The Government’s Plans To Support Growth In Romania’s Automotive Sector In 2009

His Excellency Mr Calin Popescu Tariceanu,
Prime Minister,
Romanian Government

What can the Romanian government do for your automotive business? If you are thinking of investing in Romania or if you are already producing in the country it is crucial you know how the government will support you. Get the latest update on tax incentives for your entry or expansion plans, infrastructure development for your logistics strategy and a forecast of foreign direct investment in Romania in 2009 so you can identify new partners early on. Hear from a senior government official on:

• An overview of automotive growth in Romania in 2008: success stories and future perspectives
• How the government will respond to current challenges: infrastructure development; meeting country-wide energy demands; tax incentives and investment support
• Preparing for challenges facing the sector in 2009
• Collaboration with OEMs and suppliers to ensure continuous employment, productivity and growth

An Evaluation Of The Benefits Of The Partnership With The Supplier Base In Romania

Constantin Stroe,
President and General Manager,
ACAROM

• Updated x-ray of the automotive parts sector
• Particulars, advantages and new opportunities
• Local support programs for the automotive manufacturers
• Steps for suppliers that invest in Romania in order to have success and stability

Romania – Spinning The Wheels

Dragos Popa,
Director Large Corporates,
BRD GROUPE SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE ROMANIA

Directly or through its financial services companies, BRD Groupe Société Generale offers a complete range of financial services for individuals, SMEs and large corporates, via the largest banking network countrywide, including more than 800 branches and agencies. “Euromoney Magazine”, “The Banker” and “Global Finance Magazine” awarded BRD Groupe Société Generale with the title of “Best Bank in Romania” in 2007.

• Developments in the Global Auto Industry
• Focus on CEE
• Romania: to Logan and beyond
• A banking perspective

Production Developments At Renault/ Dacia From 2008: An Assessment Of How New Logan Models Are Driving Global Growth From Romania

Francois Fourmont,
Chief Executive Officer,
DACIA/ RENAULT

With the recent news that Renault will invest a further 300 million euros through 2009 in Dacia this session will give you exclusive insight into Renault/Dacia’s expansion plans, new models and opportunities for new suppliers. Join Chief Operating Officer Francois Fourmont to hear about:

• Update on the new Logan pick-up and forecast for future models
• Producing for export: current challenges; new destinations; overseas competition analysis
• An overview of plans to expand the distribution network in Romania
• Production vision: where will the Logan take Renault/Dacia in 2009?

FORD’s Plans For Supplier Localisation In Romania

Colin Fearon,
Senior Purchasing Manager, Emerging Markets Sourcing,
FORD

The biggest news for the Romanian automotive industry and the region in 2008 is that FORD’s bid for the former Daewoo site in Craiova was approved. We are delighted to welcome Colin Fearon, Senior Purchasing Manager, Emerging Markets Sourcing to give a keynote address on supplier localisation, production forecasts and selection criteria for new suppliers at the Craiova plant. Nowhere else will you get an opportunity to find out in detail what FORD’s role in Romania will be. Join Colin to hear about:

• An overview of FORD’s production presence in Romania: models, volumes and expansion plans at the new Craiova plant FORD’s programme to grow its current supplier base in Romania
• Supplier selection criteria, supplier support and supplier development
• The role of Romania in FORD’s global supply chain

IPEC – Industrial Site Location Strategy in Romania

Matt Carnogursky,
General Manager,
IPEC MANAGEMENT EASTERN SRL

IPEC Group has been developing industrial properties in Central & Eastern Europe since 1993 and has been actively involved in supporting the migration of automotive suppliers east, with nine industrial projects, including two leased automotive-production plants, in Romania alone. IPEC’s choice of industrial sites “off the beaten track” has proven very successful, giving several automotive suppliers excellent strategic business locations with great supply of affordable labor and good access to customers and suppliers alike. Let us share with you our experience with the key factors driving location selection in Romania and in other nearby regions of interest. Join Matt Carnogursky, General Manager of IPEC Group Romania, to hear how IPEC can support your business strategy in the region.

