IFM Steering committee chairman
Graham Honeyman
Sarach Steel Technologies, United Kingdom
IFM Steering committee chairman
Gareth Barker
Sheffield Forgemasters, United Kingdom
Federica Bassani
AIM, Italy
Flavio Bregant
Federacciai, Italy
Bill Edwards
Elwood Group, USA
Shen Guoqu
Erzhong (Deyang) Heavy Equipment Co. Ltd., China
Jacopo Guzzoni
Fomas group, Italy
Mario Gussago
Fomec, Italy
Gerhard Hackl
Asmet, Austria
Osama Matsumoto
Kobelco Research Institute Inc., Japan
Daisuke Ota
JSCFA, Japan
Gabriele Rampinini
Forgiatura A. Vienna, Italy
Ralf Rech
Consultant, Germany
Jan Terhaar
Saarschmiede GmbH, Germany
Jin Zhang
China Forge, China
Dieter Bokelmann
The IFM is sad to announce the news concerning the passing of Dieter Bokelmann, one of the key members of the IFM Committee since July 2016. He had a long technical history since receiving a Masters Degree and Doctorate from the University of Hannover between 1981 and 1985. He was Head of the Forging Department at Thyssen Heirichshutte in 1983 before joining VSG Essen. He then became Head of Forging and Heat Treatment at Saarschmiede GmbH and was promoted to Technical Managing Director of Saarschmiede between 2007 and 2016.
He had a wealth of forging knowledge and will be missed by many people.