Leading Automotive Executives Lead the Debate at AMS Europe Manufacturing Conference

LONDON - March 16, 2006: Following on the success of last year's conference, AMS Europe will be held at the Porsche Plant in Leipzig between 3 - 5 April 2006. This is where manufacturing executives will debate the latest issues affecting automotive manufacturing.

Organized by Automotive Manufacturing Solutions magazine (AMS), AMS Europe has become the leading business networking event for senior automotive manufacturing executives.

AMS Europe's in-depth programme includes discussions covering everything from production development and the rise of virtual modelling for plant layout to manufacturing cell design and visualising programs. Other topics include flexible production systems and the increasing complexity of robotic interfaces, stamping and joining technologies, and integrators and process designers, among others.

Some of the eminent session speakers include: Nikolaus Bauer, Director of Logistics, IT, BMW; Roland Luethen, Department Head, Frame Production, BMW-Motorrad; Prof. Dr. Ing. Ralf Kolleck, Professor for Tools & Forming, Technical University Graz; Pierre Gambardella, General Manager, Production Control, Toyota Manufacturing France; Günter Walz, Vice President and Head of Production Planning, Mercedes-Benz; Klaus Huber, Project Leader, Improvement of Flexibility for Paintshop for Add-on Parts, AUDI; David Jenkinson, Manager, Body Assembly Systems, Lotus Engineering; Wolfgang Zitz, General Manager, Paintshop, Magna Steyr; Reiner Tunger, Cost Center and Planning Leader, Volkswagen Sachsen; Felix Bozsar, Purchasing Manager, Delphi-Calsonic; Rick Johnson, Vice President, IT, Europe, South Africa and South America, Johnson Controls and Denis Barbier, Vice President, Industrial System Performance, Renault.

Packed with exclusive networking opportunities, the AMS Europe conference includes a pre-conference cocktail reception at the Leipzig Stock Exchange, an exquisite gala dinner at the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts, and plant visits to BMW Leipzig or VW Dresden and Porsche Leipzig. The highlight of the conference is the thrilling Porsche experience - a fantastic opportunity to get the adrenalin pumping with on- and off-road test driving in top-of-the-range Porsches.

With the special support of Volkswagen, BMW Leipzig, Porsche Leipzig, City of Leipzig, the Saxony region and IIC, along with sponsors Schneider Electric (gold) and silver sponsors inos Automationssoftware, KabelTrax Europe, Kuka, Porsche Consulting, QAD, Uddeholm and Vizendo, AMS Europe 2006 promises to be the automotive manufacturing event of the year.

For more information about the programme and how to register, please visit www.amsconferences.com/europe