Speaker profile
Edmund Vankann
Managing Director, GUT eV and Managing Director, European Carpet and Rug Association
Born 1958 in Aachen
Studied technical and macromolecular chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University.
Doctorate in the field of polymer chemistry in the research group of Prof. Höcker at the German
Wool Research Institute (DWI)
Since 1998 managing director of GUT e.V., in Aachen and since 2017 Managing Board member of
ECRA, Brussels,
Main fields of activities:
• In Door Air Quality
• Carpet Recycling
• Lifecycle Assessment , EPD
• Ecological Product Design
• Collective Research ad Standardisation