Conference Program
Thursday, March 6, 2025
9:00am
Welcoming Remarks
Kurt Fischer, Technical Conference Management
Speaker's Bio: Kurt Fischer
Studied technical chemistry at the University of Technology Vienna. Diploma work and doctoral theses: “Biotechnological Processes for Pulp and Paper Manufacture”.
1992- 1993:
University of Wisconsin and Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, as Research Scientist.
1993 – 2000:
Krems Chemie AG in Krems, Austria, manager of research and development for paper chemicals and natural resins.
1998 – 1999:
Deputy chairman of the technical committee of the hydrocarbon and rosin resin producers association at CEFIC in Brussels.
Since January 2000:
Founder and managing director of Technical Conference Management KG in Langenzersdorf, Austria.
Numerous publications, several of which are original papers in peer reviewed journals.
Co-author of 2 books and 3 technical manuscripts.
Presentations at conferences in Europe, USA and Asia.
Several patents and patent applications.
9:05am
Goran Schmidt, Afry
Speaker's Bio: Goran Schmidt
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
Speaker's Bio: Thorsten Beinke
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.
11:30pm
12:00pm
Speaker's Bio: Changlong Sun
2004-PhD: Department of Colour and Polymer Chemistry at the University of Leeds, Title: Characterisation of ink transfer media for Lithographic printing process
2007- Inkjet Technologist: Digital Print CIC at the University of Leeds, Worked on Inkjet application and development projects
2008-Project Manager: Crown Packaging. Inkjet printing for metal packaging application and its colour management
2014- Technical Support Manager: Ricoh UK Products Ltd. Print head Sales and customer support.
2019- Inkjet Strategic Business Development Manager: Ricoh Europe
12:30pm
2:00pm
Speaker's Bio: Moritz Menier
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. He is now CEO of Classen Americas, Inc.
Speaker's Bio: Bernd Bungert
Bernd Bungert studied chemical engineering at the University of Dortmund, the University of California at Berkeley and at Technical University of Berlin. From 1998 to 2008 he worked in chemical industry at Hoechst AG in Frankfurt in process development, in global engineering and as a plant manager.
He joined the faculty of the the Berlin University of Applied Science and Technology, Berlin in 2008. There he is working on energy- and resource efficiency. He is also serving as a consultant in the process industries. A focus has been in the wood-panel industry. For over 12 years he has been working as process-engineering manager for Fiberboard GmbH within the Classen group in Baruth, Germany.
2:30pm
Sustainable and Competitive Furniture Manufacturing Challenges in Bulgaria
Speaker's Bio: Naci Güngör
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.
He joined the faculty of the the Berlin University of Applied Science and Technology, Berlin in 2008. There he is working on energy- and resource efficiency. He is also serving as a consultant in the process industries. A focus has been in the wood-panel industry. For over 12 years he has been working as process-engineering manager for Fiberboard GmbH within the Classen group in Baruth, Germany.
3:00pm
3:30pm
Experiences by Color Road 25/26
Speaker's Bio: Clarissa Blüm
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.
4:00pm
Rethinking Surfaces Together: Sustainability, Design, and Function in Balance
4:30pm
Cutting Edge Carbodiimide Crosslinkers for Water-based Coatings
5:00pm
7:00pm
Buses leave to conference dinner
7:30pm
Friday, March 7, 2025
9:00am
Koenig & Bauer Vision & Protection Solutions in Digital Decor Print
Oliver Baar, König & Bauer
Speaker's Bio: Oliver Baar
9:30am
The Function of the Inkjet Consumables for Delivering Consistent Digitally Printed Output
Marc Graindourze, Agfa
Speaker's Bio: Marc Graindourze
Marc Graindourze has studied at K.U.L. (University of Leuven, Belgium), Master in Chemistry and Dr. Sc. (physical chemistry).
Marc started at Agfa in 1988 as a R&D project manager graphic films and proofing systems.
In 1995, Marc changed to the field of inkjet printing, first as R&D project manager inkjet media.
Since 2004, Marc is active in the field of inkjet inks.
Marc is very interested in the power of inkjet and how to make it work form the ink perspective for a large range of applications, whereby decorative printing is one of the key fields. Marc connects to the companies building inkjet printing solutions, as well as to the companies printing decorative designs by inkjet.
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
Industrial Lacquering – Carbon Neutral Coating Solutions
Speaker's Bio: Bernd Dinkelborg
Bernd started his journey at KNEHO-LACKE in 2011 and he is now responsible for marketing and sales. As a wood engineer with a solid background of production technologies he became specialized in the UV-coating sector, focusing primarily on product development and the application of industrial coating processes.
11:30am
Speaker's Bio: Nadina Using
As part the Sales Team of IIJ for the last 9 years Nadina Using has been at the forefront of highly technical projects across market sectors including everything from narrow web Labels to Industrial scale projects. A recent move into Marketing with years of Sales background enables her to understand the needs of both her team and the customer.
12:00pm
Sustainable Adhesive Solutions: Advancing Eco-friendly Furniture Panel Production
12:30pm
Lunch break
2:00pm
3:00pm
3:30pm