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Car Body Xperience 2025
Since its successful start in 2023, Car Body Xperience has established itself as an important industry gathering for car body engineers in North America and beyond. 2025 is the third time that the Automotive Circle will have the great pleasure of inviting all interested automotive engineering experts to meet in Rochester, Michigan and discuss all things Car Body.
Let’s get together from April 1 – 2, 2025 in Rochester, MI, USA to stay up to date with the latest car body projects and experience the latest solutions firsthand! We are looking forward to meeting you in Rochester in April!
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Conference Program
Bodies-in-White on site
Agenda
7:30 AM | Registration & Light Breakfast | Meet the Exhibitors on site |
8:30 AM |
Welcome & Conference Introduction |
Dr. Sibylle Freitag, Automotive Circle, DE |
Structural Innovations |
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9:00 AM |
Structural Integration Techniques for Battery Pack Protection: Utilizing Lightweight Composites to Mitigate Road Impact Risks |
BJ Foster, Kautex Textron, US |
9:30 AM |
Sub-system evaluation methods for body A-Pillar structure |
Vijay Maccha, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC, US |
10:00 AM | Coffee & Contacts | Meet the Speakers and the Exhibitors on site |
Pushing the Boundaries of Aluminum Use |
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10:45 AM |
Development and Prototyping of Structural Body Castings |
Kentaro Higaki, Michael Newell, Kimura Foundry, JP |
11:15 AM |
Aluminium Intensive Vehicle Study Based on the Chevrolet Equinox EV – Can We Make a BEV As Light As an ICE Vehicle? |
Dr. Mark White, Alumobility, UK; Chris Michaels, General Motors Company, US |
12:15 PM | Lunch & Contacts | Meet the Speakers and the Exhibitors on site |
The Latest Advancements in Steel |
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1:15 PM |
Front End and Subframe Designs Via Part Integration |
Ram Iyer, Michael Gulas, ArcelorMittal, US |
1:45 PM |
New Concept of Automobile Steel Rear Module with Large-Scale Hot Stamping Integrated Parts |
Kenta Ikegami, Nippon Steel, JP |
2:15 PM |
Front Giga Casting Comparison to Lightweight Steel Solutions |
Mike Davenport, Auto Steel Partnership, US |
2:45 PM | Coffee & Contacts | Meet the Speakers and the Exhibitors on site |
3:30 PM |
Characterization and Factors that Affect Edge Fracture |
Dean Kanelos, Nucor Automotive Solutions, US |
OEM Car Body Presentation |
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4:00 PM |
Body Structure Efficiency on D-Segment Crossover Architecture 2025 Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave
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Jinhui Wang, General Motors Company, US |
5:00 PM | Get Together | Meet the Speakers and the Exhibitors on site |
5:30 – 9:00 PM | Networking Dinner | Deepen your conversations with other attendees at the Networking Dinner, where cool drinks and delicious food will be served. |
7:30 AM | Coffee & Breakfast Snack | Meet the Exhibitors on site |
Impulse |
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8:30 AM |
German FKM Guidelines on Structural Integrity: “Recipes” for an Efficient Virtual Product Evaluation and Strength Assessment |
Prof. Klemens Rother, Munich University of Applied Sciences, DE |
OEM Car Body Presentation |
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9:30 AM |
Rivian EDV Development |
Gavin Smith, Andre Thomson, Rivian, US |
10:30 AM | Coffee & Contacts | Meet the Speakers and the Exhibitors on site |
Structural Innovations II |
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11:15 AM |
Conversion of Steel Intensive Rear End underbody to Aluminium Intensive, Showing Evolution from Carry Over Parts & Joints, to Optimised for Aluminium Process & Joining, Including Giga-Casting Option |
t.b.a., General Motors Company, US; Mario Greco, Alex Orlando, Alumobility, US |
11:45 AM |
Development of Damping Structural Adhesive to Improve Acoustic Performance |
Sainath Jadhav, Henkel, US |
Focus on Assembly
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12:15 PM |
Cavity Preservation & Hole Covering Automation Innovations |
Anthony Leo, IPR Robotics, US |
12:45 PM |
Simulation Tools Reduce Development Time |
Erin Lalinsky, KUKA, US |
1:15 PM |
OEM Conclusions |
OEM Advisory Board |
1:25 PM |
Farewell |
Dr. Sibylle Freitag, Automotive Circle, DE |
1:30 PM | Lunch & Contacts | Meet the Speakers and the Exhibitors on site |
2:00 PM |
End of the Conference |
The conference program is subject to change. Status as of March 25, 2025
Participants
The conference is aimed at
- Body construction engineers from international automotive manufacturers with project responsibilities in (pre)development, planning and production,
- as well as relevant system suppliers, within the whole process chain “painted car body”.
