Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Management of the LANXESS AG, talking to participants of the colloquium.

Nina Ruge, moderator of the event, talking to participants of the colloquium.

Ulrich Lehner, President of the VCI

Very popular: Round about 400 guests came to the rubber-centenary of LANXESS in Cologne.

Nina Ruge, moderator of the event, interviewing participants of the colloquium.

Introducing LANXESS-CEO Axel C. Heitmann: Nina Ruge, a well-known journalist in Germany, presented the event in a very charming way.

Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Managment of the LANXESS AG, presented the opening speech at the important scientific colloquium.

Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Managment of the LANXESS AG, presented the opening speech at the important scientific colloquium.

The speakers, in the focus Didier Miraton, Managing Partner of the Michelin Group, while listening to the speeches with great interest.

Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Managment of the LANXESS AG, presented the opening speech at the important scientific colloquium.

Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Managment of the LANXESS AG, presented the opening speech at the important scientific colloquium.

The audience is listening with great interest.

Ulrich Lehner, President of the VCI, talked about the standing of the chemical industry in Germany.

Ulrich Lehner, President of the VCI, talked about the standing of the chemical industry in Germany.

The speakers and the audience while listening to the speeches with great interest.

Nina Ruge, moderator of the event, when opening the colloquium.

Jochen Homann, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, talked about the business region Germany.

Jochen Homann, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, talked about the business region Germany.

Audience

Georg Weiberg, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Trucks AG, talked about innovations in the automotive industry.

Georg Weiberg, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Trucks AG, talked about innovations in the automotive industry.

Hwi Joong Kim, President and CTO/CPO of Hankook Tire Co. Ltd., talked about tire innovations.

Audience

Didier Miraton, Managing Partner of the Michelin Group, talking to Nina Ruge.

Didier Miraton, Managing Partner of the Michelin Group, talked about customer orientation as an innovation driver.

Didier Miraton, Managing Partner of the Michelin Group, talked about customer orientation as an innovation driver.

Audience

The speakers are answering the questions of the audience.

Ernst Osen, Head of Material Development, Freudenberg & Co. KG, talked about rubber as an innovation driver for industrial products.

Claus Jessen, Member of the Board of Managment of Festo AG & Co. KG, talking to Nina Ruge.

Claus Jessen, Member of the Board of Managment of Festo AG & Co. KG, talked about the significance of rubber for pneumatic and electrical driving systems.

The speakers and the audience while listening to the speeches with great interest.

In the discussion round important experts from the world of economy and members of associations discussed future trends concerning synthetic rubber: (from left to right) Fritz Katzensteiner, Managing Director of WDK, Marc Daniel, Director Material Research of Michelin in France, Werner Breuers, Member of the Board of Management of the LANXESS AG, moderator Nina Ruge, Horst Wildemann of the Technical University in Munich, Franz Josef Wolf, Director of Woco Industrietechnik GmbH and Burkhard Wies, Vice President Tire Line Development Worldwide of the Continental AG.

Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Management of the LANXESS AG, engaging in a lively discussion with the participants of the colloquium.

Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, talked about prospects of the German industry.

Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, talked about prospects of the German industry.