Joining in Car Body Engineering 2025

Joining in Car Body Engineering 2025

Every year in April, the three-day Automotive Circle conference on Joining in Car Body Engineering, held in Bad Nauheim, Germany, presents recent supplier innovations, latest OEM application reports (accompanied by car body exhibits, whenever possible) and new, application-oriented academic studies, discussing progress and latest trends on all aspects of industrially relevant car body joining technologies, with an audience of expert automotive engineers from all over the world.

Please note the date: The next Joining in Car Body Engineering conference in Bad Nauheim will take place on April 8-10, 2025.

Conference Structure

The three conference days consist of two, separately bookable modules:

Module 1, covering progress in Adhesive Bonding and Hybrid Bonding technologies, starts on the first conference day and ends in the early afternoon of the second.

Module 2, covering developments in Thermal and Mechanical Joining technologies, starts in the morning of the second conference day and ends in the afternoon of the third.

The first sessions or the second conference day feature a joint program of presentations for participants of either module, with topics that are presumed to be of interest to all participants, for instance OEM presenting the full joining concept of a recently launched car body project.

Module 1 | Adhesive Bonding & Hybrid Bonding | April 8-9, 2025
Prof. Dr. Klaus Dilger
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Institute of Joining and Welding (ifs)		 Prof. Dr. Christian Lammel
IFF GmbH – Induction and Joining Technology

Module 2 | Thermal and Mechanical Joining | April 9-10, 2025
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böhm
University of Kassel / Institute of Technology and Logistics		 Dr. Dirk Meine
Automotive Circle

OEM REPORTS

Discover future-oriented solutions from managers and specialist engineers from leading automotive manufacturers.

EXHIBITION

Benefit from the exhibition on site, where topic-specific products and services will be displayed!

LIVE POLLS ON SITE

Ask your specific questions on current issues and benefit from the answers of the conference´s expert audience!

Conference Agenda

Program is subject to change: Status January 8, 2025

Participants

  • Car body engineers, managers and employees of international OEM
  • Suppliers and service providers
  • Experts from institutes
  • All responsible for joining projects in the areas of pre-development, development, planning and production.

  • 3M Deutschland GmbH, DE
  • ABB AG, DE
  • ADEKA Europe GmbH, DE
  • Ak-Pres Metal Yedek Parça Mak.San.Ve Tic A.Ş., TR
  • ArcelorMittal, FR
  • Arnold Umformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, DE
  • ARPLAS, NL
  • Asahi Kasei Corp., JP
  • Atlas Copco, DE
  • Atlas Copco, GB
  • Audi AG, DE
  • AutoForm Development GmbH, CH
  • BMW AG, DE
  • Bosch Rexroth AG, DE
  • BR-CONS GmbH, DE
  • Ceer Motors, SA
  • Chem-Trend GmbH, DE
  • Constellium, DE
  • Drei Bond GmbH, DE
  • DuPont, CH
  • EDAG Engineering GmbH, DE
  • Festo SE & Co. KG, DE
  • Ford-Werke GmbH, DE
  • Forseven EV, GB
  • Fraunhofer Institute, DE
  • Gaming Engineering, FR
  • General Motors Company, US
  • GF Casting Solutions AG, CH
  • GH Induction Deutschland GmbH, DE
  • G-TEKT Deutschland GmbH, DE
  • Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, DE
  • Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence GmbH, DE
  • Honda Development and Manufacturing of America, US
  • Honda R&D Co., Ltd., JP
  • Hyundai Motor Company, KR
  • Inigence Software GmbH, DE
  • Innotech-Rot, DE
  • Jaguar Land Rover, GB
  • JFE Steel Corporation, JP
  • KIA Motors, KR
  • Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH, DE
  • Kistler Instruments, CH
  • Kobelco Europe GmbH, DE
  • KVT-Fastening GmbH, AT
  • Kyokutoh GmbH, DE
  • L&L Products, FR
  • Laserax GmbH, DE
  • Lessmüller Lasertechnik GmbH, DE
  • Magna Automotive Services GmbH, DE
  • Matuschek Meßtechnik GmbH, DE
  • Milco Manufacturing Group, GB
  • Mercedes-Benz AG, DE
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), JP
  • Nedschroef Altena GmbH, DE
  • Nedschroef, NL
  • NIMAK GmbH, DE
  • Nippon Steel Corporation, JP
  • Nissan Motors Co., Ltd, JP
  • Novelis Deutschland, DE
  • Novelis Switzerland SA, CH
  • PROFIL Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, DE
  • Renault, FR
  • Richard Bergner Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, DE
  • RWTH Aachen University, DE
  • Saint Clair Systems Inc., US
  • Scania, SE
  • Schill+Seilacher “Struktol” GmbH, DE
  • Sika Automotive, F
  • Sika Japan, JP
  • Sika Technology AG, CH
  • Sodecia Automotive Product Competence Center s.r.o., SK
  • Stanley Industrial / Tucker, DE
  • Stäubli Electrical Connectors GmbH, DE
  • Stellantis, DE
  • Stellantis, FR
  • Sunstar Engineering Americas, Inc., US
  • Sunstar Engineering Europe GmbH, DE
  • SurTec International GmbH, DE
  • Suzuki Motor Corporation, JP
  • Swerim AB, SE
  • thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, DE
  • Toyota Auto Body, JP
  • Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, BE
  • Toyotetsu Otomotiv Parçaları San. ve Tic. A.Ş., TR
  • University Kassel, DE
  • University Stuttgart, DE
  • University of Applied Sciences Heilbronn, DE
  • Volkswagen AG, DE
  • Volvo Cars, SE
  • WEBER Schraubautomaten GmbH, DE
  • WITTE Velbert GmbH & Co. KG, DE

