Urban (left) and Daniel Stricker: 80 years of concentrated industry experience
Urban Stricker is a materials scientist specialising in polymers. He has been self-employed with various companies since the early 1990s. He has been granted over 90 patents, including the infrared rotary drum (IRD) technology, which has been successfully implemented by various licensees in hundreds of installations worldwide. He developed the second generation of IRD lightweight technology offered by B.IRD Machinery with partners in countries including Japan and India.
Daniel Stricker is a philosopher (M.A.) with international management training (INSEAD). He is considered one of the leading experts for plastics markets in Europe and worldwide and is a sought-after speaker. Until the end of 2019, he served for 20 years as editor-in-chief of Europe's leading industry service, Kunststoff Information (KI). Previously, he was a project manager for industrial trade fairs at Leipziger Messe and held a management position in a research organization and innovation management for plastics at TU Berlin.