Renault’s Commitment To Supplier Localisation And Partnership Development In Romania For Improved Long-Term Relationships

Eric Fraysse,
Vice President Purchasing,
RENAULT/DACIA

For the first time at AutoRomania we are happy to announce that the head of purchasing for Renault/Dacia, Mr Fraysse, will give you his strategies for supplier localisation and supplier development. In this in-depth analysis of what it takes to become a supplier to Renault/Dacia as well as potentially supplying the Renault Group globally you will learn about:

• An overview of how Renault’s plan of excellence impacts supplier development: goals and milestones
• Comparing purchasing costs globally: how close is the competition from Asia?
• Integrating local suppliers: cost versus benefits audit
• How to win big ticket projects with Renault Dacia for long-term business: selection criteria for new suppliers
• Renault’s plans to develop strategic local suppliers

Renault/Dacia’s Top Quality Policy: How To Overcome Challenges Of Maintaining Continuous World-Class Results In Romania

Francois Billaud,
Vice President Quality,
RENAULT/DACIA

If you want to supply to your customers globally you must have systems in place to produce at top quality all the time. Hear from the head of quality management in Renault/Dacia, Francois Billaud, how to implement quality control systems and processes to ensure you drive your PPM down and limit wastage. With so much pressure now on finding savings in your supply chain this presentation will give you valuable information about how to reduce costs:

• Quality goals in 2009: how they are set and achieved at Renault/Dacia
• Balancing top quality with continuous cost management
• Developing innovative metrics to ensure all factors of quality are exceeded
• Achieving top quality away from the production floor: design; service; support
• How to engage your workers in a culture that fosters top quality and continuous improvement
• Case studies of quality improvement processes in 2008

Building The Logan’s Logistics Into A Combined Renault/Dacia/NISSAN Strategy

Jean Detrun,
Head of Logistics,
RENAULT ROMANIA

One of the key challenges you will face when producing or sourcing in Romania is managing the logistics. With few major roads and relatively long supply chains to consumer markets in Western Europe it is vital you understand how to supply to and ship goods from Romania effectively. Make sure you attend this crucial session to find out how the head of logistics at Renault Romania builds Romania into Renault’s global supply chain. Mr Detrun will tell you about:

• Overview of DACIA’s logistics organisation
• An in-depth look at volumes managed by DACIA
• Analysis of different flows at Renault/DACIA:
  • Information flow
  • Material flow
  • Export flow

Making Romania A Strategic Production Centre For Regional Growth

• Tackling current cost rises – currency and wages
• Assessing the competition – focus on the stable North African production centres
• Upskilling the workforce to ensure they are earning the higher wages
• Achieving just-in-sequence delivery in Romania
• Market comparison – why Draexlmaier moved into Serbia

Ferdinand Zilcher,
Country Manager,
Draexlmaier

Achieving Manufacturing Excellence For Continuous Growth In Eastern Europe

Alain Prioul,
Senior Vice President,
FAURECIA

As one of the most senior and experienced strategists in the automotive industry, Mr Prioul will give you invaluable insight on how to grow your automotive business in Romania. Through a close look at the role Romania plays in Faurecia’s global production footprint as well as the challenges Faurecia has overcome worldwide to be a production leader, you will learn which production systems you should implement to achieve manufacturing excellence in Romania. Hear from Mr Prioul on:

• An overview of Faurecia’s global production footprint: core production centres, expansion plans and Romania’s role
• Current pros and cons of producing in low cost countries: advantages in Europe versus overseas competition
• How to achieve lean manufacturing in new operational environments: risks and rewards
• Aligning production objectives with supply chain realities to deliver top quality on time
• Faurecia’s vision for the future of manufacturing in CEE

Minimising Your Production Costs In Romania Through Strategic Virtual Packaging Design: Case Study

Christoph Dimer,
Chief Executive Officer,
MONTARA

Montara has been a successful designer and producer of individual and customized packaging for the automotive industry in Europe since 1990. The Romanian automotive market is central in the future of production growth in Central and Eastern Europe and high-quality products need to be shipped on a national and international market. Optimizing packaging protection qualities, maximizing the packaging density per container and minimizing the handling times is what should be on your cost reduction agenda if you are producing or supplying customers in Romania. Christoph Dimer will focus on:

• Efficient packaging design - successful examples & strategy
• Assessing how much money efficient packaging can really save your business
• Packaging standards in the automotive industry
• Ensuring top quality during shipment and storage
• Matching international standards for time, dust and environmental issues

