Euroguss in Nürnberg closed on 16 January with a triple record: over 11,000 trade visitors (2012: 8,415), a good 30 % of them international, came to the 470 exhibitors (2012: 383). In short, the 10th anniversary of the International Trade Fair for Die Casting – Technology, Processes and Products was a complete success.
As in 2012, the order intake by the SMS group will be below target for 2013. A net result well short of the previous year is anticipated.
The 41st General Assembly was held in Antwerp (Belgium) on September 20, 2013, attended by delegates from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Switzerland. The associate members IHEA (US) and JIFMA (Japan) were also represented.
In the steel and aluminium industries, it was standard practice for many years for investors to split orders for new rolling mills or strip processing lines into three different packages, namely mechanical equipment, electrical equipment and thermal treatment, and to award them separately. It was the task of the investor to coordinate the individual packages and to assume responsibility for the interfaces arising from these. However, the customers are becoming increasingly interested in plantmakers who are prepared to supply the overall integrated plant including process know-how and who are technologically capable of doing this. Working with a full-range plant provider has several advantages.
“Our name and reputation is also a huge obligation”
“Practical experience is very important from the beginning”
ITPS – International Thermprocess Summit – proved to be a great success when it was held for the first time in Düsseldorf on 9 and 10 July 2013. Positive feedback has been received not only from the 147 international participants from 16 different countries but also from the companies that exhibited.
