Dr. Alexander Barcza is the Vice President of Permanent Magnets at Vacuumschmelze. As such he is responsible for the business having production in Germany, Slovakia, and Finland (daughter company NEOREM). He is Member of the Board of VAC’s Joint Venture with Zhong Khe San Huan Group operating out of Beijing, China. Prior to his current role he held positions in product management and R&D. Dr. Barcza became well published in the “Journal of Alloys and Compounds,” “Physical Review Letters,” “IEEE Transaction on Magnetics” and others. He earned a PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge in England after completing his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the University of Vienna in Austria.