive Business Dev

Accelerating the future paint shop with fully automated hole covering – tesa® ProSeal

  • David TUFFE - TESA

    Head of Customer Solution Center, Application Process Engineering

Plenary Panel Discussion

  • Jan LILKO - JAGUAR LAND ROVER

    Manufacturing Programme & Project Manager

  • Jean-Marc PINEL - PPG REVOCOAT

    Global Technical Director A&S

  • Patrick CORMIER - STELLANTIS

    Paint Technical Leader

  • Pierre SARRAZIN - NPAC

    Europe Leader OEM Basecoat

  • David TUFFE - TESA

    Head of Customer Solution Center, Application Process Engineering

VIP RECEPTION (invitation only)

In partnership with

  • HELMUT FISCHER

Day 2Friday June 16

Registration reception

In partnership with

  • FANUC

Welcome Speech

  • Sven VEIT - AUDI AG

    Director Manufacturing Engineering Paint Shop

Keynote Speech – Corrosion challenges towards a sustainable society

  • Elizabeth SZALA - EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF CORROSION

    Chairwoman of the Automotive Corrosion Working Party

HOW TO USE DATA: SIMULATION, SOFTWARE, DIGITALIZATION

Session Chairs Welcome Notes

  • Ive VAN AUDENHOVE - VOLVO CAR CORPORATION

    Head of ME Paint Industrialization

  • Martin SÖLDNER - VOLKSWAGEN

    Head of Paint Shop Planning

Data driven approach to optimize and simulate coating process

  • Sowthriraj DHANDAPANI - PLASTIC OMNIUM

    Industrial Process Performance Engineer Paint Sigmatech

  • Petr JAHN - Sprayvision

    General Manager

Automated Inspection and Repair at Ford Michigan Assembly Plant and 3M Paint Repair

  • Kjell NORDIN - 3M

    Application Engineering Manager ASD Flex EMEA

  • Ron MUIR - THE FARMER GROUP

    Senior Advisor

Automatic defect detection and automatic finish in the topcoat area

  • Alexander SCHMUNK - ASIS

    Head of Sales

  • Julia HOLZAPFEL - AUDI

    Technology Development Materials /Processes

Networking and refreshment break

Use ed simulation to reduce plug quantity

  • Beatrice XAVIER - RENAULT

    Team Manager Performance and Feasibility Process Engineering

  • Valérie HOUILLON - RENAULT

    Paint USFT And Process Expert

Evolution of Inline Quality Control

  • Quentin LECOMTE - EINES VISION SYSTEM

    Key Account Manager

Plenary Panel Discussion

  • Beatrice XAVIER - RENAULT

    Team Manager Performance and Feasibility Process Engineering

  • Sowthriraj DHANDAPANI - PLASTIC OMNIUM

    Industrial Process Performance Engineer Paint Sigmatech

  • Katelle LAVISSE - RENAULT

    Deputy General Manager Paint Processes and Materials

  • Kjell NORDIN - 3M

    Application Engineering Manager ASD Flex EMEA

  • Petr JAHN - Sprayvision

    General Manager

  • Valérie HOUILLON - RENAULT

    Paint USFT And Process Expert

Networking and lunch break

In partnership with

  • ABB

FUTURE OF PAINT SHOP TECHNOLOGY

Session Chairs

  • Dave GREEN - JAGUAR LAND ROVER

    Exterior Coatings Technical Specialist

  • Philipp RUCKER - MAGNA STEYR

    Director Manufacturing Engineering and Logistics

Development of peelable body color for automotive painting

  • Junya OGAWA - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

    Group Manager

  • Takayuki ONO - KANSAI PAINT

    Director

Paint film future way to paint

  • Bill SHAW - PPG

    Global Business Director Paint films

Individual shades for Body & Plastics – Axalta’s My Color approach

  • Georg MEISWINKEL - AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS

    Technology manager

Start of production at Turkish e-car manufacturer TOGG: Efficiency and sustainability characterize paint shop and final assembly line

  • Dirk GORGES - DÜRR SYSTEMS

    Executive Vice President Paint And Final Assembly Systems

  • Speaker TBD - TOGG

Networking and refreshment break

Digitalization as accelerator for development

  • Hendré SWART - BASF COATINGS

    Lab Manager, Development Simulation/Automation EMEA

  • Katelle LAVISSE - RENAULT

    Deputy General Manager Paint Processes and Materials

New Paintshop in Gliwice: Challenges and Results

  • Pierluigi GATTI -

    EE Paint execution manager

  • Amani PONZONI - GEICO

    Project Engineer

VOC controlling for Energy Saving

  • Gianni ABBIATI - FIDIA SYSTEMS

    COO & Co-Founder

  • Antonio ZAZA - FIDIA SYSTEMS

    CEO & Co-Founder

Plenary Panel Discussion

  • Dirk GORGES - DÜRR SYSTEMS

    Executive Vice President Paint And Final Assembly Systems

  • Georg MEISWINKEL - AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS

    Technology manager

  • Junya OGAWA - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

    Group Manager

  • Luigi LAZZARI - GEICO

    Vice President Sales

  • Bill SHAW - PPG

    Global Business Director Paint films

  • Takayuki ONO - KANSAI PAINT

    Director

Awards Ceremony

In partnership with

  • GEICO

Gala dinner

In partnership with

  • DÜRR SYSTEMS