Dr. Gottfried Bernrath

suptoring clients from Italian and German Machinery Industry and a Primary-Aluminium-Plant in the Balkans, contribution to a business case study for Special Metls Complex in Saudi Arabia

managing an Aluminium Rolling Plant of 350 employees with installed capacity of 70.000tpy in a carve-out situation, the Fusina plant was formerly part of Alcoa / Arconic and has been acquired by Quantum Capital Partners, the factory is producing aluminium shates and plates mainly for marine, road transport and automotive as well as general engineering applications

responsible for 700 employees in casting, hot- and cold-rolling, as well as plate and shate finishing, member of the plant’s management team, reporting to the Vice-President Operations / global markets: plate and shate for Aircraft and Commercial as well as coils (clad) for heat exchangers with Automotive and Industrial /Koblenz is producing roughly 170.000tpy of rolled products with a workforce of 1.300 employees

since June 2013 the responsibility of heading the plant´s Business-System Team has been extended to leading the Business-System Office of the business area "Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products" taking care for the introduction of "Lean" methods and tools in the business units and the associated plants in Norway, Germany and Italy

head of the performance, responsible for the implementation of a Business System in a plant of 1.800 employees, reporting to the Plant Manager, establishing an organization for continuous improvement, driving an expert driven approach (Six-Sigma) together with shopfloor projects (Kaizen type: 5S, Problem Solving, SMED), organizing training and education for "Lean"

heading production (casting, rolling, finishing), planning, maintenance, technical office and quality departments in a plant of 350 employees with installed capacity of 70.000tpy, reporting to the location manager, application of ABS principles (Alcoa interpretation of the Toyota production system), focus on safety (EHS-responsible)

managing a 50 Mio€ project at an Italian Hydro plant / new equipment (cold mill incl. building and industrial furnaces) / storage for 5.000 tons of rolled products / revamp existing machinery (hot mill) / international scale project / heading a team of 5 project managers / reporting to corporate vp on scope, schedule + cost

leading production (casting, rolling, finishing), planning, maintenance and technical office and in a plant of 550 employees with installed capacity of 90.000tpy, coordinating the continuous improvement program, focus on safety (EHS-responsible)

managing revamping projects and installation of new equipment in the framework of a mayor investment program at a Italian plant of Hydro Aluminium, organization of international know-how transfer

analyzing product mix and production facilities of newly integrated plants throughout Europe, investment planning, preparation of a merger

plan and execute research projects on national and European scale, run a laboratory as a service centre for small and mid-size companies, responsible for international cooperations (Asia)

Metals&Mining, Metal Forming, Aluminium, Steel, Copper