Stefan Mecheels

Stefan Mecheels (born January 23, 1960 in Heilbronn ) is a scientist and director of the Hohenstein Institute, the international textile research center .

Career

Stefan Mecheels was born on January 23, 1960 in Heilbronn. He studied mechanical engineering and business administration at the universities in Stuttgart and Bamberg. He completed his doctorate in 1991 at the University of Bamberg on the subject of "Technology transfer in the field of tension between science and practical, organizational and marketing tasks using the example of industrial joint research".

After various industrial internships at home and abroad, he began working at the Hohenstein Institute in 1988, taking over its management from his father Jürgen Mecheels in 1995.

In 2009 he was appointed honorary professor by the Freiburg University of Education. Stefan Mecheels is a member of various national and international committees. In addition to his commitment to local politics and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, he is a commercial judge at the Heilbronn district court.

Publications (selection)

• Technology transfer in the field of tension between science and practice - organizational and marketing tasks using the example of industrial joint research in the textile and clothing industry. Inaugural dissertation. Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, 1991.
• Marketing in the clothing industry - clothing, fashion and what else to sell in the future! In: Yearbook of the clothing industry 1996. 06/1996.
• What defines the future success of the German clothing industry. In: Jahrbuch der Bekleidungsindustrie 1997. 11/1996, pp. 13-29.
• Virtual Reality - The technological revolution in the clothing industry. In: Yearbook of the clothing industry 1998. 12/1997, pp. 11–34.
• UV protective clothing - market opportunities at the interface between textile technology and medicine. In: Yearbook for the clothing industry 1999. pp. 235–249.
• with Karl-Heinz Umbach: Functional clothing - how to specifically design and market wearing comfort. In: Yearbook for the clothing industry 2000. 01/2000, pp. 24–43.
• with Petra Knecht (Ed.): Successful relationship marketing in the textile chain. 2000, ISBN 3-87150-631-1 .
• with A. Seidl, G. Wauer and W. Brother (eds.): Future made-to-measure clothing. 2001, ISBN 3-87150-721-0 .
• with Martin Rupp, Elfriede Strohhäcker and Anke Rissiek: Optimizing visual communication - implementation steps on the way to a graphic Esperanto for the clothing industry. In: Yearbook for the clothing industry 2002. 02/2002, pp. 29–39.
• Markets and market potential of textile research. Arguments - data - facts. Hohenstein special edition "Innovation + Service"; No. 56; 06/2002.
• Problems and challenges of application-oriented research in Baden-Württemberg. Reprint of the BPI Hohenstein eV; April 29, 2003.
• with Elfriede Strohhäcker: Knowledge database and diagnostic system for the clothing industry. In: Yearbook for the clothing industry 2004. 05/2004.
• with Dirk Hoefer: Textiles, skin flora and smell or “How do antimicrobial textiles affect skin germs?” Special publication No. 62 “Research and innovation” by the Hohenstein Institute; 11/2004
• with Bernhard Schroth, Christof Breckenfelder: Smart Clothes. Report Hohenstein Institute; 11/2004
• with Josef Kurz (Ed.): Cultural history of domestic laundry care. 2006 ISBN 3-89904-248-4 .
• with Josef Kurz (Ed.): French laundry and German textile cleaning. 2007, ISBN 978-3-89904-286-3 .
• with Josef Kurz (Hrsg.): The technical evolution of the steam laundry. 2007, ISBN 978-3-89904-291-7 .
• with Josef Kurz (ed.): Cultural history of professional textile care. 2008, ISBN 978-3-89904-314-3 .
• with Josef Kurz (Ed.): Textile World - The Success Story of the Hohenstein Institute. 2008, ISBN 978-3-9812485-0-0 .
• with Herbert Vogler and Josef Kurz: The cultural and industrial history of textiles. ISBN 978-3-9812485-3-1 .
• with Herbert Vogler and Josef Kurz: Craft weaving schools and practical universities. ISBN 978-3-943868-01-2 .

Web links

• www.hohenstein.de