Munich, June 17, 2010. hybridica, the International Trade Fair for the Development and Manufacture of Hybrid Components, has expanded its existing Technical Advisory Board, which consists of representatives of the metals and plastics industries, to include three additional members. The three new Technical Advisors are Prof. Matthias Golle, Foundation Chair for Stamping Technology, Hochschule Pforzheim, Dr.-Ing. Peter Heidemeyer, Managing Director for Plastics Research and Development at "Süddeutsches Kunststoff-Zentrum" (SKZ), and Claudia Stöhrle, Network Coordinator, Innonet Kunststoff. hybridica is being held for the second time in Munich from November 9 – 12, 2010.
 
With representatives from companies such as Härter Stanztechnik GmbH, Leicht Stanzautomation GmbH, Prym Inovan GmbH & Co. KG, Swoboda KG, Walter Söhner GmbH & Co. KG and Wieland-Werke AG, the interests of the commercial and industrial sectors are already represented in the Advisory Board. Thanks to the three new advisory-board members, the fair is now also paying more attention to clusters and research organizations to serve as a networking platform for companies in this industry of the future. "Hybrid components have an enormous amount of innovative potential to offer all high-tech branches of industry, and it is far from being exhausted," explains Ellen Richter-Maierhofer, Exhibition Director of hybridica. "The dialog between the commercial and scientific sectors and the way that companies cooperate with one another play a key role when it comes to bundling expertise, expanding engineering know-how and promoting projects in new branches of industry."
 
Dr.-Ing. Heidemeyer and Prof. Golle are renowned scientists in the fields of plastics research and precision-metal processing, and Claudia Stöhrle has many years of experience in technology transfer and supporting European research projects. "Thanks to the competent support of these three experts, we are helping hybridica to take a huge step forward as an innovation and cooperation platform for the industry," explains Richter-Maierhofer.
 
Prof. Dr. Matthias Golle
Prof. Matthias Golle has held the position of Foundation Professor for Stamping Technology at Hochschule Pforzheim, which reflects the great importance of sheet-metal and stamping technology in that region, since 2009. Given his experience, Golle not only sees things from an engineering-science point of view, but can assess the market and the efficiency of products and the highly complex automated technologies that are used to manufacture high-precision stamped parts for die automotive and electronics industries.
 
Dr.-Ing. Peter Heidemeyer
Dr.-Ing. Peter Heidemeyer has been Managing Director of the Plastics Research and Development Division of the SKZ in Würzburg since the middle of last year. Thanks to its R+D activities, the SKZ has established itself as an organization that, among other things, sets the pace for innovations that pertain to hybrid components. In its projects, the SKZ promotes the industrial development of customized composite materials and develops optimized manufacturing techniques through the integration of process steps. 
 
Claudia Stöhrle
As Managing Director of "Wirtschaftsförderung Nordschwarzwald", Claudia Stöhrle is above all dedicated to collaboration and interaction between companies. She coordinates the regional network of "Innonet Kunststoff", which is based in Horb and whose diverse range of expertise covers the entire value chain in the plastics sector. However, the network does not just focus on plastics; it also covers metal hybrid parts, surface treatment, ceramics and electronics.

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