Exhibition: on April 26th, 2010 Symposium: on April 27th, 2010  Corinthia Grand Hotel Royale, Budapest >> Resumee >> Exhibitors >> Symposium Information, Program & Presentation Abstracts as Download >> Picture Galleries

Resumee:

Meeting, Networking, Socializing ...
...or: why the European APRA Event in Budapest was important and effective for visitors and exhibitors
by Gregor Schlingschröder, CEO of COEmarketing GmbH, GERMANY and communication manager of APRA in Europe

The Budapest Exhibition and Symposium 2010 attracted more than 350 professionals of the reman business from all over the world. It brought together companies and people from the remanufacturing industry, component and core suppliers, service organizations, universities etc.
It was the exchange of knowledge and ideas, of selling and purchasing between professional people in the remanufacturing business, which made also this APRA event in Budapest so successful.
Exhibitor’s had the opportunity to meet customers and interested parties. Not only while the exhibition took place. I saw many people sitting together in the diverse hotel restaurants and coffee bars talking and socializing. Business took place!
This small and attractive exhibition, combined with the Symposium where professional speakers bring know-how and expertise forward and such very interesting plant tour, is a must for everybody who is in the reman business.
Furthermore this APRA Event was another milestone in opening up the association towards “new” remanufacturing companies in Eastern Europe and Asia. For everyone in the business who is not an APRA member yet: take your opportunities to be a part of a living association.
In meanwhile mark your calendar for 2012 and make sure that you will not miss the next APRA Event. Join us there. Be a part of meeting, networking and socializing.
 

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Symposium Information, Program and Presentation Abstracts :

The 22nd annual European Remanufacturing Symposium followed the exhibition on April 27th. "Our goal", APRA President Bill Gager stated before the event, "has always been to offer networking opportunities during our European Remanufacturing Symposium for members from many different countries. For 22 years we have been successful in promoting buying and selling opportunities as well as networking among APRA members."
Download HERE the program in hungarian language.

All presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the diverse titles.
 

Sunday, April 25, 2010 - APRA Board Meeting
19.00 - 21.00		APRA European Board Meeting
Monday, April 26, 2010 - APRA Exposition
10.00 - 17.00		Exposition  - Corinthia Grand Hotel Royale - free entrance The expo consisted of 50 booths of manufacturers of components & test equipment, remanufacturers of units and suppliers of old units.
17.45		Cocktail Reception (free - sponsored by FJW Consulting)
19.00		Dinner  (part of symposium registration fee)- Corinthia Grand Hotel Royale Presentation of the Rematec Award Remanufacturer of the year during the evening
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - APRA Symposium
08.00		Registration - Corinthia Grand Hotel Royale
08.30		Welcome & Introduction  - Corinthia Grand Hotel Royale Peter Larsen, Chairman, APRA  Europe
09.00		Keynote Speaker: European Automotive Aftermarket Josef Frank, CLEPA Brussels Josef Frank focused on the entire European aftermarket but also touched on the challenges of new automotive technologies and regulations for safety and the environment. Remanufacturing, seen as a core business for CLEPA, has been one of the topics.
09.30		German Market for Remanufactured Engines Günter Wolf , Chairman VMI, Germany Günter Wolf spoke about the importance of remanufacturing on the German aftermarket. He presented the technical aspects and innovative processes for remanufacturing combustion engines. He also focused on the management of a product range, the market size and finally he spoke about how remanufacturing saves the environment.
10.00		MD Remanufacturing Starters, Alternators & CV joints Martin Detzen, Yves Coty, MD Rebuilt Germany  A Remanufacturer adopts a new Strategy Joseph Kripli, Remaco, USA MD & Remaco presentations discussed how to transition your company to match the evolution of the products you remanufacture within the automotive market. Instead of losing market share by not transitioning, smart planning will help you successfully grow your market share, thus maintaining your company’s viability.
10.30		Coffee Break
11.00		New Global Air-Condition Compressor Opportunities Klaus Zenk, Santech Industries, USA  Compressor remanufacturers need to know the vehicular issues surrounding their compressors and all the things that can go wrong with the vehicle or environment that generate warranty returns. Many auto specific and environment issues can create a set of circumstances that will appear as a compressor failure, when in actuality the compressor was the victim of unusual, but real circumstances.
11.30		Supplying Components & Knowhow to Remanufacture Turbochargers Ian Warhurst,  Mellet Ltd, UK  Mellet, a supplier of quality repair parts, focused on turbocharger remanufacturing in a global market presentation and will emphasize high quality replacement parts manufacturing to satisfy technical, economical and environmental constraints.
12.00		Remanufacturing Turbochargers Dr. Carsten Bücker- BU Drive. Germany  The turbocharger is one of the fastest growing products in the aftermarket. The increased share of turbocharged engines for both diesel and gasoline will offer long term market potential. Apart from new turbos, there is also a demand for remanufactured ones. Because the turbo is one of the most stressed components of the engine due to temperature, exhaust gas and dynamic impacts (up to 300,000 rpm at full throttle), precision during remanufacturing is essential for product quality. Dr. Bücker focused on the technological as well as the quality assurance related processes for remanufacturing turbos. He also discussed the required damage analysis, which is necessary to analyze the cause of fault.
12.30		Remanufacturing Diesel Injection and Air-condition Compressors Dirk Van Rompaey, Christiaan Van Uffel, Teamec bvba, Belgium  Teamec spoke about their experience with remanufacturing highly demanding components such as diesel common rail and air-conditioning compressors. They focused on quality, flexibility and reliability of their processes which they achieve thanks to their high quality investment in test and production equipment.
13.00 - 14.00		Lunch
14.00 - 16.30		Plant Tour: MD Rebuilt Hungary A  remanufacturer  of  starters, alternators and  mechatronics. They are part of the MD Rebuilt Group based in Illingen, Germany. MD Rebuilt has been in the reman business for more than 25 years and has contracts with important OE and independent clients.
17.30		Bus arrived at Budapest Airport and then returned to the Corinthia Hotel