31.07.2026 # 14 (EN) The Future of Sealing Materials

Innovation | Regulation | AI

Let’s talk about the future of sealing materials.In the latest episode of Alles DICHT!?, Professor Dr. Ruth Bieringer, Vice President Technology & Innovation – Material Technology at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, joins Roger to discuss the importance of material technology for modern sealing solutions and how to successfully balance a wide range of often competing requirements.

The conversation explores material technology from multiple perspectives: from increasing performance demands and the ongoing advancement of sealing manufacturing to growing regulatory pressure and the use of artificial intelligence in material development. However, technical aspects are only one side of the story. The other is the people who develop sealing materials. This raises a crucial question: Who will take on this responsibility in the future when fewer and fewer STEM graduates are entering the workforce in Germany? And how can young people be inspired by a fascinating field that, at first glance, may not seem particularly "exciting"?

EN: We used AI-generated voices in this episode, and one of them is a cloned version of a real person’s voice – with their permission.