Our Programme and Speakers
We are pleased to present an outstanding lineup of speakers at re.fact 25, representing leading expertise from industry, academia, and policy. The following list provides an overview of confirmed speakers and their respective focus areas. Further details on presentation titles and times will be published in our full conference agenda.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Vette-Steinkamp
Hochschule Trier, Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld
BIT- Birkenfeld Institutes of technology Arbeitsgruppe
Remanufacturing and industrial robotics
Welcome
Keynote: Trends in remanufacturing
Fernand Weiland
Fernand Weiland founded the APRA Europe ( Automotive Parts Remanufacturer Association) serving as the division's first chairman for more than 20 years and later as a member of the board, primarily acting in a consulting capacity.
Jeffrey Stukenborg
Head of Portfolio Management Aftermarket for North America – ZF Group
Immediate Past Chair – Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC)
ZF Remanufacturing: Designing for Circularity, Driving Sustainable Performance
The presentation would talk about what products we remanufacture in the passenger car, commercial vehicle, and off-highway customers sectors. The presentation would go over our sustainability goals which is driving design for sustainability and design for remanufacturing early in the design phase. Also working on salvage improvement using additive manufacturing to improvement component salvage. Some new projects to use AI and machine learning to improve our remanufacturing operations in electronics diagnostic and repair operations.
Dr. Daniel C. F. Köhler
BPW - Business Unit Truck & Trailer Components
Elected Chairman APRA Europe AISBL
Remanufacturing Between Regulation and Market Forces: A European Perspective
Dr. Hans-Henrik Westermann
MTU Maintenance
Boost for climate protection: How the repair of turbine blades contributes to sustainable aviation
Lorenzo Gaspari
Head of New Business Development - Remanufacturing
Advancing Remanufacturing through Research: A Look into European Projects and Innovations
The presentation will showcase the results of the rEUman project, highlighting how digitally supported and human-centric approaches can make remanufacturing more efficient, flexible, and scalable across various industries.
Mike Hague-Morgan
Autocraft Solutions Group Ltd
Co-Owner and Executive Director Company
Remanufacturing of EV Batteries - Essential for successful adoption of Electric Vehicles
The presentation will build on the market leading work that Autocraft has done on Li-Ion EV batteries since 2006. Next year marks 20 years of EV battery excellence for Autocraft. From being early pioneers, manufacturing prototype batteries and batteries for electric vehicle conversions, Autocraft's continued commitment for almost 20 years to invest in and develop it's EV Battery capability has resulted in Autocraft being world leaders in EV Battery testing, repair and remanufacturing. In doing so Autocraft has proven any doubters wrong who believed batteries cannot be remanufactured by successfully remanufacturing thousands of EV Batteries, at scale, since 2021.
Exhibitors and sponsors
APRA Europe AISBL
International non-profit association representing the interests of the automotive remanufacturing industry.
Rematec
Rematec is the world's leading platform for remanufacturing. Rematec is the only independent trade brand dedicated to automotive remanufacturing worldwide.