Aluminium China to expand its international visitor delegation program

In 2013, ALUMINIUM CHINA, the leading aluminium sourcing platform in Asia for industry professionals and buyers from the aluminium industry and a wide array of application industries will expand its international visitor delegation program. As part of this program the organizer Reed Exhibitions offers onsite tours through the exhibition halls, networking receptions and travel packages for industry experts from the rapidly rising Asian industry clusters as well as for visitors from the major Western countries.

Aluminium China’s new visitor initiative can be understood as a direct reaction on China’s developing industry requirements which strongly demand for more know-how and business relationships with partners from abroad. Aluminium manufacturers in China require more advanced technology to meet the rapidly rising standards in many different application industry sectors facing the customer’s requirements and expectation in the globally leading supplier for ingots and semi-finished products. China’s production of primary aluminium in November 2012 increased by 13% compared to the same period in the previous year (www.world-aluminium.org), mainly as a result of newly founded smelting plants and restarting domestic smelters that had been shut down in 2008 and 2009. As a consequence of the 18th CPC National Congress, domestic aluminum smelters operate at full capacity and the plants in Xinjiang are starting with their production. Accordingly China’s primary aluminum output will continue to grow in the coming months.

At the same time China is set to remain the world’s largest aluminium consumer throughout the next several years, accounting for more than 40% of global aluminium consumption. According to Alcoa’s latest predictions the demand for Aluminium in China is expected to exceed former forecasts and grow by 11% in 2013 to 23-million tons as the country’s new investments will begin to show their effect. Exhibitors and industry experts from all over the world will gather in Shanghai to satisfy this demand and discuss the latest developments. To satisfy this growing demand China doesn’t only push its aluminium smelting output but also provides the world wide largest variety of semi-finished and finished aluminum products.

The organizer of ALUMINIUM CHINA 2013 will leverage this strong demand and invite an even bigger number of 550 targeted top buyers from China as well as procurement delegations from selected application industry sectors in Asia, for pre-arranged match-making sessions with international exhibitors. This combination of the supply and demand side of the aluminium industry will present a number of attractive business opportunities to both parties. Reed Exhibition’s international delegation program for ALUMINIUM CHINA 2013 includes new partnerships with tour operators and buying associations from regions with increasing demand for equipment and aluminium products: India, South East Asia and Russia.

ALUMINIUM CHINA 2013 is Asia’s leading aluminium industry platform, annually held in Shanghai. ALUMINIUM China 2013 is the first choice for branding, networking and sourcing in Asia, the world’s fastest growing market. Over 450 international exhibitors from 30 countries representing the entire aluminium value chain - from Aluminium raw materials, semi-finished and finished products to production and processing machinery and accessories - will meet with 15,000 qualified professionals and buyer delegates from China, all the key Asian markets and other global emerging markets.