Workshop Building Construction & Operation: "How to deal with factory relocation projects?"

Mr. Steffan is Deputy GM at Pen Tsao Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry since November 2014. In parallel he has been running his own R&D firm Convertex Process Chemistry, former Convertex Chemie founded in 1997 in Wolfen. After graduating from Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen / RWTH Aachen and a Postdoc at University of Osaka, Mr. Steffan’s 25 year career in the chemical industry include experiences at DSM research and Feixiang Group of companies as Vice-GM R&D. He has been a frequent visitor to China since 1988 and has been working in Jiangsu and Shanghai since 5 years.

Mr. Willecke is VP Plant Engineering and Manager of Nanjing branch at consultancy IMIG China. Before he was Facility and Administration Manager at Qoros Automotive Plant Changshu, Technical Director of Facility and Maintenance at BS Home Appliances, and Technical Consultant and Project Manager at INGENICS AG. Mr. Willecke successfully realized projects in industries such as automotive, consumer goods, aviation, and logistics, among others with industry heavy weights Mercedes Benz, BMW, Bosch Siemens, Airbus/Eurocopter, or Brilliance. Mr. Willecke has more than 25 years’ experience, thereof 20 years in China, in planning, realization, expansion, relocation, and maintenance of plants in China and abroad.