8.15 a.m. Registration

9.00 – 9.10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks Mr. Klaus-Peter Kuhnmünch, VDW German Machine Tool Builders’ Association

9.10 – 9.20 a.m. Mr. Phongsakdi Chakshuvej, President, German-Thai Chamber of Commerce (GTCC) Executive Vice President, B. Grimm & Co., Ltd.

9.20 – 9.30 a.m. Opening Speech Mr. Rolf Schulze, Ambassador, German Embassy Bangkok

9.30 – 9.45 a.m. Keynote Thailand – A Strong Partner and Industrial Hub for ASEAN Region (tbc) Mr. Supant Mongkolsuthree, Chairman, The Federation of Thai Industries (F.T.I.) (tbc, requested)

9.45 – 10.00 a.m. Ribbon cutting ceremony

10.00 – 10.10 a.m. Introduction of German participants by Moderator

10.10 a.m. Siemens Shaping the Future of Production with Mr. Kai Lacher, Siemens AG SIEMENS and SINUMERIK

10.35 a.m. TRUMPF Laser: the versatile tool in automotive Mr. Czek Haan Tan, production today and beyond. TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG

Program

VDW-Symposium Thailand / Bangkok“Innovations in Production Technology – Machine Tools from Germany”

InterContinental Hotel Bangkok, 12th November, 2014(as of: 30.09.2014, subject to change)

Time

11.00 – 11.20 a.m. Co�ee break

11.20 a.m. Pro�roll Innovative forming technologies in thread Mr. Peter Brau, Pro�roll Technologies GmbH and pro�le rolling, spline and ring rolling

11.45 a.m. Gleason-Pfauter State-of-the-art cylindrical and bevel gear Mr. Udo Stolz, Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH manufacturing

12.10 a.m. United Grinding Fast, Precise, Flexible: Innovative Grinding Mr. Peter Lütjens and Mr. Michael Schmid, Processes and Machines United Grinding Group

12.35 a.m. – 1.45 p.m. Lunch & Networking Session

1.45 p.m. INDEX Werke INDEX MS16C - CNC multi-spindle technology. Mr. Mert Turan, With the combination of productivity and INDEX Werke GmbH & Co. KG Hahn & Tessky �exibility ready for the future of simple to high complex workpieces TRAUB TNL18 - Sliding-headstock technology designed with the advantages of turning-milling centres

2.10 p.m. FFG-Werke Milling, turning and gear cutting solutions Mr. Norbert Seo, FFG-Werke GmbH

2.35 p.m. EMAG EMAG Group - World Class Manufacturing Mr. Uli Kaiser, EMAG Holding GmbH Systems for the Thai Automotive Industry

3.00 p.m. SW Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen Multi-spindle machining. More productivity. Mr. Reiner Fries, Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH More pro�t.

3.25 – 3.45 p.m. Co�ee break

3.45 p.m. SAMAG Increase productivity with SAMAG machining Mr. André Kind, Saalfelder Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH centres and e�cient solutions for deep-hole drilling applications

4.10 p.m HELLER Innovative machining solutions Mr. Wolfgang Bertschinger, “Made by HELLER” Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH

4.35 p.m. MIKRON High volume production or lot sizes of 1 - at the Dr. Willi Nef, Mikron GmbH end it’s always about cost per part

5.00 p.m. ALZMETALL New approach manufacturing strategies using Mr. Roland Ilg, ALZMETALL Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik 5-Axis simultaneous Machining Centers for und Gießerei Friedrich GmbH & Co. KG Automotive and Aircraft Industry applications

5.25 p.m. Heckert Key-Account Projects of the precision Dr. Michael Fiedler, Heckert GmbH machine building

5.50 p.m End of VDW-Symposium Workshop

Start 6.00 p.m. VDW-Symposium Cocktail & Networking Reception

Parallel:

10.10 a.m. – 5.50 p.m. Individual Business Matchmaking between VDW participants and Thai companies