Dear Dujat members and BOM relations,
We are delighted to invite you to a joint event of Louwman and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), at Louwman & Parqui (Toyota & Lexus Netherlands), one of our founding Dujat partners, at Raamsdonksveer.
Royal Louwman Group, established in 1923 has been distributor of Toyota since 1964 (Louwman & Parqui) and Suzuki since 1965 (Nimag at Vianen).
BOM has been sustainably strengthening the Brabant economy, since 1983. Together with innovative entrepreneurs, knowledge institutions, and governments, BOM is building a strong, competitive region in four societal themes: energy, health, sustainable food, and key technologies.
Theme of this event is: Japan meets Brabant – Toyota’s vision on energy transition in mobility
It promises to be an interesting afternoon with high level guest speakers. More details can be found below and on our Dujat event site. We all look forward to welcoming you to this inspiring afternoon!
Date: Thursday, October 29
Time: 12:15 – 19:00 CET
Venue: Steurweg 8, 4941 VR Raamsdonksveer
Parking instructions: follow the signs “Dujat guests” and use the entrance door “Louwman College”
Programme:
Dujat Bus (optional)
10:45 Gather in front of Cityden Stadshart, Amstelveen
11:00 Dujat Bus departs from Amstelveen
Louwman & Parqui
12:15 – 13:00 Arrival and registration (with buffet lunch)
13:00 – 13:05 Welcome by Dujat and BOM
13:05 – 13:15 BOM vision on energy systems in Brabant by Paul Gosselink, Programme Manager New Energy
13:15 – 13:30 Eric Louwman, President of Louwman Group – with an introduction on Louwman Group, history of the family business and of the automobile and their power trains
13:30 – 13:55 Kohei Yoshida, Toyota Motor Europe Chief Engineer H2 Factory and Erwin Jongh, Product Development Manager – with the vision of electrification in mobility and reveal of the Toyota Le Mans LH2 hyper car
13:55 – 14:00 Plenary closing by Eric Louwman and Edwin Zonder
14:00 – 16:45 Start interactive innovation tour (in smaller groups) – 5 x 20 minutes
- Fuel cell truck by Hans Bekkers, Director business development of VDL Special Vehicles
- Technical workshop Fuel cell by Kohei Yoshida, Chief Engineer Toyota Hydrogen Factory Europe Toyota Fuel Cells | Toyota Europe
- Kaizen principles – PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) by Jan van Acquoi, technical trainer Louwman College
- Tour Louwman’s Toyota World (heritage Toyota & Suzuki) by Sjoerd van Bilsen, museum curator
- Explore the latest zero emission cars by Toyota, Lexus, and Suzuki
16:45 – 19:00 Networking Reception at Louwman’s Toyota World – Kampai
With the following partners in the exploration area:
- Toyota automated logistics – by Toyota Material Handling/Vanderlande
- InMotion, by TU Eindhoven
- Battery storage by Landport
- IM – Efficiency
18:00 Dujat Bus returns to Amstelveen
19:00 End of Event
