India’s biggest exhibition for the aluminium die casting industry – ALUCAST 2014 – opened yesterday at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre.
08 Dec 2014 | 4128 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau
India’s biggest exhibition for the aluminium die casting industry – ALUCAST 2014 – opened yesterday at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre. The inauguration ceremony started with a welcome speech by Prasan Firodia, president, Alucast and managing director, Force Motors, and an address by Rolf Keller, Member Management Board, NuernbergMesse, Germany. ...
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India’s biggest exhibition for the aluminium die casting industry – ALUCAST 2014 – opened yesterday at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre. The inauguration ceremony started with a welcome speech by Prasan Firodia, president, Alucast and managing director, Force Motors, and an address by Rolf Keller, Member Management Board, NuernbergMesse, Germany. The exhibition and conference is organised by the Aluminium Casters’ Association of India and the event has been produced by NuernbergMesse India.
The biennial event has emerged as the convergence platform for numerous stakeholders across the aluminium die casting industry and attracts exhibitors and visitors from across the globe. The exhibitor spectrum includes products and services from aluminium die casting, aluminium recycling, automation of casting process, melting practices and metal treatment, post casting operations, heat treatment specialists instrumentation and control, software systems integration/rapid prototyping, die casting machinery manufactures, die manufacturers, and machine tools.
Speaking on the occasion, Prasan Firodia, president, Aluminium Casters’ Association of India, said, “India has emerged as a significant player in the global automotive supply chain. This industry accounts for 7 percent of India’s GDP. With continued development in the infrastructure and entry of newer FDIs, the auto component industry will get a further boost. This will have a positive impact on the die-casting industry as an estimated 60 percent of the die castings produced in India are used in the auto industry. Added to this we have an advantage of educated labour at competitive costs and economies of operations. This should help the industry grow and become the world’s largest aluminium die casting base. There is an expectation that the new government will provide the country with an environment that will revitalise manufacturing especially the automobile sector. One can already see encouraging signs with the Union Budget supporting infrastructure and increased private investments. There is also the new foreign Trade policy for 2014-2019 which is designed with a long term strategy to boost the manufacturing sector and to bring it in line with the ‘Make in India’ goal.”
The global auto industry is moving towards improving fuel efficiency by reducing vehicle weightand replacement of heavier parts made from cast iron and steel by lighter aluminium parts is the future. These aluminium parts are now further being redesigned to achieve lower weights. Thus the theme of this year’s conference – Lightweighting of Aluminium Castings – is appropriate and timely. Experts of international repute will present papers on topics like lightweighting by product re-engineering and change of production process, die casting technology for structural parts, and advantage of using vacuum technology for lightweighting PDC Parts.
At this year's edition of ALUCAST, there are a record number of over 100 exhibitors, an expected 2,500 visitors and participation from more than 10 countries, indicative of a marked growth from the event in 2012.