ALUMINIUM 2024: showroom, business barometer and impulse provider for the global aluminium industry
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Trade fair preview
For many sectors of industry, the “magic metal” aluminium is and will continue to be the material of choice for sustainable and technically unrivalled products. Just under 800 exhibitors from 50 nations will be demonstrating the potential this light metal holds, how the aluminium industry is rising to current challenges and gearing for the future at the world-leading trade fair ALUMINIUM 2024 in Düsseldorf from 8 – 10 October.
Every two years, the biggest showcase of the aluminium industry brings together producers, processors and technology providers along the complete value chain: from raw material production and the segments of primary production, machine and plant engineering to processing technologies and semi-finished products, finished products and not forgetting the directional recycling technologies. Here they will showcase the innovative solutions made possible using aluminium in automotive production, mechanical engineering, construction and engineering, aviation and air space, electronics, packaging and transport.
For the international industry giants ALUMINIUM is the most important meeting point and showroom every other year. Aditionally, many SMEs and start-ups also leverage this leading international trade fair to make an appearance on the market, exchange ideas with their customers and network with other industry representatives. To them all, ALUMINIUM serves as both a business barometer and impulse provider.
780 exhibiting companies along the entire aluminium value chain will be presenting themselves in five exhibition halls this year. Halls 1 and 4 are dedicated to semi-finished products while Hall 5 focuses on furnace construction, metal working, joining technologies and automation. In Hall 3 surface treatment and rolling technologies will be centre stage, including the Surface Pavilion and the Surface & Design Lounge. In Hall 6 everything will revolve around casting and heat treatments, furnace construction, primary production and recycling. Here visitors will find not only the Primary and Foundry Pavilion but also the Foundry Community Café, the ideal location for networking and exchange.
Another highlight is the relaunch of the Media & Education Lounge in Hall 6. This provides not only a retreat with plenty of reading material but also valuable insights and interesting facts about the material that is aluminium. In addition, information on further training options and skilled labour shortages will be offered here and an accompanying special programme for students and trainees is planned.
ALUMINIUM will not only present current solutions and a glimpse of the future to visitors in the exhibition area. The extensive programme in the ALUMINIUM Conference and the Speakers Corner also offers in-depth insights.
ALUMINIUM Conference: actively shaping the future
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The ALUMINIUM Conference, organised by Aluminium Deutschland and considered a central hub for knowledge transfer and experience exchange at the trade fair, provides valuable impulses for current issues. What are the opportunities for the aluminium sector against the backdrop of difficult geopolitics? How do energy and climate policies impact competition in energy-intensive industries? The changes in the pipeline for the aluminium industry following the last European elections and how these will impact the competitiveness and sustainability of the aluminium sector in Europe will be discussed by European Aluminium at this Conference. In addition, the speakers at the Conference will shed some light on the changes in the aluminium value chain, the transformation and changed requirements in the automotive and packaging sectors as well as the use of Artificial Intelligence.
Speakers’ Corner Sustainability & Recycling – for a greener future
The Innovation Plaza “Sustainability & Recycling” will again be all about the sustainable, green transformation of the aluminium industry this year. The Plaza will be accompanied by lectures and panel discussions at Speakers’ Corner, organised by the thematic partner CRU. Recycling technologies, sorting and shredding plants and environmental technology feature on the agenda.
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Female empowerment in the aluminium industry
This year the trade fair celebrates a special premiere: under the motto “Women can do aluminium, too” 9 October will see the “Women with Metal – ALUMINIUM Awards” presented for the first time. These Awards are designed to help promote equal rights and diversity in the aluminium industry, honour outstanding achievements of women and strengthen their standing in the industry. Beyond this, the Awards are also aimed at raising awareness about skilled labour shortages and promoting innovative approaches. By encouraging women to pursue a career in the aluminium industry the shortage of skilled labour can be addressed and the industry’s competitiveness strengthened.
Industry dialogue to kick of the trade fair
ALUMINIUM, for which Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection has assumed patronage this year, will open on 8 October. The official opening ceremony will be followed by an industry dialogue between Aluminium Deutschland and IG Metall (the metal working union) and IG BCE (the trade union for the mining, chemicals, energy industries) on social-economic transformation; speakers include Mona Neubauer, the Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. One of the aims of the industry dialogue is to provide a stage for the urgently needed exchange with policymakers.
ALUMINIUM 2024
8 – 10 October 2024
Düsseldorf Exhibition Center
Entrance: Hall 6 and South, Stockumer Kirchstraße 61, D-40474 Düsseldorf
Opening hours: Tues. – Thurs. 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
Press contact:
RX Deutschland GmbH
Jennifer Roggenkämper
