ALUMINIUM 2014 Blog

GDA Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie together with Reed Exhibitions are planning and organizing the conference accompanying ALUMINIUM 2012. Under the name “Aluminium – Material for the Future” presentations are planned on the subjects of processes, transport, automotive, surface and aluminium markets.

Specialists from companies, research institutes and universities are warmly invited to submit presentations on these subjects. The submitted contributions will be examined by a programme committee, which may also permit other subject areas. The contributions will be compiled into a publication and made available.

The submission deadline for the abstracts is 23 March 2012.

More information and details on the call for papers can be found at the conference website:

http://www.aluminium-conference.de

The conference will begin each day at 9:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. Each session with its six presentations is a half day in length and will be organized in terms of its subjects so that conference visitors will have an opportunity to spend the second half of the day viewing the exhibition. The sessions can be booked individually.

Your contact for questions concerning content:
Wolfgang Heidrich
Tel: +49 211 4796-271
wolfgang.heidrich@aluinfo.de

Düsseldorf/Sao Paulo. From Düsseldorf to Shanghai and Mumbai, on to Dubai and from 2012 on to Sao Paulo: ALUMINIUM, the world’s leading trade fair partner for the aluminium industry, once more extends its global activities. Starting next year, it will also hold an event in Brazil.

With International ALUMINIUM BRAZIL, which will take place from 24 to 26 April 2012 as part of EXPOALUMINIO, Reed Exhibitions is intensifying its event activities in the world’s most important regions for the aluminium industry.

As a growing economical superpower, Brazil – third largest supplier of bauxite in the world and, with an output of 1.6 million tons the number 7 among primary aluminium producers – holds a key position on the South American continent also in aluminium production and processing. “As part of its ‘ALUMINIUM goes global’ strategy, ALUMINIUM is closing a gap with its presence in Brazil”, says Hans-Joachim Erbel, CEO of ALUMINIUM organiser Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH.

Even today, EXPOALUMINIO, which is performed by ABAL and organised by Reed Exhibitions Alcantara Machado bringing together 120 exhibitors and more than 10,000 trade visitors on an exhibition area of 5,000 m², is one of the most important meeting places for the aluminium industry on the American continent. “With the International ALUMINIUM BRAZIL Area as part of EXPOALUMINIO we offer companies with worldwide operations a targeted entry into one of the most dynamic markets with a world format”, says Hans-Joachim Erbel. In a first step, an area of approximately 2,000 m² is planned.

www.aluminium-brazil.com

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As a result, 2010 brought a noticeable recovery for the German aluminium industry overall. Domestic demand stabilised, foreign demand also firmed up. The aluminium boom is primarily based on the recovery in the automotive and mechanical engineering sectors. Here order levels improved significantly since the all-time low in early 2009. The boom in the solar industry also contributed to an improvement in the utilisation of industry capacities.

There are many reasons why our industry rapidly emerged from the crisis and even increased its competitiveness in the global market. Our companies are characterised by a high degree of flexibility and creativity – qualities which were an asset in the difficult economic situation. The most important quality of our industry, however, is its high innovative potential. For many years – with the exception of 2009 – the aluminium industry has been set on a course of sound growth. Its dynamic development is closely connected to the innovative power present especially in medium-sized companies, and to the favourable qualities of the material. 

Aluminium has firmly established its position in a large number of application markets. Whether in the transportation sector as the most important market, in mechanical engineering, in electronics or in packaging: again and again, the aluminium companies drove technological development further and opened up new applications and fields of usage for this lightweight material. As a result, prognoses for aluminium remain optimistic, and the German aluminium industry starts into the new decade with confidence. Aluminium consumption worldwide will continue to increase over the next 10 to 15 years. The growing demand from Asian markets as well as the major application markets automotive, mechanical engineering, construction, packaging or solar will help the lightweight material to achieve continuous growth.

Christian Wellner

Managing Director of Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V. (GDA)