CPT International 03/2015

NEWS
On the first day of the congress,
high-ranking representatives from the
aluminium industry, the customer industries
and a representative from the
EU Commission will discuss future
challenges for the material and the
branch in two rounds of discussions.
The second day of the congress will
be devoted in four sessions to the subject
areas of material development,
recycling and resource efficiency, future
markets and processing technologies.
Notable speakers from international
companies will speak at all
sessions of the congress and present
examples from actual practice.
The EAC 2015 will enhance awareness
for the future. Anyone who makes
decisions for today, tomorrow and the
time after that should understand the
mega-trends of the future, and should
know the opportunities and risks these
trends involve. Thanks to its properties,
the wide range ways of working and
using it, and its excellent recyclability,
aluminium is the material of the future
The European Aluminium Congress 2013 was well attended. All presentations
at the current congress in Düsseldorf are held in English (Photo: GDA).
that can and will replace conventional
materials more and more.
The congress will be held in English
and all presentations will be simultaneously
translated into German. An exhibition
by branch companies will accompany
the congress, offering more detailed
information on the various subject areas.
The registration fee for the congress
is 950 Euro plus VAT. An early-registration
discount of 100 Euro is available
for those who register by 1 October
2015. Anyone who registers by then
will pay a registration fee of EUR 850
plus VAT.
www.aluminium-congress.com
KSPG AG
The Plain Bearings business unit of
KSPG Automotive India Private Ltd. is
setting up new shops for the production
of raw materials used in the manufacture
of plain bearings in Supa, India.
The first cut of the spade to launch
the construction works was performed
back in the spring of this year by Sascha
Putz, President BU Bearings und Ratan
Mohapatra, Managing Director of KSPG
India, in the company of senior executives
and Works Council members.
The new plant premises are scheduled
for completion by the end of 2015.
They are located on a site measuring
around 40,000 m 2 in the Indian town of
Supa. The Company had acquired the
site specifically for this purpose. Supa is
around 75 km to the east of Pune. The
lease for the previous production site in
Ahmednagar expires in 2016.
“The new building is an important
step in our efforts to strengthen our
3-D view of the planned production plant in Supa, India (Photo: KSPG)
activities in the Indian market and a
commitment to the future of our company,”
says Putz. The new facilities will
be chiefly used for producing the upstream
materials that go into the plain
bearings. The previous production in
Ahmednagar will be split: the equipment
for making the engine bearing
shells will be transferred to KSPG’s location
in Takwe near Pune, where a
large share of the production facilities
is already located. Supa will be the
home of upstream materials production
and include the sintering equipment
for making the bronze materials
as well as the casting and roll/cladding
plant for manufacturing the aluminum-based
materials.
KSPG Automotive India Private Ltd.
currently has two plain bearing production
locations, in Takwe and Ahmednagar.
The product range of the Indian
company comprizes engine bearing
shells, bushes and thrust washers for
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