Wögerer Christian

Function / Organisation: 
Chief Scientific Officer, Profactor on EUREKA network (Austria)
Biography: 

Dipl. Ing. Christian Wögerer, MSc received his Master degree from the Technical University of Vienna in 1989 for process engineering and from the Danube University in Krems in 2003 for Management. In 1997 he started working at ARC Seibersdorf after 12 years experience in Industrial environment. Since 2007 he is Chief Scientific Officer of Profactor, Chairman of the EUREKA Umbrella Pro-Factory and Austrian delegate in the NRTPs Manufuture and MINAM. Pro-Factory (www.profactory.eu) is the relevant body in EUREKA for production technologies with more than 20 countries involved.

Presentation: 

" Improving the Competitiveness of European Manufacturing Industry by the EUREKA Umbrella PRO-FACTORY"

PRO-FACTORY is the EUREKA umbrella devoted to generating and supporting projects in the area of production. PRO-FACTORY focuses on advanced manufacturing technology and the technological scope of PRO-FACTORY has been updated in order to more clearly communicate issues of strategic importance for SMEs. More than 20 European Countries are participating an app. 50 European projects were initiated during the last two years.