Successful Strategies To Achieve Continuous Growth In Romania: AutoLiv Romania Case Study

Adrian Suraru,
Plant Manager,
AUTOLIV Romania

As a preferred global supplier to FORD, AutoLIV has the knowledge you need to succeed with FORD in Romania. In this key presentation you will hear from Plant Manager Adrian Suraru on how AutoLIV has achieved year-on-year growth in Romania and what it takes to develop a strong relationship with FORD at Craiova. Hear from Mr Suraru on:

• Analysing the key elements to successful production in Romania
• Lessons learned in operations in Romania
• Sourcing top quality labour and developing talent in Romania
• The practical realities of achieving lean manufacturing in Romania
• Meeting global production requirements from Romania
• Incorporating Romania into your supply chain in CEE

Networking Drinks Reception

Don’t miss this chance to join your colleagues and peers after a busy day to network informally over a glass of wine and canapés in the luxurious surroundings of the Hotel InterContinental. This is a unique chance for you to strengthen existing relationships and build new ones with key automotive customers and partners in Romania.

Chair’s Welcome Address

Professor Peter N C Cooke,
KPMG Professor of Automotive Management,
BUCKINGHAM UNIVERSITY

Strategic Automotive Investment Opportunities: Why Romania?

Professor Peter N C Cooke,
KPMG Professor of Automotive Management,
BUCKINGHAM UNIVERSITY

Make sure you join this crucial session to keep up-to-date on business migration in Central and Eastern Europe, which is occurring at a rapid rate. Only with visibility of comparative wage and land costs can you make a safe decision to invest in Romania, but discounting neighbouring countries could be a risk. How should you decide where to set up your production centre? Get the latest insight on where the regional automotive industry is heading from an expert. Professor Cooke will tell you about:

• What are the high level requirements of international automotive investors?
• Common factors that lead to automotive investment migration
• Political, social and social factors for business retention
• Why Poland; Why Romania - what makes an attractive investment opportunity?

VOLVO 3P Sourcing In Emerging Markets

Jan Klingberg,
Vice President Europe Purchasing,
VOLVO 3P

As increasingly more factories are built in emerging markets, demand for additional road transport, which usually starts with heavy trucks, has risen dramatically. Find out how rising global demand has put pressure on VOLVO Trucks, the production leader in the truck segment in Europe, to source top quality suppliers in emerging markets to support its growth and how you can play a part in all the new business that will be generated. Jan Klingberg, Vice President Purchasing, VOLVO Trucks will tell you about:

• Set up of activities for sourcing in emerging markets
• VOLVO’s way of working
• Requirements for potential suppliers
• Future activities and structuring

Logistics Flows Evolutions In The Automotive Sector And Best Practices For Optimizing Supply Chain Management

Emmanuel Arnaud,
Automotive Business Line Manager,
GEFCO

In order to stay ahead in the industry in general, specifically in the automotive business, a mastered supply chain is a key success factor. GEFCO is a major logistics player who designs, implements & operates complete solutions for manufacturers, and is among the leaders in automotive logistics. Emmanuel Arnaud, Automotive Business Line Manager, will focus in his presentation on the environment to better understand the current challenges and will expose case studies in order to share his expertise.

• Overview of the Romanian market: how does this strongly influence the flows
  management, which are the challenges driven by this emerging market
  
• Automotive sector : globalization of the sourcing, mapping of the flows / complexity
  
• Business models developed by Gefco at the international and local level

Pirelli Eco Technology bringing in Romania the Diesel Emission Contol production

Bruno Tronchetti Provera,
CEO,
PIRELLI ECO TECHNOLOGY

Pirelli Eco Technology, a Pirelli Group Company, develops and produces DPF in Silicium Carbide and retrofit systems for emission reduction and control on Heavy Duty Vehicles. Pirelli Eco Technology is operative in Romania with a strategic manufacturing site that will advance the development of Diesel emission reduction also in Romania. Mr Bruno Tronchetti Provera, CEO of Pirelli Eco Technology, will give an overview of the opportunities that Pirelli is bringing in the Diesel Emission Reduction market and in Romania and will look at:

• Pirelli Eco Technology's mission
  
• Impact of the vehicles emission on humans' health
  
• First Equipment production in Romania
  
• Retrofit in Europe and Worldwide

Q&A Session With FIAT

ArcelorMittal, An Undisputed Partner For Automotive Manufacturers In Romania

Peter Leblanc,
General Manager,
ArcelorMittal

ArcelorMittal, the world’s number one steel company, has a partnership-oriented organization entirely dedicated to automotive customers to support their business expansion and growth. It gives them the benefit of global expertise while providing local service, state-of-the-art research and development and a comprehensive and internationally available products, solution and service offering.

