International Congress & Marketing
International Automobile Recycling Congress
Location of the congress
Wednesday, 12th March 2003
13.00 - 13.15 "Welcome and Introduction"
Roger Burri, Chairman of the Steering Committee

Session :

Legislation and Country Reports I

13.15 – 13.30 KEY-NOTE SPEAKER I:
Norbert Prüm, ARCELOR, Luxembourg
13.30 – 14.00 "Automobile manufacturers recycling activities in the U.S."
Gregory Dana, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, USA
14.00 – 14.30 "The value of recovered material and shredder residue of ELV’s:
Material specifications and the recycling market"
Prof. Alexander Stücheli, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
14.30 – 15.00 "Optimisation of the car recycling in the Netherlands"
Jan Zimmerman, ARN Auto Recycling Nederland, Netherlands
Prof. Wijnand L. Dalmijn, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
Session :
Legislation, Country Reports II
Session Chairman:
Manfred Beck, Recycling International Magazine, Netherlands
15.30 – 16.00 "Problems with ASR and solutions for ASR"
Dr. Beate Kummer, Haase & Naundorf Umweltconsulting GmbH, Germany
16.00 – 16.30 "A monitoring report on vehicle recycling in North America"
Richard Paul, Automotive Recycling Consultant, USA
16.30 – 17.00 "Value drivers in the processing of ELV"
Bruno Hartmuth, General Motors Europe, Germany
17.00 – 17.30 "Finding a balance between dismantling and shredding"
Maira Magnani, Ford Research Center Aachen, Germany
19.30 Networking Dinner


Thursday, 13th March 2003
Session :
R & D and Recycling Processes
Session Chairman:
Julien van Damme, Honda Motor Europe Ltd, Belgium
09.00 – 09.30 "Optimising the recycling of automotive catalysts"
Dr. Christian Hagelüken, OMG AG & Co. KG, Germany
Dr. Matthias Buchert, Öko-Institut e.V., Germany
09.30 – 10.00 "Mass balance in post-shredding technology: results of a trial based on the shredding of 201 ELV’s – a joint work of GALLOO, PSA and Renault"
Olivier François, GALLOO, Belgium
10.00 – 10.30 "Responsible and profitable ELV vehicle processing in a competitive market driven environment"
Joseph Holsten, LKQ Corporation, USA
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
Session :
Auto Shredder Residue (ASR) Treatment
Session Chairman:
Norbert Prüm, Arcelor, Luxembourg
11.00 – 11.30

"Economical and financial set up of the Swiss ASR project"
Franz Christ, Métraux Services SA, Switzerland

11.30 – 12.00 "Energetic recovery of ASR is the best solution – a perspective of the German incineration plants"
Ferdinand Kleppmann, ITAD, Germany
12.00 – 12.30 "Development of a new recycling system for automobile shredder residue with Thermo-bath process"
Hiroha Hiroyuki, NKK Corporation, Japan
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.30 "TwinRec – Bridging the gap of car recycling in Europe"
Dr. Adrian Selinger & Dr. Christian Steiner, EBARA Corporation, Switzerland
14.30 – 15.00 "Achieving the 2015 ELV Directives with Salyp’s turn-key ASR recovery plant"
Ivan Vanherpe, Salyp, Belgium
15.00 – 15.30 "Dry metal sorting technology: State of the art and future prospects"
Dr. Uwe Habich & Dr. Ulrich Kohaupt, Steinert Elektromagnetbau GmbH, Germany
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 KEY-NOTE-SPEAKER II:
Karl-Heinz Florenz, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur on the ELV Directive
Round Table Discussion:
"How to reach the 95% recovery and the 85% recycling quota?"
Chairman: Manfred Beck, Recycling International Magazine, Netherlands
Friday, 14th March 2003
Session :
IT Solutions
Session Chairman:
Dr. Siegfried Schäper, Audi AG, Germany
08.30 – 09.00 "The calculation of recycling and recover rates according to Article 7.2 of the ELV Directive"
Knut Sander & Stephanie Schilling, Ökopol GmbH, Germany
09.00 – 09.30 "Recycling-business-model; assessment of cost and quota"
Prof. Ralf Holzhauer, Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
09.30 – 10.00 "Modelling the relationship between constructive choices in design and resource efficiency"
Prof. Markus A. Reuter, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
Session :
New Processes
Session Chairman:
Richard Paul, Automotive Recycling Consultant, USA
10.30 – 11.00 "Stabilisation of heavy metal from automobile grinding residues –Beneficial reuse of the residues"
Guy Depelsenaire, Solvay, Belgium
Dr. Ange Nzihou, Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux, France
11.00 – 11.30 "Mechanical recycling of dismantled car rear lights"
Norbert Fraunholcz, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
11.30 – 12.00 "Picking – an "old" process as an innovation in automobile recycling?"
Stefan Mutz, Aachen University of Technology, Germany
Eric van Looy, Separation Systems Engineering GmbH, Germany
12.00 – 12.30 "Pyrolysis & gasification – Increased potential for value recovery from ELV?"
Claudia Heermann, Juniper Consultancy Service Ltd., United Kingdom
12.30 – 13.30 Buffet Lunch
Excursion Program:
13.30 Departure by bus to the Geneva Motor Show
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