ALUMINIUM 2016 to showcase lightweighting potential of aluminium

The lightweighting trend opens up endless growth opportunities for aluminium as an industrial material: above all, the material’s distinct technology and design advantages are making a splash in automotive engineering, the transport sector and the construction industry. ALUMINIUM 2016 in Düsseldorf will reveal how the market for lightweight materials continues to grow. Some 1,000 exhibitors from 50 nations will be on hand at the world’s largest industry trade fair from 29 November to 1 December to present trailblazing solutions for increased efficiency in aluminium production and processing.

ALUMINIUM 2016 will cover the industry’s complete range – from aluminium production to machines and plants for processing to finished goods and recycling. Besides lightweight construction, the emphasis will be on resource and cost efficiency as well as on emerging topics such as the “smart factory”. And with the new Lightweight Technologies Forum, ALUMINIUM dares to venture beyond the materials horizon. 

As in the past, special theme pavilions will be set up in order to accomodate various focus topics, including the Competence Centre Surface Technology, the Foundry Pavilion, the Primary Pavilion, the Welding & Joining Pavilion, the Recycling Pavilion and the Magnesium Area. But exhibitors won’t just present new ideas and hands-on product displays at their exhibition stands and at the theme pavilions, they’ll do the same at two Innovation Areas returning to ALUMINIUM 2016. Two special areas - “Automotive” (Hall 10) and “Building” (Hall 12) – will enable visitors to literally “grasp” the versatility of aluminium. 

The trade fair is the leading industry get-together for producers, processers, technology suppliers, designers and engineers from the industries that use aluminium. About 27,000 visitors from 100 nations are expected to attend ALUMINIUM. The exhibitor side is similarly international: 60 per cent of the altogether 1,000 exhibitors will travel from abroad to take part in the industry meeting in Düsseldorf. 

ALUMINIUM is much more than just the world’s most important trading centre. Expert presenters from industry and science at the ALUMINIUM 2016 Conference, the ALUMINIUM Forum and the Lightweight Technologies Forum will discuss the principles, trends and innovations of the aluminium sector. 

Organised again by the GDA, the umbrella association of the German Aluminium industry, the ALUMINIUM 2016 Conference will focus on the material’s future prospects. In more than 40 lectures, materials experts will explore the possibilities in the aluminium-processing industry and in user markets. 

Exhibitors themselves will take the podium at the ALUMINIUM Forum, which is part of the trade fair’s supporting programme.

The new Lightweight Technologies Forum, which will be held as part of ALUMINIUM and the concurrent COMPOSITES EUROPE trade fair, will reflect this trend toward modern multi-material systems. 

“In many application areas, metal-containing composites will benefit most from the race toward lightweight materials. Together with COMPOSITES EUROPE, ALUMINIUM is perfectly positioned to face newly emerging challenges”, says Olaf Freier, event director, Reed Exhibitions’ for both trade fairs. 

ALUMINIUM Düsseldorf from 29 November to 1 December will be largest trade fair marketplace for lightweight construction challenges in the automotive sector, aerospace, mechanical engineering, the sports and leisure industry, wind power, and the construction sector.