03.11.2009 - 7th Non-Ferrous Forming Technology Meeting

For the seventh time, the Non-Ferrous Forming Technology Meeting organised by BECHEM was held on 3-Nov-2009. Carried out every two years alternating with the WIRE Düsseldorf trade fair, the event with over 140 participants has meanwhile reached a respectable format and is unique in this form in Germany. Nearly the entire German wire and tube drawing sector plus customers from Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands including its periphery such as machine, tool, filter, and non-woven producers gathered in the venue in Herdecke.

The main topics were future tendencies in the non-ferrous wire and tube drawing sector (aluminium, copper, brass). At the same time, the automotive sector played a decisive role. During this event, the contribution "Die Zukunft des Automobils" (The Future of the Automobile) by Dr. Peter Meintz (left photo), the Spokesman of the ADAC Westfalen e.V. was followed intensely. The individual presentation, provided for instance by representatives of the company Berkenhoff, Aurubis and the Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie (General Association of the Aluminium Industry), was loosened up by a panel discussion with representatives from the leading drawing die manufacturers BALLOFFET, FORTEK, FRIEDRICH and REDIES.