
Car Body Painting 2025 – 42. Workshop
Sustainability is becoming a value driver – it has long played a major role for customers worldwide when buying cars, and legal regulations also apply. The automotive industry is already on the path to sustainable transformation.
At the same time, it is still important to take the entire production processes and other workflows into account, not only physical production but also the increasingly important digital world. Efficiently processed data, optimized digital processes and the modernization of outdated applications ensure that fewer resources, e.g. energy, are used and less CO2 is emitted. In addition, costs decrease. An efficient workflow and reduced resource consumption determine how successfully a company positions itself for the future.
Three steps are important on the way to the paint shop of the future: looking ahead, adapting, networking. The “Car Body Painting” conference, taking place from November 10-11, 2025 in Bad Nauheim, Germany and online, accompanies you on this journey. Well-known experts will again meet in Bad Nauheim, Germany, for a professional exchange. International OEM, suppliers, and institutes share their findings and experiences as well as upcoming projects or new developments helping you “look ahead”. And various networking possibilities during the conference make it easy for you to adjust your processes.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Bad Nauheim (Germany) in November 2025!
In the meantime, you can get an impression of the conference by checking out our review of the last two conferences.
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Conference Program
9.00 am | Welcome | Andrea Huber, Automotive Circle, DE |
9.15 am | Keynote:Future Mobility with Airtaxis? It’s possible – even now | Anton Waletzki, Timemachine Das Flugtaxi, DE |
9.45 am | Digitizing CMF – the opportunities and challenges of digital development processes on the example of automotive exterior paint | N.N., Nio, DE; N.N. BASF Coatings GmbH, DE |
Session I: Quality Management and Process Control | ||
10.15 am | Driving efficiency and sustainability in automotive paint shops through Terahertz technology | Dr. Alexandra Rost, Audi AG, DE; Andrea Inés, das-Nano, ES |
10.45 am | Coffee & Contacts | |
11.15 am | Less robots, fast setup, enhanced performance: How to utilize a lightweight sensor and AI technology for the next level of robotic paint inspection | Michael Mai, ISRA VISION GmbH, DE |
11.45 am | The Intelligent Paintshop: AI-Driven Quality and Efficiency improvements | Dr. Jens Wegner, BASF Coatings GmbH, DE |
12.15 pm | Process Control with Automated Color, Appearance, and Thickness Measurement | Benjamin Yue, BYK-Gardner USA, US |
12.45 pm | Lunch | |
1.45 pm | Design, validate and optimize your curing processes using simulation | Martin Ottosson, IPS IBOFlow AB, SE |
2.15 pm | Shared Solutions Area:Simulation tools for process validation | |
3.30 pm | Coffee & Contacts | |
Session II: The sustainable paintshop (Part 1) | ||
4.00 pm | Full Electric Paintshop Mexico | Michael Liebing, Volkswagen de México, MX, Jens Oliver Reiner, Dürr Systems AG, DE |
4.30 pm | Sustainable Initiatives for Energy Efficient Paint Shop | Anant Khond, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Chakan Plant, IN |
5.00 pm | The oven remains switched off! | Maik Sielaff, Weckerle Lackfabrik GmbH, DE |
5.30 pm | Come-Together | |
Dinner |
Session II: The sustainable paintshop (Part 2) | ||
8.30 am | Low-Bake Body Shop Materials as a solution to face today’s challenges | Laurent Tollier – Stellantis, FR – Bonding & Sealing Materials Manager, Jean-Marc Pinel – PPG Revocoat, FR – Adhesives & Sealers Technical Director |
9.00 am | Volta Electric Ovens and RTO at Volvo Gent: Project Outline, Results and Perspectives | N.N., Volvo Car Corporation, SE; Francesco Rapizzi, Geico S.p.A., IT |
9.30 am | One Sustainable Step a Time – RTO Heat Exchanger | Aravindhan Raveendran, Mercedes-Benz Vans, US |
10.00 am | installation of the solvent recovery unit | Marvin Schönamsgruber, Daimler Truck GmbH, DE; Christine Batsch , Ch. Batsch Verfahrenstechnik GmbH, DE |
10.30 am | Coffee & Contacts | |
Session III: Current Projects | ||
11.00 am | The coating technology for ADAS millimeter-wave radar | Keiko Ukishima, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., JP Cheetuck Ho, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., JP |
11.30 am | Challenges and Lessons Learned From Wet-on-Wet Tricoat Paint | Karis Lo., SME Colour Quality, Jaguar Land Rover Ltd., GB |
12.00 pm | Innovative printing technology and coating material for tailor made elegance Mercedes-Maybach SL Monogram Serie (45 min; incl. Mercedes exhibit) |
Diliara Guseinova, Mercedes-Benz AG, DE; Dr. José Camerano, PPG Deutschland Business Support GmbH, DE; Jürgen Kristen, ABB AG; DE |
12.45 pm | Lunch | |
1.45 pm | Glass Bonding challenges on new paint processes | Giovanni Licitra – Stellantis, IT – Technical leader for glass-bonding materials, Vanessa Maldera – Stellantis, DE – Glass-bonding materials Engineer |
2.15 pm | Sandouville’s paintshop conversion to 3,5 WET | N.N., Group Renault, FR |
2.45 pm | Farewell |
Shared Solutions Area
Participants
Rodolphe Anquetil
Stellantis
Raphael Draber
Groupe Renault
Dave Green
Jaguar Land Rover Group Ltd.
Zoltan Horvath
Toyota Motor Europe
Martin Knoll
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
Dr. Alexander Lemke
AUDI AG
Silvio Licitra
Stellantis
Shinji Matsuda
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
Iris Menke-Hermani
Stellantis, DE
Dr. Julia Schuchardt
Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Martin Söldner
Volkswagen AG
Matthias Wiedeking
Ford-Werke GmbH
Become a sponsor or an 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!
If you have any question or want to request additional information on exhibiton & sponsoring options, please contact Ms. Frauke Haentsch.