IndoItalian MetalHUB engineering tour of India starts on January 15 2018

The IndoItalian MetalHUB engineering tour of India will be taking place on 15-23 of January 2018 that will consist of a week of meetings and interactions organized by ArtValley, Al Circle, Uniseven and the IICC – The IndoItalian Chamber of Commerce, FACE – (The Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe), Amafond, Assofond, METEF, Sinfonet for metallurgy and the Ditecfer Consortium for the transportation sector. The meetings will be between important players, businesses, and associations in Indian and Italian industry as well as in the engineering, metals and transportation sectors. The IndoItalian MetalHUB tour is a programme aimed at decision makers in the industrial sector in India, Italy, and Europe. The associations are involved in order to coordinate individual companies – in the industries of transportation, aluminium, and specialty materials – in moving towards shared strategic and operational objectives.

The tour will be held in the States of West Bengal, Odisha, and Maharashtra and in their capitals: Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Mumbai. It will promote economic and industrial interchange with India’s industrial engineering sector thanks to the constructive interaction between the excellent reputation of “Made in Italy” and the experience of “Make in India”. The tour offers opportunities for Italian companies to visit the country, which is home to one-quarter of the people on the planet, and to better understand the industrial and cultural context of India.

The journey will begin with the Summit in Calcutta: BGBS 2018, an event that offers a unique window onto the country's modernity as West Bengal is the Indian state with the highest GDP growth rate, over 14%.

It continues in the state of Odisha, in its capital Bhubaneswar. This meeting is dedicated to interaction with the region of Odisha, India’s most mineral-rich region, where an innovative Park for Aluminium is being developed, also in conjunction with non-ferrous metals’ companies.

The tour will conclude in Mumbai with an appointment with some of the leading players in Indian economy and industry. The conference in Mumbai deals with transportation, economy, infrastructure and metallurgy.

Programme:

• 15 Jan 2018  Kolkata: Visit Companies and Plants in West Bengal, Dinner with Members of West Bengal Government
• 16 Jan 2018 Kolkata:  BGBS 2018 (Bengal Global Business Summit)
• 17 Jan 2018 Kolkata:  BGBS 2018 (Bengal Global Business Summit)
• 18 Jan 2018 Kolkata: Transport and Metallurgy events, in cooperation with Danieli &C
• 19 Jan 2018 Bhubaneswar, Orissa: Meetings and visit in Angul: NALCO Plant and the Aluminium Park in Orissa
• 20 Jan 2018 Bhubaneswar Odisha: Aluminium Age, Meetings with Members of Aluminium Association of India (Engineering, Minerals, Mining, Advanced Materials)
• 21 Jan 2018 Bhubaneswar Odisha: Diplomatic and BtB Meetings.
• 22 Jan 2018 Mumbai: MetroHub, a Trasport and Railways Event Mumbai at the Trident Hotel (Metals, Aluminium, Transport and Railways – Metals Trade & Advanced Materials Seminar with IndoItalian Chamber of Commerce and Ditecfer)
• 23 Jan 2018: Conclusion

The programme is endorsed by Italian Embassy in New Delhi India, IICC Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce, IAA Aluminium Association of India, DITECFER, District for Rail Technologies, High Speed, Safety & Security, Amafond, Assomet and Assofond  (Confindustria associated bodies), FACE Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe. The event will take place in cooperation with The West Bengal Government, The Odisha Government, Indian Embassy in Rome, Italian General Consulate of Kolkata, METEF, FICCI, A&L, Al Circle, FOSMI, Fed  and  Small Medium Enterprises India.