CO-LOCATED EVENTS

Speaker

Dr. Stefan Becker

Supervisor Core HMI, Ford Werke GmbH

Dr. Stefan Becker has been the Supervisor Core HMI at Ford Werke GmbH for over 15 years where he is responsible for global HMI Core projects and concept development for EE-Systems. Since October 2012 he has also been a lecturer in Human Machine Interface & Ergonomics at the University of Applied Science Ruhr West (Bottrop). He holds a PhD in Physiology and a Diploma in Psychology

Company

Ford Werke GmbH

Ford-Werke GmbH is a German car manufacturer headquartered in Niehl, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia and a subsidiary of Ford of Europe, which in turn is a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. Ford-Werke GmbH is A company with a long tradition in Germany Since the start of Ford in Germany in 1925 in Berlin, the automobile manufacturer has produced more than 40 million vehicles in Germany and Belgium. Since 1930, Cologne has been the seat of the company and, since 1998, the seat of the administration of Ford Europa, which is responsible for 50 markets. Cologne is also the main production plant for the Ford Fiesta. In the Domstadt, the manufacturer employs 17,300 people. More than 6,000 will be added to the Ford plant in Saarlouis, the European headquarters for the Ford Focus. In Germany, around 25,000 employees work for Ford. More than 80 percent of the production in Cologne and Saarlouis are destined for export - the most important foreign markets are the UK, France, Italy and Benelux. But also distant destinations like Brunei, Japan and Tahiti are supplied