OTS - iPoint welcomes Dr. Bing Xu as Director of Market Engagement
2019. August 08. 10:17
Reutlingen, 8. August 2019.(APA/OTS) - Xu brings to iPoint 25 years
of management experience at Ford. iPoint is proud to welcome Dr.
Bing Xu as Director of Market Engagement
In this newly-created function, Dr. Xu will be responsible for
helping customers leverage iPoint's applications for product and
process compliance, and sustainability. Based in Ann Arbor at the
North America main office, he will focus on the benefits of
bringing compliance further into the product design phase and on
the selection of alternative materials. These concepts allow
companies to produce more technically-advanced products while
reducing compliance-related risks.
IMDS Pioneer with Strategic Foresight in Material Compliance
Dr. Xu brings with him over 25 years of experience as Program
Manager at Ford Motor Company. Spearheading Ford's Global Materials
Management (GMM) program in 1997, he was one of the original OEM
members who developed the VDA/EDS system in 1998, which later
became the International Material Data System (IMDS) successfully
launched in 2000. Furthermore, he was Ford's Corporate Global
Attribute Leader for Materials and Substances of Concerns and owner
of Ford's GMM processes/tools - a program which oversaw and managed
Ford global materials approvals, material compliance, material
management processes, and IT tools for all Ford brands and regions
worldwide, covering regulations like ELV, REACH, OSHA, TSCA, CLP,
RoHS, California Proposition 65, or the US Conflict Minerals law.
He also led Ford's team to develop long-term strategies to
anticipate and embrace the upcoming challenges OEMs would be facing
in terms of utilizing material compliance tools to reduce costly
non-compliance risks in early design phases and allow alternative
selections of greener materials.
Influential Industry Association and Committee Experience
Dr. Xu has served in several industry committees, e.g., as
chair/co-chair for the US Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
IMDS/REACH Advisory Group, the USCAR Vehicle Recyclability Program
and Substance of Concerns committee, and the Global Automotive
Declarable Substance List (GADSL) Steering Group. He was also a
member of the Automotive REACH Task Force and European ACEA work
groups and steering committee member representing the automotive
industry conducting alternative assessments for several substances
led by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Continuing iPoint's Success Story
"Having worked with iPoint's software since 2013, I was
attracted by the company's mission to develop cutting-edge
solutions that support not only compliance with the law, but also
the sustainability of products, value chains, and brands," says Dr.
Xu. "I'm excited to start a new challenge at iPoint and to be part
of this established market leader for product compliance,
sustainability, and digital circular economy solutions. I look
forward to contributing to iPoint's growth and success story."
"We're thrilled to have Bing on board", iPoint CEO Joerg Walden
emphasizes. "His depth of experience, industry knowledge, contacts,
and management capabilities will complement our team in North
America and benefit our ever-expanding customer base from the
automotive and other industries."
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About iPoint
iPoint is a leading provider of software and services for
product compliance, process compliance, and sustainability with a
customer base of more than 55,000. Since its founding in 2001,
iPoint has been constantly expanding its portfolio to realize its
vision of building an integrated digital platform for the Circular
Economy. Further information: www.ipoint-systems.com
Press Contact
Dr. Katie Boehme
Head of Corporate Communications
+49.7121.14489-60
info@ipoint-systems.de
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