1st BYK-Gardner Iberian Automotive Meeting
Alicante, Spain – October 13-14, 2011

Thursday, October 13, 2011

09:15 h Welcome
University of Alicante and BYK-Gardner
09:30 h Appearance control using wave-scan technology and new structure space with balance chart analysis
Gabi Kigle-Böckler, BYK-Gardner
10:15 h BYK-mac with smart-chart, the QC solution for effect coatings
Sandra Weixel, BYK-Gardner
11:00 h Coffee break
11:30 h BYK-mac detects the influence of application: practical experience
Luis Martínez, AzkoNobel Coatings
12:15 h BYK-mac effect space of real automotive coatings
Carlos Vignolo, BASF Coatings GmbH
13:15 h Lunch for networking
15:00 h New special-effect pigments
Salvador Urpina, Delta-Técnic Eckart
15:45 h Additives and surface phenomena
Pilar Casas, BYK-Chemie GmbH
16:30 h Coffee break
17:00 h Potential of multi-spectral techniques for color measuring in automotive sector
Meritxell Vilaseca, Fco Javier Burgos, Jaume Pujol, Technical University of Catalonia
17:30 h B-parameter in PSA
Tin Nguyen, PSA Peugeot Citroën
18:15 h End of Day 1, return to the main hotel (Husa Golf Hotel)
21:00 h Dinner for networking

Friday, October 14, 2011

09:00 h Color management. Imagination meets Reality.
Thomas Dauser, Audi AG
09:45 h Geometries and their significance – presented step by step
Werner Rudolf Cramer, independent color consultant
10:30 h Coffee break
11:00 h Future and current innovations in PPG Ibérica on color management and design for automotive sector
Juan Carlos Fernández Becares, PPG Ibérica
11:45 h Challenges of visual harmony control in production line
Jorge Broto y Juan Francisco Forés, Eines SCV
12:30 h Capabilities and resources of the University of Alicante on color technology for automotive sector
Francisco Miguel Martínez Verdú, Universidad de Alicante
13:00 h Objective mottling control with cloud-runner and development of customer relevant limits by BMW
Gabi Kigle-Böckler, BYK-Gardner
13:45 h Balance and official end of meeting
Gabi Kigle-Böckler, BYK-Gardner
Francisco Miguel Martínez-Verdú, Universidad de Alicante
14:00 h Lunch for networking and farewell