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Metef 2014 aiming to add new
field of excellence to Italy’s three Fs
The Metef trade fair, one of the leading
international events for aluminium and
innovative metals, will be held for the
tenth time from 11 to 13 June 2014 at
the Verona Exhibition Centre in Italy.
It will have a new format: it will be accompanied
by Foundeq and Metalriciclo-
Recomat as in previous years but will
include the new Alumotive fair for the
first time.
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The whole production chain for innovative materials
will be presented at Metef 2014: from
primary and secondary production through
to the processing, machining and finishing of
extrusions, castings and rolled products, including
surface treatment. The new addition
is expected to meet its ambitious target of covering
the whole production chain for aluminium
in the transport and transportation sector.
The organisers are hoping 2014 will be a
turning point for Metef. In 2012, Alfin-Edimet
signed a strategic agreement with Veronafiere
that saw Veronafiere acquire a 50% share in
a newly formed company that took over the
assets of Alfin-Edimet. This partnership gave
Metef Foundeq 2012 a global dimension
thanks to the presence of over 500 exhibitors
from 29 countries and of 15,000 visitors, nearly
a third from 69 foreign countries. “The 2014
edition will represent the whole Italian aluminium
and innovative material production chain
on the international arena, where competitiveness
is more and more challenging,” said Veronafiere’s
president Ettore Riello at a recent
press conference. “Veronafiere then becomes
a guide for the organisational management of
this exhibition in order to consolidate Metef as
b2b show and to represent the whole Italian
manufacturing sector,” he added.
Italy is world renowned for its three Fs:
fashion, food and furniture. Metef 2014 is
aiming to add a new field of excellence: a customised
facility for the aluminium and innovative
metals technologies that represent the
core of the country’s manufacturing industry.
This has enabled Italy to develop the design
and manufacturing skills needed to produce
high-value products and tailored solutions.
Mario Bertoli, president of Alfin-Edimet,
stressed that the market had changed; globalisation
has altered where many goods are now
being produced and consumed, including in
the metals sector, but he said that this had
not affected Italian excellence. Customised
plants, machinery and technologies are still
Italy’s key strengths; they are well known and
highly regarded all over the world. He added
that Metef has been a major source of sector
growth over the last decade and more than
ever now provides a great opportunity for the
whole production chain to present itself internationally.
Metalriciclo-Recomat focuses on
recycling of industrial materials
Metalriciclo-Recomat will again deal with the
recovery and recycling of industrial materials
and will be offering specialist information on
products, machinery and technologies in this
sector. The show will benefit from Metef’s internationality
and Veronafiere’s global organisation
and contacts.
Despite the overall decline in the consumption
and production of secondary materials in
Aluminium China 2013, Asia’s leading aluminium
exhibition, looks back on a record breaking
number of visitors from around the globe at the
Shanghai New International Expo Centre in July.
With 462 exhibitors (121 first-time participants)
from China, Asia and further abroad, the exhibition
attracted more than 15,200 visitors, an
increase of 28% over last year. This development
in number of visitors reflects the rich potential
of Asia’s aluminium markets today driven by a
large number of exhibiting industry giants at
the show such as Kobe Steel, Shanghai Jieru,
Novelis, Wagstaff, Qatalum and SMS Group, to
mention just a few.
Aluminium China 2013 also presented two
new feature areas: semi-finished products for
transportation and other key industries, and
packaging products supported by the EAFA’s
Alufoil Trophy Award. Alongside the new
Italy in recent years, the quantity of recovered
and recycled materials is still high. The growth
in metals and materials recycling in all sectors
has led to a significant development of
machinery, systems and technologies made
in Italy for the recovery and recycling of materials.
Metef offers the industry’s players an
opportunity to present themselves internationally
and open up new business opportunities.
The Metalriciclo-Recomat fair is aimed at
car breakers, metal collection and recovery
companies, scrap users for downstream hot
processing, waste disposers, recycled metal
traders as well as authorities, associations and
institutions involved in the recycling sector.
Alumotive at Metef for first time
The Alumotive exhibition will present innovative
solutions, components and technological
materials for original equipment in the transportation
sector and will be part of Metef for
the first time in 2014. The show will promote
a sector that in terms of products and number
of employees is one of the traditional strengths
of the manufacturing industry in Italy. It will
be a welcome and useful addition to Metef.
Companies engaged as second and third
tier suppliers will constitute the largest sector
at Alumotive; their fields of activity include
innovative materials, design and production
of components, processing systems, robots,
engineering, mould making, machining and
finishing.
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Aluminium China 2013 celebrates record attendance
feature areas, the show also launched the Aluminium
Downstream Processing Forum, where
the audience gained insights into latest developments
across closely related application sectors.
The EAFA’s display zone was also combined with
a forum on future opportunities for aluminium
packaging applications in China.
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