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Digitalisation of foundries – the path towards the future
31/08/2022
From Zorc Technology to Tvarit: digitalisation has arrived in the foundry industry. While still standing in the shadow of their sibling sector, the steel industry, foundries have now also realised the potential of digital transformation – driven by the wish to improve the margins of existing business and increasingly by the challenges of decarbonisation.Steelworks live and breathe digital transformation
31/08/2022
From ArcelorMittal to Thyssenkrupp: digitalisation has arrived in the steel industry – driven by the wish to improve the margins of existing business and increasingly by the challenges of decarbonisation. It is first and foremost improved earnings and extension of the service portfolio rather than disruptive new business models that feature on the agenda of steel mills.GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS, NEWCAST and decarbXpo under new management: Malte Seifert new Project Director
02/08/2022
As of August 1, Malte Seifert (37) is the new Project Director of GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST. He is responsible not only for the trade fair quartet, which will be held in Düsseldorf next year from June 12 to 16, but also for the seven international offshoots of Bright World of Metals.Interview on Messe Düsseldorf’s ecoMetals Campaign with Friedrich-Georg Kehrer, Global Portfolio Director
29/07/2022
With the new events GIFA and METEC Indonesia new platforms are emerging for the upcoming Indonesian metallurgy and foundry industries. Messe Düsseldorf accompanies Indonesia’s strong economic growth, opens up an attractive market for international companies and strengthens the world’s leading trade fairs GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST at the home base Düsseldorf next year.New GIFA and METEC Indonesia from 2023: Messe Düsseldorf focuses on powerful growth market
09/06/2022
With the new events GIFA and METEC Indonesia new platforms are emerging for the upcoming Indonesian metallurgy and foundry industries. Messe Düsseldorf accompanies Indonesia’s strong economic growth, opens up an attractive market for international companies and strengthens the world’s leading trade fairs GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST at the home base Düsseldorf next year.A Change of Leadership: Gerrit Nawracala takes over project management for GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS, NEWCAST
30/09/2020
Gerrit Nawracala (46) has been the new leader of Metallurgy & Foundry Technologies since 1 September 2020. He will thus take over the leading trade fairs GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST, which will be held in Düsseldorf from 12 to 16 June 2023.Dr. Ioannis Ioannidis appointed as new President of GIFA and
02/03/2020
Preparations for the world’s biggest technology trade fairs GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST have started. On 21 February 2022 the Advisory Board of the Düsseldorf trade fair quartet was established at its first meeting.The date for the Bright World of Metals 2023 has been set
07/01/2020
The global industry’s wait is over: The next date for GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST has been set. The international leading trade fairs for metallurgy and foundry technology will be open to an expert audience in Düsseldorf from 12 to 16 June 2023.Messe Düsseldorf: Expansion of international “Metals and Flow Technology” portfolio
04/09/2019
THERMPROCESS is heading to China. As part of wire and Tube China from 23 to 26 September 2020 in Shanghai, Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai, to-gether with its Chinese and international partners, will be organising a 500-square-metre pavilionThe Bright World of Metals Reinforces its Position as an International Leader
29/06/2019
After five eventful days at the trade fair, the Bright World of Metals concluded successfully on Saturday 29 June. It fortified its international leading position as the world’s most important trade fair platform for metallurgy and casting technology.