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european Aluminium Congress around the corner
If not already done, register now – for
the European Aluminium Congress 2013.
On 25 and 26 November 2013 GDA, the
association of the aluminium industry in
Germany, will be organising the congress
“Aluminium Automotive Applications –
Tomorrow’s Design and Sustainable Performance”.
This year’s European Aluminium Congress
(EAC) will be a venue for industry experts in
lightweight construction from the automotive
and aluminium industries. Some 80 companies
with about 100 experts have already
registered in October: professionals from the
semis industry as well as automotive parts
suppliers and OEMs, such as Audi, BMW,
Daimler, Ford, Honda or Jaguar. Suppliers
from the area of plant construction or surface
engineering will also take part in the congress.
Apart from the various uses of aluminium in
vehicle manufacturing, further developments
that have potential to make vehicles of the
future even lighter and more energy efficient
will also be presented at the EAC 2013.
In his keynote address, Automotive – the
key market for the aluminium industry, GDA
president Heinz-Peter Schlüter will point out
that the use of aluminium in automobile still
shows excellent growth potential. Until 2030
the regulation of CO 2 emissions will translate
into billions in growth in the triple-digit range,
in the area of lightweight construction for automobiles.
Accordingly, by 2030 automobile
manufactures must raise from 30 to 70 percent
the proportion of lightweight parts in vehicles,
in order to compensate for the weight
increase in vehicles caused by electric drives
and fuel efficient engine technology. This will
create a new growth market for the aluminium
industry and its suppliers.
In his keynote address Body-in-White
Lightweight Design at Mercedes-Ben – Effects
on the Material and Assembly Concepts
by the example of the new S Class, Jürgen
Bösselman of the Daimler AG – Mercedes-
Benz Research and Development will show
the effects that lightweight body construction
has on material and manufacturing concepts at
Mercedes-Benz.
The EAC is divided into a total of five sessions,
dealing with the subjects design, auto
body, process technologies, joining technologies
and surfaces, as well as markets, recycling
and sustainability. Notable speakers from international
companies will give their insights
and provide real-life examples in all the sessions
of the congress. The official language of
the congress is English. All presentations will
be simultaneously translated into German.
eAA reinforces its
recycling expertise
The European Aluminium Association (EAA)
has appointed Magdalena Garczynska director
of its Recycling department. This new position
is to strengthen the association’s expertise on a
segment that is an environmental cornerstone
of the aluminium industry. The appointment
comes at a time when the EU starts to revise its
waste legislation. “We want the future waste
legislation to contribute to secure access to secondary
raw materials for the recycling industry,”
said Gerd Götz, EAA’s director general.
Ms Garczynska, a Polish national, has over
ten years’ experience in engineering and public
affairs. Prior to joining the EAA, she was
a technical manager at the European Association
of the Machine Tool Industries (Cecimo)
where she guided the association’s work on
environmental, energy and other issues. She
also worked at the NSF International and the
Berlin University of Technology. Magdalena
holds a M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering
and a post-graduate degree in Fluid Dynamics.
The EAA has enlarged its membership to
recyclers that were previously represented by
the Organisation of the European Aluminium
Recycling Industry (OEA), and consequently
founded a new recycling department.
CPt and Continuus-Properzi form joint venture for rod lines
CPT, a Tunisian company managed by Italian
engineers, produces and sells continuous casting
and rolling lines for aluminium rod with
a potential production of 20,000 tonnes a
year or more. Earlier this year CPT and Continuus-Properzi
have signed a joint venture
agreement when second-hand Properzi lines
still demanded by the international market
Casting machine
completely disappeared by age or
became too expensive in refurbishing.
CPT now offers technical
solutions with European components
and proven technology that
bridges the gap between lower
level machinery and lines which
are designed for the maximum
level of automation, with a vast
number of options.
The lines from caster to coiler
(also with double automatic reels)
are offered under technical supervision
of Continuus-Properzi in
capacities of 1.6, 2.5 and 3.5 tph,
and are capable of producing E.C.
aluminium and 6201 T4 rod. These lines are
addressed to small cable makers who want
to produce their required aluminium rod inhouse.
These companies, generally located in
emerging countries, select those regions characterised
by low-cost labour with basic skills
Finishing mill
as strategic locations for their operations. CPT
lines, the company stresses, are of much higher
quality and reliability compared with Asian
machinery and offered at pricing levels that
allow small cable producers the possibility of
vertical integration.
© CPT
ALUMINIUM · 11/2013