autoregion international - Edition 1/2020

4 Transformation of a global key branch: 3 challenges for the automotive industry By VDA managing director Dr. Joachim Damasky We are building the cars of the future 7 By Anke Rehlinger, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Saarland and Deputy Prime Minister of Saarland The Rheinland-Pfalz vehicle industry 9 is undergoing a massive change! By Dr. Volker Wissing, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viniculture of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz autoregion – a strong partner for the 10 companies in the Greater Region By Dr. Carsten Meier, Managing Director of IHK Saarland Importance of the Grand-Est region in the interplay 11 with the Greater Region in the area of the automotive By Catherine Robinet, Consul General of the Republic of France in Saarland Digital mobility in Luxembourg: creating success 12 By Anthony Auert, Cluster Manager – AutoMobility, and Joost Ortjens, Head of International Business Development – Automotive, Luxinnovation Combustion versus electric drive 16 Remarks on the automotive engine of the future By Armin Gehl, Managing Director of autoregion e.V. Saarbrücken Fahrzeug-Initiative Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. 18 The automotive network By Dr.-Ing. Dietrich Rodermund, Geschäftsführer, Fahrzeug-Initiative Rheinland-Pfalz e.V., Kaiserslautern A strong and evolutive automotive ecosystem 19 in Grand Est region By Vincent CAREL, Manager of the Lorraine Automotive Industry Association (ARIA Lorraine) The 360Lab: An Interdisciplinary Hub 20 for Smart Mobility By 360LAB, a research group (lab) from the institute SnT (University of Luxembourg) ESTRA – Developing efficient thermal products 22 By Didier Beaugé, VP Engineering, ESTRA The Goodyear AERO – A Concept Tire 23 for Autonomous, Flying Cars By Jean-Paul Bruck, Manager Corporate & Brand Communication Luxembourg,Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations S.A., Colmar-Berg Driving the business of saving people’s lives 24 By Silvia Martin - Communications Expert at IEE S.A., 1 rue du Campus, Bissen, Luxembourg Self-driving cars: when technological 26 innovation improves our quality of life and safety By Julia Bimont, Marketing Officer at POST Telecom Motion-S – mobility data analytics company 27 By Isabell Scherer, Marketing & Communication Manager Ujet: The Luxembourg Based 28 Engineering Company for Ultimate e-Mobility Solutions By Ujet S.A. KST-Motorenversuch GmbH & Co. KG 29 ERWin® by GAMING ENGINEERING 30 The plug & play fastening innovative solution to support the Automotive industry’s transition towards multi-material B.I.W. By Maxime Grojean, CEO Founder, GAMING ENGINEERING Without panic into the future 31 autoregion international in conversation with Armin Gehl, autoregion e.V., Saarbrücken Self-organisation as a control principle 32 in modular automotive production By Dr.-Ing. Olaf Sauer, Automation business unit/Deputy Institute Director Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB), Karlsruhe Interactive 3D-Communication 34 (AR/VR/WebGL/Realtime Animation) Invaluable Added Value and Problem Solver for Companies By Ingmar Boos, Dipl.-Designer | General Manager, PREALITY® | Augmented Design Work or service contracts 35 and temporary employment By Horst Klesen, Lawyer, KLESEN & KAMP RECHTSANWÄLTE, Heusweiler In search of new technologies 36 The automobile of the future By Thomas Magnete Human Solutions is changing ergonomics 38 By Anton Preiss, Human Solutions, Kaiserslautern From fixture supplier to system integrator 39 The success story of a Saarland-based solution provider for welding systems By Jörg Moses, Business Engineer, Managing Director of SVQ GmbH and SATEG GmbH Table of contents