CTO, Airborne
Marcus has 25 years of experience in the composites industry, with a strong focus on industrialisation and technology development and a passion for how composites can make the world more sustainable. Biobased composites is a recent field of personal interest.He is chairman of CompositesNL...
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Vice-minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climaty Policy
Focco Vijselaar is responsible for the Enterprise and Innovation policies at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands. He previously held positions at the Dutch Ministries of Finance and Public Health, as well as the Dutch Central Bank and the European...
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CEO & Founder, FiberCore
FiberCore Holding and its subsidiaries have the mission of promoting the use of FRP (composite) in structural applications where durability, weight and robustness are important preconditions. The unique InfraCore® technology is the distinctive element in this.FiberCore Europe focuses...
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Senior Vice President, Orenco Composites
Eric S. Ball, P.E., is Senior Vice President at Orenco Systems, Inc., a manufacturing and engineering firm based in Oregon. He has been involved in the development of most of Orenco’s products and related patents. Eric has a special interest in composites manufacturing and has developed...
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Managing Director, Pontis Engineering
Mr. van Breugel has an engineering degree in aerospace engineering and plastics.He has over 20 years of experience in the composite industry, in businesses ranging from R&D, automotive to wind energy. 12 years ago he founded Pontis Engineering.His employment history is as follows:Pontis...
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Business Development, Ex-core
Global Manager, Advanced Composites, DSM
Dr. Raj Mathur’s educational background is in Materials Science & Engineering. Dr. Mathur has 30 years experience in Innovation Management and he has patented numerous composite applications in the aerospace, automotive and semiconductor industries. At DSM, as Global Manager...
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Professor for Polymer Engineering,, University of Applied Sciences Windesheim
Margie Topp studied Chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciencesat the University of Groningen, specializing in Polymer Chemistry. She graduated in the year 1995 on impact resistance of poly(lactic acid) within the group of Professor A. Pennings. In 2000 she finished...
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Program Manager Lightweight Automotive, Brightlands Material Centre
Dr. Marc Huisman is Program Manager at Brightlands Materials Center.He started his career at the Institute for Composite Materials in Kaiserlautern, Germany, with research and development in the field of crashworthiness of thermoplastic composites. Then, he worked 17 years at DSM...
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Knowledge Transfer Manager Packaging and Circular Economy Plastics, Wageningen University & Research
Dr Aline Sanchez is a Business Development Manager at Wageningen University and Research and focuses on the topics of material science, packaging and circular economy of plastics. In this position, she applies herself to translating industrial and societal needs into propositions...
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Technical Application Manager, Avantium Renewable Polymers B.V.
Elizabeth Eaves was born and raised in South-West England. After her initial MSci degree in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham (UK) she gained a PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Manchester (UK). Since 2017 she has worked for Avantium (Amsterdam...
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Project Manager & Consultant (bio-based) FRP Constructions, Witteveen+Bos
Wouter Claassen is an experienced project manager of major infrastructure projects, and has spent the last thirteen years delivering complex projects with concrete, steel and FRP structures. He works for Witteveen+Bos, a specialist engineering consultancy offering innovative solutions...
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Technical Development Manager, Nouryon Functional Chemicals B.V.
Roel Zuijderduin started working at Nouryon almost 30 years ago. He has held various positions throughout the organization, and is currently the Global Technical Development Manager for Thermoset and Acrylics at Nouryon. In this role, Roel is responsible for product and business development...
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Managing Director, NPSP
Willem Böttger is part time professor Biobased Building in the Center of Expertise Biobased Economy (CoE BBE) and director of NPSP, a company developing biobased composite materials.Willem studied Experimental Physics at the University of Amsterdam. After working as a researcher...
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Business Unit Manager, Solico Engineering
Coen Meerbach (1984) is born in idyllic Willemstad, the Netherlands. He graduated as a Naval Architect in 2005 and then started working at Schaap Composites, where he was involved in the production of composite structures. His interest in composites grew as he was getting more involved...
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Writer, Lightness Studios
Ed van Hinte (1951) graduated in Industrial Design and Engineering at the University of Technology in Delft. He practised this profession during the 1980's, but also started writing for magazines. Later he became an author of books, some of which concerned a theme that is important...
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Professor and Author, Lightness Studios
Adriaan Beukers is an emeritus professor on Composite Materials and Structures at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Delft University of Technology and for Engineering with Composites at the Materials Department of the Catholic Leuven University. He is also former director...
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