20-21 April
Silicon Valley

Alexander Heitbrink is Director of Research and Development and Member of the Board at the Erwin Quarder Group. As a co-founder of MPDB®, he drives innovation in electric mobility and power electronics cooling, including high-performance GPU chip cooling for data center and HPC applications. MPDB® enables a helium-tight, long-term stable bond between plastic and metal, meeting the stringent requirements of the automotive and aviation industries. His work focuses on next-generation thermal management solutions, that combine ultra-lightweight design, high performance, and cost efficiency. Alexander Heitbrink brings over ten years of experience in the automotive sector, a background in management consulting, and holds a Master’s degree with honours in Nanotechnology from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Erwin Quarder Gruppe is a medium-sized, family-owned company headquartered in Espelkamp, Germany.
The company was founded in 1972 and has develop into an internationally active group of companies.
Today, the group is represented at a total of five global locations – Germany, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic and China – and acts as a reliable partner for leading companies in the automotive industry.
As a development partner, the Erwin Quarder Gruppe works closely with renowned vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. The company combines many years of experience with technological innovation.
The corporate culture is characterized by a sense of responsibility, sustainable action and mutual respect.
Personal commitment, shared values and continuous development form the basis for the long-term success of the family business.
Erwin Quarder Gruppe offers deep technological expertise across the entire value chain — from development and toolmaking to fully automated series production.
Our focus areas include e mobility, hybrid plastic components, high precision plastic parts — including insert and 2 component injection molding — and the integration of sensor technology.
As a development partner, we support customers from the automotive industry and other sectors with comprehensive engineering and manufacturing capabilities. With our own tool shop and the ability to design and build the necessary automation lines, we ensure a high degree of flexibility and quality. We also manufacture precision injection molded components, develop product- and process solutions and assemble complex modules.
Our integrated setup enables us to provide all production relevant steps from a single source — efficient, reliable, and highly precise.