30 November - 1 December 2022
Düsseldorf, Germany
Why attend Silicone Elastomers World Summit?
Silicone Elastomers World Summit brings together manufacturers, processors, end-users, designers and researchers for a summit-style technical discussion of silicone and TPE elastomer materials, global markets, processing advancements and novel applications.
MBA from Solvay Business School
Meng in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College
Flore started her career in the aerospace industry, where she worked on large development projects with multiple stakeholders. Since joining Greenfish, she adapted those project and risk management skills to the agile environment of consulting. She has advised multiple clients on strategic topics ranging from company reorganisation, market penetration, and development of new business lines, all-the-while taking into account the challenges resulting from increased pressure for sustainable growth. Flore recently finished her MBA, which allowed her to fine-tune her leadership and strategy skills, and bring adapted and tested tools to her clients.
François DE BUYL received his PhD in Organometallic Chemistry from University of Brussels, Belgium (1991) and an MSc in Advanced Material Sciences from University of Surrey, UK (2003). He joined Dow Corning Europe in 1991 and worked on various silicone-based materials development and applications, such as, silicone sealant & adhesives, organosilanes, thermoplastics and rubbers reinforcements, and coatings, before joining the Dow Silicones Belgium Silicone Elastomers TS&D team back in 2011, helping for instance customers in LED lighting fixtures using optical LSR in their LED lamps and luminaires designs. Since a couple of years, François expanded his responsibilities to support new business opportunities in the field of mobility & transportation, such as, RTV elastomers for self-sealing-tires, which he will cover during his talk on “Silicone Sealant for Extended Tire mobility” at this conference event.
Bachelor and Master studies in mechanical engineering at the university of Kassel -since 2015 scientific at UNIpace -phd studies in progess with focus on PC/LSR composites and UVC pretreatement
After studying mechanical engineering at KIT Karlsruhe, Mr. Timo Richter worked for several years at a renowned sealing manufacturer, first in the area of process development for elastomer processing, then as a product manager for sealing solutions in the pharmaceutical sector. In 2018, he joined the O-Ring Prüflabor Richter, where his areas of activity included failure analysis of elastomer components and technical customer consulting from the very beginning. Since 2020, Mr. Richter has also been responsible for the complete day-to-day business of O-Ring Prüflabor Richter GmbH as a managing director.
Axel Schmidt is the Head of WACKER’s Hybrids and Sealants Team in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. His role is to market GENIOSIL® STP-E’s, Silicone Polymers to Compounders of Adhesives and Sealants as well as finished ELASTOSIL® products in Bulk and especially in Cartridges under the WACKER brand as well as PRIVATE Label.
Axel began his career with WACKER in 1994 as a management trainee, progressing in the year 2000 to his first of three overseas assignments in the United States as Business Line Manager Sealants in Adrian, MI before moving to California as President of Precision Silicones, Inc. (SILMIX®). Returning to Germany in 2006, he was Director for Distribution Management and Managing Director of WACKER SCHOTT Solar GmbH as well as Director Rubber Solutions. Before his appointment as Head of the Business Team he was Head of our ACEO® Start-Up, Chief Digital Officer and before that he was responsible for WACKER’s silicones business in North and Central as Vice President from 2012 to 2017. So he has held multiple responsible sales and management positions within WACKER.
Mr. Schmidt holds a Master’s Degree in Economics (Marketing, Logistics and Political Science) from Ludwig-Maximillian-Universtät Munich and was a visiting lecturer at University of Applied Science in Jena and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Hannes was born 04.02.1994 in Linz, Austria. He obtained a Master's degree in Polymer Engineering and has 7 years' experience in plastics industry – 3,5 years at ELMET
Maillefer is a global leader in pipe, tube, wire, cable and elastomer production solutions. We offer over 50 technologies and the widest services portfolio in the industry to cover nearby 20 extrusion applications. From us, you can always get the best technical fit and value – from a single component to a complete factory – to match your lifecycle needs. We help manufacturers exceed their goals, as no limit is fixed for us. Offering extrusion components, complete lines and consultation services throughout the world.
