iPoint Welcomes Dr. Bing Xu as Director of Market Engagement

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REUTLINGEN, Germany, Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- 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.

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info@ipoint-systems.de

Source: iPoint-systems GmbH