Automotive industry benefits from ArcelorMittal unique worldwide presence, its capacity to deliver a large scale of products, solutions ands services with the same quality focus in all regions. Indeed, the ArcelorMittal automotive organization has strongly developed its presence in Europe, North and South Americas and South Africa. In Romania, ArcelorMittal Automotive activity has supported the development of the Logan (Dacia Group). Most of the steel used for the Logan is supplied by the ArcelorMittal plants in Europe. This material is mainly produced in our plants of Galati (Romania) and Borcelik (Turkey) and delivered just-in-time through the dedicated steel service center of our partner Bamesa Otel.

VW Sourcing Strategies In Central And Eastern Europe: Focus On Romania

Helge Zeuner,
Manager Budapest Purchasing Office,
VW

As one of the remaining OEMs with a regional purchasing office in Budapest, VW is stepping up activity in the region and wants to hear how your automotive business can support its plans for global volume production. Make sure you join this session to learn how to become a long-term partner to the VW group from Mr Zeuner, Manager of the Budapest purchasing office. In his presentation he will tell you about:

• VW’s perspective on the Romanian supplier base
• A detailed assessment of the cost benefits of sourcing in Romania versus neighbouring CEE countries
• How to meet VW supplier selection criteria to become a preferred supplier
• Evaluating VW’s plans to increase sourcing activity in Romania in 2009

DuPont - providing local solutions for global challenges in the Automotive Industry

Thierry Marin,
Regional Director for Central Europe,
Dupont

DuPont is one of the biggest global automotive solutions provider based on advanced technology and unique raw materials. The product portfolio includes leading edge technology in plastics, paints and coatings, grease and oil additives, fibers as well as bio-based materials and bio- fuels.

DuPont is also an active player in R&D for the automotive industry - member and founder of Society of Automotive Engineers - and our R&D Centers survey in each continent where the automotive industry is based. Closely monitoring the current challenges in the global Automotive Industry, DuPont has developed capabilities to provide solutions for OEMs and 1st tier suppliers. Mr. Marin will talk on developments within DuPont supporting OEMs to achieve their goals in:

• Cost effectiveness including Global platforms and Quality and resale value,
  
• Environmental commitment with a focus on Fuel efficiency, Renewable resource and Usage of environmental friendly components and
  
• Safety & comfort including Crash avoidance and injury mitigation and Navigation systems
  

PSA Global Sourcing Strategy - Implementation in Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania

Charles Herval,
Director, International Purchasing Network,
PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN

Georges Bui,
Purchasing Director Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria,
PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from the head of PSA’s international purchasing network on the company’s global purchasing strategy and how it plans to source in Romania in 2009. Becoming a supplier to PSA could make you a global player, but you will only learn how to meet the company’s requirements by hearing from Mr Herval and Mr Houdet in this presentation. Get the latest information on:

• An assessment of PSA’s purchasing strategy in 2009
• PSA’s global sourcing programme: current suppliers and selection criteria
• Supplier support and development
• Application of PSA’s purchasing strategy in Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria

Romanian Supplier Partnering And Speed Networking Session
September 24th, 2008 Hotel InterContinental

Chaired By: Constantin Stroe,
President and General Manager,
ACAROM

This is your chance to meet the supplier base in Romania, strengthen existing relationships with current partners and exchange business cards with senior representatives from all the biggest automotive businesses operating in Romania.

Nowhere else will you have an opportunity like this to network in such a focussed way with automotive producers in Romania, so make sure you book your place at the Supplier Partnering And Speed Networking Session today! You will benefit from:

• An overview of the local supplier base in Romania from Constantin Stroe, General Manager and President, ACAROM
• Brief presentations from 20 local Romanian suppliers so you can easily identify potential partners and customers!
• Exclusive networking opportunities with the local romanian supplier base – meet all the attendees during the speed networking session!