ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � Dr. Dieter Brodalla, ESTAL Is ESTAL prepared for the future? � Dr. Dieter Brodalla gave a report about the activities undertaken by the association in the past 2 years in order to better prepare the organization and its members for future challenges. He informed the audience about the new organization and ESTAL’s efforts to develop a global cooperation network. After presenting the new members of the European association, he appealed to all the members of ESTAL (surface finishers, suppliers, national associations, associate and sustaining members) to be active in the various subcommittees in order to benefit from the information exchange offered by the association’s network and to contribute to the improved image of aluminium. � � � � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � Dr. Andreas Postler GDA Development in Europe’s aluminium and construction markets � Dr. Andreas Postler presented several economic indicators in Europe and gave an outlook on the building and construction market, where economic trends in Southern European countries play a key role. The presentation explored the regional developments in the construction as well as in the aluminium semis sector and gave some ideas about short-term prospects. � � � � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � MO Panam, President of Qualicoat The value of Qualicoat � Mo Panam gave a review of the history, the development and the organization of the quality label organization for coatings and explained the audience which are the Qualicoat benefits. Customers and specifiers receive coated products that meet clearly defined quality and performance criteria. Qualicoat defines comprehensive quality requirements and independently monitors their compliance by licensed plants worldwide. As a result, purchasers of coated aluminium receive a premium grade product delivering long- term value, sustainability, with good quality and peace of mind. � � � � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � Modar al Mekdad, QMEA Aluminium Surface Treatments and Market Trends in the Middle East � Modar al Mekdad explained the role and the organization of QMEA, the Quali Middle East association, located in Dubai and described the challenges faced by surface finishers and suppliers of surface treatment products due to the climatic conditions in the Gulf region. He presented many innovative and gigantic building projects realized in the Middle East, which let the audience speechless � � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � � Arvind Kumar, ZAK Trading Arvind Kumar, ZAK Trading A collaborative venture for Quality in Indian A collaborative venture for Quality in Indian AluminiumSurface Finish Industry AluminiumSurface Finish Industry � Starting with a quick presentation of India and the Indian market, illustrated with a quick video film with beautiful pictures, Arvind Kumar explained the current opportunities of the Indian surface finish market and presented the newly created association Qualindal. He talked about his vision for the future ESTAL and Qualindal relationship and explained the 3 Cs; i.e. Challenges, Common opportunites and Commercial success.: � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � � Herman Terryn Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Understanding Mechanisms of Cr 6+ free Conversion Coatings � � Prof. Terryn informed the congress participants about the research currently done at VUB and TUDelft on several important Al surface finishing topics such as influence of pre-cleaning steps on interfacial properties, formation of Chromium free conversion coatings, formation of anodized layers, development of new self healing organic coatings up to a new generation atmospheric plasma coatings. His presentation focused on the mechanism of conversion coatings on Aluminium, for which research shows that there is a clear relation with pre-cleaning steps and the initiation and growth of the layer on the pre-cleaned aluminum alloy. These types of effects are believed to be very crucial for the success of these Chromium free alternatives. � � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � Dr. Axel Schmitz, Vulkan Inox Kinetic satination of Aluminum surfaces � � Nowadays, anodized aluminium components are used in a wide range of areas where the “aluminium look” needs to be retained and corrosion protection is required for sensitive aluminium surfaces. Dr. Axel Schmitz explained how the blasting process applies small blasting particles to the aluminium substrate surface by compressed air or by wheel blasting machines in the industrial sector of profiled section production. The suggested stainless steel blasting abrasive mixture removes pressing marks and any surface scratching with low blasting abrasive costs in comparison to the expensive etching process. � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � Timur Ulucak, Qualanod President The quality label organisaiton Qualanod � � Timur Ulucak gave an overview of the quality label organization for anodizing, Qualanod, explained the purpose of the technical specifications and the advantage of holding the Qualanod licence. After giving details about the inspection procedure, he showed the future prospects and possible developments of the quality label for anodizing � � � � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � Werner Mader, GDA International Anodizing standards � Werner Mader informed the audience that a series of ISO standards testing methods had been published recently. Now worldwide uniform standards for testing the properties are available, which however do not apply to quantitative properties. The quantitative properties of the oxide film are determined according to the requirements arising from the application and the place of use and are often agreed between anodizer and customer, consequently can greatly vary from application to application and from climate to climate. Therefore it is important to know which elements should be defined in a specification, and this is the purpose of information standards. � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � Hans Jürg Alfort, GSB International Hans Jürg Alfort, GSB International Why GSB International ? Why GSB International ? � A safe and sustainable use of Aluminum in Building and Construction requires a careful and efficient use of resources. This can be ensured by a close and comprehensive cooperation of all process partners. Ac cording to Hans-Jürg Alfort, from a technology point of view of “Coated Aluminium” GSB has started to establish a network between semi producer, pretreatment supplier, material suppliers and coater with the essential benefit of reacting on upcoming changes fast. This is a main contribution to ensure a future for the players of the markets. � � � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � Henk Jan Stuiver, DSM Henk Jan Stuiver, DSM The importance of powder in reducing The importance of powder in reducing the carbon footprint the carbon footprint � DSM Coating Resins is a leading specialty resins supplier for the coatings industry and part of the Performance Materials cluster of Royal DSM N.V. Henk-Jan. Stuiver explained how DSM Coating Resins develops and supply polyester resins for high performance, and high quality powder coatings that are cost effective and energy efficient. DSM is looking to improve the CO 2 footprint of polyester powder coatings further by lowering curing temperatures, reducing layer thickness and alternative systems to replace cross-linkers, which are harmful to human health and the environment. � � �
ESTAL CONGRESS 2013 - Speakers and Summary of presentations � � � Marco Georgiou, CRU Group The Global extrusion market � In his presentation, Marco Georgiou discussed the world market outlook for extrusions including the challenges and opportunities facing extruders in Europe. He gave a review of the developments in regional extrusions demand by sector and some information on the prices and trends in global trade of extruded products as well as on the prices for basic extrusion shapes and regional billet premiums together with their key cost indicators. � � � � � �
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