Status: April 8, 2025

International OEM Advisory Board

Mario Prokop

Audi

Thomas Richter

BMW

Stefan Axmacher

Ford-Werke GmbH

Dr. Blair Carlson

General Motors Company

Anthony Leanza

Honda Development and Manufacturing of America

Michael Pearson

Jaguar Land Rover Group Ltd.

Holger Schubert

Mercedes-Benz

Taishi Tarui

Nissan Motors Co. Ltd.

Véronique Sorel

Renault

Stefan Leber

Stellantis Germany

Christian Borowetz

Volkswagen AG

Dr. Per Lindahl

Volvo Cars

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 various exibition and sponsoring options!

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More Information

Organizer
Vincentz Network GmbH & Co. KG
Plathnerstrasse 4c
30175 Hannover, Germany

T. +49 511 9910 – 380
F +49 511 9910 – 379

amanda.beyer@vincentz.net

Date & Venue
Conference: April 8-10, 2025

Digital Participation
or
On site Participation @
DOLCE by Wyndham Bad Nauheim
Elvis-Presley-Platz 1
61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany

T +49 6032 303-0
F +49 6032 303-529
info@dolcebadnauheim.com
www.dolcebadnauheim.com

Accommodation is available at the conference hotel.

We kindly ask you to make your own hotel reservation at the conference hotel. Please refer to: “Automotive Circle”.

The following cancellation conditions apply for all categories:

All reservations can be cancelled free of charge up to 4 weeks before arrival. Up to 2 weeks before arrival 60% of the room rate will be due. From 2 weeks before arrival 80 % will be charged.

Participation Fee

On site or digital participation (choice is all yours):

Module 1
 Standard Single Fee
  1.995 €*
Module 2
 Standard Single Fee
  1.995 €*

Both modules

Trust-Rate
  2.795 €*
 for registrations received by January 8, 2025
Early-bird
  2.895 €*
 for registrations received by March 8, 2025
Standard
  2.995 €*
 for registrations received after March 8, 2025

Students will get a Junior Ticket for 1.495 € (both modules) on presentation of a valid student ID.
A 10% group discount on the rate that is valid at the time of registration is available. This will apply when 5 or more attendees from the same company address register at the same time.
The access data for the digital conference participation will be send out via E-Mail approx. one week prior the conference. The prerequisite for this is that all payments have been recieved in full.

* All prices plus 19 % German VAT. All conferences in Europe are subject to VAT. To reclaim, please contact your local tax office.

Participation fee includes

On site participation: Fees including full conference participation, incl. conference materials and list of delegates, the authority for downloading the presentation on the internet, luncheons, catering, the participation in the evening networking event and on-demand access to the presentation videos for 2 weeks after the conference.

Digital participation: Fees including full digital conference participation, incl. conference materials and list of delegates, the authority for downloading the presentation on the internet and on-demand access to the presentation videos for 2 weeks after the conference.

Registration

Registration is preferably done via the event’s website, alternatively by e-mail or regular mail. The confirmation of participation and invoice will be sent via e-mail. Without this confirmation, there is no claim to participation in the booked event. Registrations will be considered in the order in which they are received, except EuroCarBody. However, the number of participants is limited in all cases.

