{"id":48080,"date":"2026-08-25T06:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materialintelligence.com\/?p=48080"},"modified":"2026-08-25T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:07:06","slug":"material-leaders-at-iwf-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materialintelligence.com\/material-leaders-at-iwf-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Leaders at IWF 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Four Material Leaders sit down for short interviews about the work they and their colleagues are doing across the industry. Stay tuned for a full episode on Olon Industries coming soon!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-188edfbd gbp-section\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8d0b40fc\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-578e674f\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-6c788cbc\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-36ee67e6\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-36ee67e6\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-562c36f0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-562c36f0\" src=\"https:\/\/materialintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/randy-meulenberg_frama-tech.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"randy-meulenberg_frama-tech\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materialintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/randy-meulenberg_frama-tech.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/materialintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/randy-meulenberg_frama-tech-150x150.jpeg 150w, 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noreferrer\"><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M100.28 448H7.4V148.9h92.88zM53.79 108.1C24.09 108.1 0 83.5 0 53.8a53.79 53.79 0 0 1 107.58 0c0 29.7-24.1 54.3-53.79 54.3zM447.9 448h-92.68V302.4c0-34.7-.7-79.2-48.29-79.2-48.29 0-55.69 37.7-55.69 76.7V448h-92.78V148.9h89.08v40.8h1.3c12.4-23.5 42.69-48.3 87.88-48.3 94 0 111.28 61.9 111.28 142.3V448z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-d1df3dcc\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d1df3dcc\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-db433a2a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-db433a2a\" src=\"https:\/\/materialintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/frama-tech.webp\" alt=\"Frama-Tech\" title=\"frama-tech\" 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