08:30

Start of Registration

09:00

General Remarks on the Seminar.

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Intl. GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

Welcome to the MSIT.
Technical Remarks on the Seminar.

Dr. Svitlana Iljenko, MSI GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

09:20

Rare Earth Elements – Raw Materials

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Intl. GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

10:00

REE Processing – Mining and Separation for RE Magnets

David Kennedy, HyProMag Ltd and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 

10:45

COFFEE

REE Processing - Alloying NdFeB

11:10

   - Thermodynamics, Constitution &
      Microstructure

Dr. Frank Stein, Max-Planck-Institute for Sustainable Materials GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

11:55

12:25

   - Thermodynamic Calculations of Phase
      Equilibria of Nd-Fe-B Alloys using
      Thermo-Calc

   - Grain Boundary Diffusion

Book Introduction Ternary Alloys “Magnet Systems for Applications in Windpower, Electromotors and Sensors”

Dr. Andre Schneider, Thermo-Calc Software AB, Sweden

Dr. Liya Dreval, MSI GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

12:30

LUNCH

REE Processing – Alloying NdFeB

13:30

   - Processing & Molten Salt Electrolysis

Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Vogt, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

14:00

   - Standard Alloying and Alternative Processes

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany

14:15

   - Additive Processes

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll, Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Aalen, Germany

14:30

Basics of Magnetism

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll, Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Aalen, Germany

15:00

Magnet Materials & Magnets

   - Magnet Materials

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Intl. GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

15:45

COFFEE

16:15

Magnet Materials & Magnets

   - Sintered Magnets

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Intl. GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

17:00

Global Market and Demand, Sustainability, ESG, Environment, License Policy of China

Dr. Badrinath Veluri, Grundfos, Denmark

17:45

OPEN DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS

18:00

GET TOGETHER (Bar)

18:30

Levitation – Superconducting

Michael Schöttner, Festo, Esslingen, Germany

19:00

OPEN DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS

19:30

DINNER

08:45

Basics in Magnetic Measurements and Magnetization Technology

Stefan Siebert, Brockhaus Messtechnik, Lüdenscheid, Germany

Practical Demonstrations
   - Measurements
   - Magnetization

Sebastian Wältring, M-Pulse GmbH & Co. KG, Kierspe, Germany

10:45

COFFEE

11:05

Magnet Materials & Magnets (2^nd part)

   - Mechanical Processing
   - Bonded Magnets

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Intl. GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

11:50

Recycling of Magnets

Dr. David Bender, Heraeus AMLOY Technologies GmbH, Hanau, Germany

Applications of Magnets

12:20

   - Position Sensors in Industrial Applications

Kurt Kliche, Festo SE & Co. KG, Esslingen, Germany

12:50

LUNCH

Applications of Magnets

14:10

14:30

   - Automation Solutions

   - Electric Traction Drives

Markus Lenz, Festo, Esslingen, Germany

Dr. David Schuller, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Schweinfurt, Germany

15:00

   - Generators for Wind Power

Priyanka Manda Golatgaonka, Vestas Nacelles Deutschland GmbH

15:30

OPEN DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS ON APPLICATIONS

15:40

COFFEE

Actual Global Activities

16:00

   - New Magnet Production in the USA,
     the 2025 Update

Dr. Stanley Trout - Spontaneous Materials, Denver, USA (online)

16:30

   - New Production Plant in Estonia,
     Market for Magnets from Europe

Kai Schmersahl, Neo Performance Materials, Tübingen, Germany (online)

17:00

   - Rare Earths in Brazil in 2025:
     Opportunities and Challenges

Prof. Dr. Fernando Landgraf, University of Sao Paolo, Brasil (online)

17:30

   - Raw Materials - Rare Earth Elements
     from INDIA

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Intl. GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

17:45

OPEN DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS

18:00

END OF THE SEMINAR