iCAT 2016 Invited lectures


Andrea E. Reinhardt
3D Printing - A European Story

Mrs. Andrea E. Reinhardt started in banking, studied at University Mannheim and is working in leading positions in the field of Additive Manufacturing and industrial applications of micro- and nanotechnologies since 1996. In 2001 she co-founded NTC, a company active in the field of Sol-Gel materials used for coating in automotive and construction.


Mrs. Reinhardt has experience in customer- and EC-funded cooperative R&D projects in production and has given invited presentations and published peer reviewed articles about customized series production of MEMS, diversity, innovation and SMEs as an element of European growth. Mrs. Reinhardt is appointed by the Minister of Science and Education to the member of the technology advisory board Rhineland-Palatinate Germany for the period 2010-2016