Patrick Weiß has acquired his Master of Science from the University Düsseldorf in business chemistry and has several years of experience in surface related technologies. Prior to joining Daikin Chemicals as European Marketing Specialist for Surface Technologies in 2018, Patrick has worked for various chemical companies focusing on electroplating-, hard-coating- and adhesive technologies. Since April 2022 Patrick has been working in an interface position between Marketing and R&D as Global Growth Program Manager – Interior & Exterior Surfaces. Together with the teams Patrick is driving innovations along the automotive value chains by working on next generation coating technologies supporting the megatrends often referred to as CASE.