Production at the Leading Edge of Technology

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludger Overmeyer studied electrical engineering at the University of Hanover and then worked as a research assistant at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH). After obtaining his doctorate in engineering, he worked as a manager in the field of research and development in mechanical and plant engineering for the semiconductor industry. Since 2002, he has headed the ITA at Leibniz University Hannover. In 2007, he took on the role of managing partner of IPH.  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd-Arno Behrens studied Mechanical Engineering at the Leibniz University of Hannover (LUH) and received his doctorate at the same university in 2003. Since 2004, he has been the head of the Institute for Forming Technologies and Machines (IFUM) at the LUH and a board member of the Hannover Centre for Production Technology (PZH). In 2005, he became a member of the editorial committee for 'Production Engineering, Research and Development' (WGP), and in 2017, Prof. Behrens was awarded the Otto-von-Guericke Prize by the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF).

• Integration of Ecological Sustainability into the Variant Management of Manufacturing Companies.- Solution Space Management for the Development of Ecologically Sustainable Products in the Early Innovation Phase.- Initiating the Corporate Sustainability Transformation: Internal Drivers for Emission Reduction.- Consolidation studies on solid-state-recycling by forming aluminum chips.- Evaluation of Measurement Techniques for Assessing Corroded Bolted Joints in Remanufacturing: A Reference Measurement for a Data-Driven Approach.- Forecast-Based Assessment of Investment Requirements for Circular Business Models in Industrial Production.- Development of a simulation-based AI-model for optimizing injection molding processes with recyclate content.- The Impact of CO₂ Pressure on Cryogenic Minimum Quantity Lubrication (cMQL) Performance in Deep Hole Drilling of Inconel 718.- Towards Flexible and Automated Planning in Circular Production Systems: Integrating Semi-Markov Decision Processes for Adaptive Production Planning.- Energy-flexible operation of a cleaning machine through mathematical optimization.- An Approach for the Reduction of Tungsten and Cobalt in Cutting Tools Using Additive Manufacturing.- Design Concept for Circular Product Strategies.