Insights from Participants
Prof. Dr. Mark White (Alumobility)
Robert Chaney (General Motors)
International OEM Advisory board
The Automotive Circle and OEM Advisory Board of the Car Body Xperience, consisting of experts from the following brands and companies:
Carsten Sieverling
BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
Michael Kozak
Ford Motor Company, US
Christopher Michaels
General Motors Company, US
Eric Boettcher
Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC
Matthew Wolfe
Rivian
Shawn Morgans
Scout Motors
Participating companies
- ABB Inc., US
- ALPHA LASER GmbH, DE
- Alumobility, UK
- Amtec Kistler GmbH, DE
- ArcelorMittal, CA
- ArcelorMittal, US
- Arconic, US
- ARO Welding Technologies, FR
- Asahi Kasei Corp, JP
- Asan Co, Ltd., KR
- Atlas Copco IAS, US
- Auto Steel Parntership, US
- BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, US
- Caresoft Global Technologies, Inc., US
- Cleveland Cliffs Inc., US
- Constellium, US
- Daubert Chemical, US
- EDAG Production Solutions, DE
- Eines Vision Systems, ES
- ESI Group Inc., US
- Ford Motor Company, US
- Ford Otosan, TR
- Gestamp, US
- G-TEKT North America Corporation, US
- General Motors Company, US
- HBK World, US
- Henkel, US
- Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LCC, US
- Hyundai Motor Company, KR
- Hyundai Steel, KR
- Hyundai Steel, MX
- IPR Robotics, US
- Italdesign-Guigiaro USA LLC, US
- JENOPTIK Automatisierungstechnik GmbH, DE
- Kautex Textron, US
- Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG, DE
- Kimura Foundry, JP
- Kistler Instrument Corp., US
- Kobe Steel USA, US
- KUKA, US
- Lucid Motors, US
- Magna International, CA
- Martinrea International US Inc., US
- Munich University of Applied Sciences, DE
- Nippon Steel, JP
- Nippon Steel North America, US
- Novelis, US
- Nucor Automotive Solutions, US
- Posco America, US
- Precitec Inc., US
- Rivian, US
- Stellantis, US
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries, US Inc., US
- Suzuki Motor Corporation, JP
- Toyoda Iron Works Co. Ltd, JP
- Toyotetsu America, Inc., US
- TWB Company, US
- Vari-Form Manufacturing Inc., CA
- WordAutoSteel, US
Status: April 1, 2025
Exhibition & Sponsoring
Become a sponsor or exhibitor
Take advantage of the high coverage of the Automotive Circle and profit from the sponsoring options before and during the events. Show your competence and services, matching the conference subjects, to the numerous car body engineers of international OEM. Thus, you are strengthening your brand awareness in the automotive industry!
Come on board as an exhibitor or sponsor and benefit from this excellent platform to strongly promote your company’s capabilities as a reliable supplier!
Check out the varios exhibition and sponsoring options:
If you have any question or want to request additional information, please contact Ms. Frauke Haentsch.
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Participation fee
for registrations received by January 17, 2025
Participation fee
for registrations received by February 28, 2025
*all prices net
Detailed information available under Prices, Terms & Conditions.