Technical Plattform for digital participation

This virtual event of the Automotive Circle is planned and conducted using electronic tools and platforms. The following tools are used:

  • Cvent Attendee Website (via browser, compatible with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge)
  • Vimeo Player

Each participant is responsible for using these tools. If it is not possible to use them, e.g. due to internal company requirements, this does not entitle the participant to cancel the digital participation free of charge.

Conference Language
The conference is held exclusively in English. All documents are predominately composed in the English language.

Hygienic Concept
Please also note our Hygienic Concept.

Cancellations
Fees will be refunded in full if notice of cancellation is received by March 11, 2025. Please understand that event preparation and organization involve financial and human resources. Therefore a fee of 50% of the participation fee will be charged, if the notification of cancellation is received after March 11, 2025. Should notification reach us after March 25, 2025, or in case of non-participation, 100% of the participation fee will be charged. Substitutions of delegates may be made at any time.

Cancellations and changes must be made in writing and will be confirmed by the organizer. Cancellations due to health reasons can be cancelled free of charge at any time with a medical certificate. If a participant is demonstrably unable to attend due to travel restrictions, he/she has the option of converting the attendance participation into a digital participation (if this is offered). Any cost differences will be reimbursed).

The participant undertakes to follow the instructions of the organizer and the venue. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the event.

The organizer reserves the right to change the program or to cancel the event in the event of special circumstances (important reason). In particular, the organizer is entitled to take such measures in cases of force majeure, due to official orders, in the event of a situation endangering the life, body or health of the participants. In these cases, the organizer shall not be obliged to pay damages and/or reimbursement of expenses to the participants. This applies in particular to any cancellation fees incurred by third parties (e.g. hotel bookings, train or flight tickets).

If the digital event has to be canceld by the organizer due to insufficient number of participants, technical complications or due to illness of one or more speakers, already paid participation fees will be refunded in full. Further claims do not exist.

Invitation Letters

Please contact us if you need invitation letters for visa requirements. We will be happy to assist with this after we have received your registration. There requests are usually handled by us within 2 working days and we typically send the invitation letters out as a PDF file via eMail. If you require an original letter we can send it out by regular mail. Please understand that if you need letters sent via express mail that we have to further the delivery and handling costs to you.

Program Changes
Automotive Circle reserve the right to revise event content and change implementation tools. There is no claim to a specific lecture, workshop or references. Registered trademarks: No guarantee is given that the products, processes and other names mentioned are free of third-party property rights.

Data Protection
As participant of an event, you agree that data such as company, address (zip code, city, country), first name, name and job function of the attendee will be published on the list of participants. The list of participants is available to all participants in digital form. The list of participants could also be used by sponsors and exhibitors for advertising purposes. Objection against publication and circulation of your data may be made at any time until 3 weeks prior to the event and has to be made in writing to the organizer. The address data are processed for customer service and information purposes in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Company’s name, city and country might be published on the Internet as reference for upcoming Automotive Circle events. Personal data will be forwarded to the local health authority on request.

Pictures, Videos & Recordings
By registering you understand that your participation and attendance at the event may be videotaped, filmed and/or audio recorded. You agree that the recording may be used for any lawful purposes that Vincentz Network, or its designees, in their sole discretion, may determine.

Picture credits
gerenme/istockfoto.com; molotok743/fotolia.com; Hotel Dolce Bad Nauheim; Vincentz Network

Miscellaneous
With your binding registration you agree that film, image, word and sound recordings may be made of you during the event. These recordings may be used without restriction by Vincentz Network or authorized parties in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Also have a look at our Privacy Policy.

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What can you expect from the digital participation?
  • Follow the live stream of all presentations or on demand* until 2 weeks after the conference
  • Ask you individual questions during the Q&A session to the speakers during the live stream
  • Exhibitor forum and the possibility to get in touch with the exhibitors
  • Messaging and chat functions to get in touch with others
  • Download of the presentations

*Will be provided after the conference

Acces data to the digital platform will be send out approx. one week before the conference starts.

Technical Plattform

The virtual event of the Automotive Circle is planned and conducted using electronic tools and platforms. The follwoing tools are used:

  • Cvent Attendee Website (via browser, compatible with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge)
  • Vimeo Player

Each participant is responsible for using these tools. If it is not possible to use them, e.g. due to technical company requirements, this does not entitle the participant to cancel the digital participation free of charge.

Your Contacts

Dr. Dirk Meine

Presidium

+49 511 9910-319

Amanda Beyer

Director Event Management

+49 511 9910-380

Wiebke Drohla

Senior Event Manager

+49 511 9910-383

Frauke Haentsch

Director Sales

+49 511 9910-340