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EIFI Congress in Venice
On 16th May, the European Industrial Fas- Parliament for a number of engineering component suppliers.
tener Institute Annual Congress was held in organisations including EIFI. The second guest speaker was Franco Polotti,
Venice. There were more than 50 attendees The Congress provided various informative the president of Ori Martin, a modern steel wire
representing 8 European countries. assessments of business trends and conditions in producer in Italy, who talked about the current
At the General Assembly the EIFI president, the automotive, aerospace, stainless, and crisis with steel supplies. With the aid of an in-
Jean-Paul Micheau, announced the general fasteners sectors, and included reviews terpreter, Mr Polotti explained how his company
recommendation of the Board to take EIFI from of the perceived effects of the 2005 anti- in particular had been affected by the increased
being “a nice club” to an organisation that dumping tariffs on stainless steel fasteners, and costs of raw materials. Various factors including
provides useful services to fastener manufactur- on the status of the current EC action on carbon the demand from emerging markets had
ers, in line with the proposals of the Strategy steel anti-dumping. resulted in iron ore prices rising by 65%, coke
Meeting in April. Additional resource is needed There were two guest speakers. First was by 50%, and scrap prices doubling. This has
because the EIFI secretariat is currently a Gianmarco Giorda, director of operations of caused one electric arc melter who is totally
part-time function. The Assembly approved a ANFIA, the Italian automotive industry dependent on scrap to slow production due to
plan to take this strategy forward, and to appoint association, who talked about the structure and restricted supply.
Orgalime in Brussels to provide some of the role of ANFIA, innovation in the Italian
additional services required. Orgalime currently automotive industry, and the status of both the Report by Dr John Newnham, Confederation of
provides lobbying services into the European Italian automotive industry and that of its British Metalforming.
Wire 2010 dates announced
Düsseldorf Messe has announced the dates for the
twelfth wire and Tube international trade fairs as 12
Three exhibitions in
to 16 April 2010.
METAV will not be staged in conjunction with the wire
and tube events. Wire 2008 reported 18% growth in
2009 for Mack Brooks
visitors compared to 2006, with an 11% increase in
international visitors.
Mack Brooks Exhibitions has announced dedicated sheet metal working
Achilles Seibert with new
exhibitions in Russia, Poland and India next year.
The organisers of the leading international sheet metal working exhibition
company in China
EuroBLECH, held for the 20th time in October this year in Hannover, Germany, will
organise the BLECH series of events every other year. Unlike EuroBLECH which
Achilles Seibert GmbH is going to open its first
targets a global audience, BLECH Russia, BLECH Polska and BLECH India are
affiliated trading company in Shanghai, China.
Achill Asia-Pacific Co. Ltd. will operate as an
designed for the respective national markets.
independent company on behalf of the group. Working in
BLECH Russia will take place from 10-13 March 2009 in St Petersburg.
Asia, Achilles Seibert says the new company will continue
Co-located with one of Russia’s major industrial trade shows, St. PT Fair, and an
Achilles well-known and successful sales strategy of the
integrated event for the automotive industry AUTOPROM, the exhibition will bring
“Big Bolts” and the “Long Thins” – a stock programme of
together international suppliers of sheet metal machinery, tools and systems
screws with hexagon socket and hexagon insert, with a high profile Russian visitor base. BLECH Russia is organised by
according to DIN / ISO, for special niches and ranges.
Restec-Brooks, a joint venture between Mack Brooks Exhibitions and Russian
The company will be run by Timo Scholle who
exhibition orgainser Restec.
successfully managed the Seibert representation office in
Next, BLECH Polska will take place from 27-29 October 2009 in Kielce, Poland.
Shanghai for the last three years. The location of the
The launch event, organised in November 2007 in Warsaw, was fully booked:
building (office and warehouse) is just southwest of
Some 100 exhibitors showcased a comprehensive range of metal-forming and
Shanghai centre in the Meilong/ Minhang district. The
opening celebration is scheduled for October.
fabrication solutions. With more than 1,500 visitors, the exhibition which also
comprised a conference was thoroughly successful.
For international and domestic clients the 3 main lines of
The organisers have now moved the BLECH Polska exhibition to a new venue,
supply are:
the Kielce Exhibition Centre, which offers more hall space for exhibitors. Kielce is
• Direct containers from the factory.
situated between Krakow and Warsaw, 100km north of Krakow. Manufacturing
• A stock programme of standard sizes hexagon socket and processing of metal is particularly concentrated in this south-eastern region
and hexagon insert for immediate export shipments
of Poland where several foundries and producers of steel and semi-finished
worldwide.
products are based.
• The third line of supply is mainly targeted on Chinese
The third in the series of BLECH events in 2009, BLECH India, will be held from
clients, foreign owned or joint venture factories who are
18-20 November 2009 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre – NSE Complex in
engaged in engineering or steel-construction and rely on
Mumbai. BLECH India is organised by Inter Ads-Brooks Exhibitions (India) Pvt.Ltd,
the European know how.
a joint venture between Mack Brooks Exhibitions and Inter Ads Ltd, India.
Moreover, Achill Asia-Pacific will become a service
Like the other two BLECH events, BLECH India covers all sectors of the sheet
provider of individual stock-keeping and value added
metal manufacturing process, including metal-forming and bending solutions,
services, e.g. OEM Production of drawing- and special
stamping, pressing, automation, flexible manufacturing systems, metal supply,
parts, packing, sorting, set-production and labelling
cutting, punching, tooling, laser technology, CAD/CAM, finishing/coating, quality
according to customer’s requirements. assurance and material handling.
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