Dr. Péter Molnár

Dr. Peter Molnar was born in 1976 in, Hungary. In 1999, he finished his BsC Engineering studies at Kecskemét University, in Hungary and in 2002, he obtained Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary). He was working as a research engineer and continued his postgraduate studies at the University of Kaiserslautern (IVW, Germany). The topic of his PhD thesis was dedicated to the textile preforming techniques for LCM technologies with focus on different stitching techniques. In 2007, he successfully defended his thesis and became a Doctor of Philosophy. As a CEO of the Sphere Consulting kft. he was working on polymer technology R&D, innovation management and adult education programs. Dr. Molnar finished his business economy studies at the János Kodolányi University (Hungary) in 2011. From 2011 until 2016, Dr. Molnar worked as a Technical Director at Nanotechnological Center of Composites in Moscow, Russia. He has managed to develop many technical competences in various composite production techniques such as VA-RTM, SMC, Pultrusion, Filament winding, LFI and Injection Molding. The projects involved both pure R&D programs as well as high series production establishment with different ISO certification requirements. One of the most distinguished projects successfully led by Dr. Molnar was the GFRP composite bus body (MODULO) development and production. This Project was rewarded at JEC exhibition in 2016. During his work the technical department of NCC grew from 5 employees up to 120, with equipment park total value of over 40 million EURO. Currently Dr. Molnar works as a Vice-president of Bus and Composite Divisions at Evopro Group, Hungary. He’s recent key development program is dedicated to T-RTM process with e-caprolactam in-situ polymerization for high series production of automotive components.