Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann

  • Head of the Institute of Plastics processing and holder of the Chair of Plastics Processing at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
  • Managing Director of the IKV Association of Sponsors
  • In charge of the “Plastics Technology” field of study and hence responsible for the organisation and holding of courses at IKV
  • Professional background:
    • Managing Director of RKW Sweden AB
    • Head of Extrusion at RKW AG Rheinische Kunststoffwerke (now RKW SE)
    • Head of Quality Management at RKW AG Rheinische Kunststoffwerke (now RKW SE)
    • Chief Engineer and Deputy Head of the Institute at IKV
    • Head of the Part Design and Materials Technology Department
  • Doctorate at IKV in 2000 on the subject “Analysis of the ceramics injection moulding process for the production of compact parts by the gas injection technique"

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rainer Dahlmann

  • Scientific director at IKV for circular economy
  • Head of the Centre for Analysis and Testing of Plastics (KAP) at IKV
  • Doctorate in 2000 at IKV on the subject “Permeation through plasma polymerised layers and the plasma coating of plastics and hollow articles”
  • Lecturer since 2012

Dipl.-Ing. Hans Dieter Plum

  • Managing Director of the Training and Further Education Department

Dipl-Ing. Martin Seeliger

  • Plant engineer and member of the executive board at IKV

Dr.-Ing. Kai Fischer

    • Scientific Director at IKV for lightweight construction technologies
    • Managing Director of AZL Aachen GmbH
    • Doctorate in 2012 at the IKV on the topic of "Investigations into the gap impregnation process for the large-scale production of structural components made of fibre-reinforced plastics".
    • Lecturer since 2013 for the subjects Fibre Composites I and II

Dipl.-Ing. Mauritius Schmitz