The 2020 Aluminum Summit — the joint meeting of the Aluminum Extruders Council’s (AEC) Management Conference and the Aluminum Anodizers Council’s (AAC) Anodizing Conference — originally scheduled for September 2020 in Nashville, TN, has been postponed until 2021 due to concerns and restrictions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Both the AEC and the AAC will host virtual events for their […]
Update (July 2020): The ALUMINIUM trade fair has now been postponed. The aluminum industry has been hit hard by the pandemic and the lockdown worldwide. In recent months, more than 2,500 trade fairs worldwide have been cancelled or postponed due to the corona pandemic, including numerous aluminum industry trade fairs. However, a turning point is […]
As with many aluminum industry events, the Twelfth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology (ET) Seminar had been postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and the ET Foundation have announced the rescheduled dates and location for this esteemed event, now named ET 2021. The seminar will now be held May 11–13, […]
Innoval Technology is offering a series of free entry-level webinars designed to provide an overview of aluminum, how it’s used, and how it’s processed. These live informational sessions will appeal to anyone who is new to aluminum or anyone already working with aluminum who wants to find out more or explore other ways of using it. […]
The 12th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and their Applications (Mg 2021) will be held June 15–18, 2021, in Montreal, Canada. The conference will cover the full breadth of magnesium research and development, from primary production to applications to end-of-life management. Scientists and engineers from academia, government, and industry will discuss new developments in magnesium […]
FABTECH 2019, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing, was held on November 11-14 in Chicago, Illinois. The event achieved record attendance, with a total of 48,278 attendees from 95 countries over the course of four days. During FABTECH, Light Metal Age spoke with James Terrell from Thermo Fisher Scientific about the company and […]
The Aluminium Two Thousand World Congress will be held on March 23-27, 2021, in Bologna, Italy — acting as a vital meeting point for the aluminum industry. The event will once again be in collaboration with the 7th International Conference on Extrusion and Benchmark (ICEB), the biggest event in Europe related to the recent developments on […]
The 7th Automotive Lightweight Materials Joining, Forming And Manufacturing Innovation 2020 Summit, part of the GALM series of events will be held on March 25-26 in Detroit, Michigan. The two-day event is an OEM-led initiative driven by the latest advancements in manufacturing techniques, joining methods, and forming processes for lightweight vehicles. The transition by OEMs to […]
