ENGEL North America will host the complimentary ENGEL trend.scaut America 2016 event at the Laurel Manor Banquet & Conference Center in Livonia, MI, on Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Technical presentations on a wide range of topics, focused on current and future trends in automotive molding and presented by industry experts, will be featured during this single day event. Several featured topics and speakers include:
• inject 4.0 | The ENGEL Solution for Your Smart Factory, Stefan Engleder, ENGEL Austria
• Important Emerging Technologies and Trends within the Automotive Industry, Drew Winter, WardsAutomotive
• Next-Generation Automotive Applications with Thermoplastic Composites, Pal Swaminathan, Lanxess
• A Tier 1 View of OEM Trends and Challenges, Jim Moore, Magna
• Global Energy Outlook with a Concentration on the Americas, Larry Gros, ExxonMobil
• Technology Solutions for Lightweight Composites, Peter Egger, ENGEL Austria
• Design Flexibility Through the MuCell® Process, Levi Kishbaugh, Trexel
• Lightweighting Strategies Through Tooling Design, Steve Jarzynski, Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering, Inc.
• Sales and production forecasts for the next 7 years (focused on North America within a global context), Haig Stoddard, WardsAutomotive
• Innovations in Biobased Thermoset Foams: The Next Generation Structural Lightweight Materials, Srikanth Pilla
Participants will also have opportunity during the event to converse with both industry experts and ENGEL speakers, as well as the event partners at the Partner Fair.
The formal presentation portion of the event will be followed by machine exhibits and a reception at the SA Engineering Technology Center where several ENGEL injection molding cells demonstrating some of the latest developments in automotive molding technology, will be showcased.
For more information and to register for the event, visit https://event.engelglobal.com/event/trendscaut2016.
