Within the scope of activities of both, FEICA and Industrieverband Klebstoffe Ansgar van Halteren is involved in the European Adhesives business over the years. He represents the adhesives industry in consultative bodies of the chemical industry, in steering committees of various scientific institutions, on various advisory boards of important trade fairs, and in working groups of different German ministries. He is member of the board of the “Adhesives Engineering Section” under the leadership of DECHEMA which ensures the co-operation of all publicly sponsored scientific research projects in the adhesives field. He is author of numerous publications and lecturer at Fraunhofer Institute (IFAM) in Bremen.