TORSTEN HOORMAAN, Dipl.-Ing., studied mechanical engineering with a focus on manufacturing technology at the RWTH Aachen and spent three years at the Faculty of Production Engineering of the “Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering” (WZL) in Aachen. After his university studies, he headed the hardware quality division of the company IIC Intersport Far East Ltd. in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan for two and a half years. For the following five years, he worked as a freelance technical and cultural consultant and representative for a number of foreign companies at their production sites, predominantly in China. His interests cover all areas of mechanical engineering, in particular manufacturing technology and quality management.

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