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STAND reservation for EuroBLECH
2012, the 22nd International Technology
Exhibition for Sheet Metal Working, has
begun. Taking place from 23 to 27 October
2012 in Hanover, Germany, the exhibition
will occupy eight halls at the Hanover
Exhibition Grounds: halls 11 to 17 and
hall 27. The exhibitor brochure, published
in five languages, is now available and
includes important information for
companies interested in participating in
the leading international trade show for the
sheet metal working industry.
With a total of 1,455 exhibitors from
43 countries and 61,500 visitors from 98
countries, EuroBLECH 2010 was more
international than ever and covered a net
exhibition space of 78,600m2. EuroBLECH
is audited by FKM, Society for Voluntary
Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics.
The show had an above average increase
in visitors from outside Germany, in
particular from Asia, North America and
the Middle East. EuroBLECH therefore
reflects the general development of an
ever more international orientation of this
industry sector.
‘Sustainable success in a global market’
is the theme for exhibiting companies
at EuroBLECH 2012. The sheet metal
working industry is a high-performance
industry sector; this has become clear
in the past few years: the industry was
able to cope with the economic crisis
by expertise, flexibility and continued
innovation. Now companies have to
closely watch industry trends and global
markets. Only those companies that know
their markets and seize their chances early
enough will be able to profit from new
business opportunities. This applies to
small companies seeking to expand their
business in a particular region as well as
to global players continuously developing
their worldwide networks.
“Since the previous EuroBLECH the
economic situation within the sheet metal
working industry has clearly stabilised.
Although stand reservation for 2012 has just
started we are already able to announce
very positive demand for stand space at the
next EuroBLECH,” explains Nicola Hamann,
exhibition director of EuroBLECH on behalf
of the organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions.
“While most of the companies were
quite cautious for the previous show and
preferred to book their usual stand space,
now many exhibitors are asking for bigger
stand sizes again at the leading industry
event for the sheet metal working industry.
As the central hub for international
business and the first point of contact
for cutting edge technology, EuroBLECH
is considered the key exhibition for a
successful future by small companies
as well as the big players,” says Nicola
Hamann.
The exhibition layout reflects the complete
sheet metal working technology chain and
covers 15 exhibition categories: sheet
metal, semi-finished and finished products;
handling; separation; forming; flexible
sheet metal working; tube/section working;
processing of hybrid structures; joining/
welding; surface technology; tool technology;
machine elements; process control and
quality assurance; CAD/CAM applications;
factory equipment and R&D.
To reflect the growing importance of
hybrid structures in sheet metal working,
processing of sheet metal/plastic hybrid
structures has now been included in
the EuroBLECH exhibition profile as a
separate category.
Companies interested in participating at
EuroBLECH 2012 can order the exhibitor
brochure and find detailed information
about the exhibition on the freshly designed
multi-lingual show website. The website
also includes photos and videos from the
previous exhibition as well as the latest
news on the show and the industry – eg
the regular online newsletter EuroBLECH
Bulletin.
EuroBLECH 2012 – Germany
Website:
EuroBLECH: success in a global market
INSTALLATION is complete on a six ton
Konecrane CXTD double girder, dual hoist
overhead crane at Marmon/Keystone’s
Bucyrus break bulk facility. The crane,
located in the hot rolled depot building, will
speed up cut-to-length orders.
With the addition of the Konecrane
CXTD, the hot rolled depot order processing
area of the Bucyrus facility will now have
two overhead cranes at its disposal. “The
installation of a second crane will vastly
improve our ability to efficiently handle
orders,” says Denny Derringer, vice-
president of quality and operations. A
leading wholesale distributor of tubular
products for over 100 years, Marmon/
Keystone inventories more than 15,000
sizes and grades of carbon, alloy,
stainless and aluminium tubular and bar
products. Service centres and sales offices
are located throughout North America,
with corporate headquarters in Butler,
Pennsylvania.
Marmon/Keystone LLC and affiliated
businesses are Marmon Distribution
Services/Berkshire Hathaway companies
and members of The Marmon Group.
Marmon/Keystone LLC – USA
Website:
Bucyrus location
adds overhead crane