The document outlines the agenda for the VDW-Symposium Thailand conference on innovations in production technology. The event will include welcoming and opening remarks, keynote speeches on Thailand as an industrial hub, and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Representatives from German machine tool companies like Siemens, Trumpf, Proroll, and United Grinding will give presentations on their latest technologies. There will also be presentations from other German manufacturers like Index Werke, FFG-Werke, EMAG, and Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen. The day will conclude with a networking reception.

1. 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

2. 11.00 – 11.20 a.m. Coee break
11.20 a.m. Proroll Innovative forming technologies in thread
Mr. Peter Brau, Proroll Technologies GmbH and prole 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 prot.
3.25 – 3.45 p.m. Coee break
3.45 p.m. SAMAG Increase productivity with SAMAG machining
Mr. André Kind, Saalfelder Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH centres and ecient 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