“In the last few years, an important production base for sheet metal working has been emerging in Central Europe. With BLECHbusiness we have organised an event which is exclusively targeted at the sheet metal working industry in this important market. The success with our exhibitors shows that such an event was long-needed“, explains Susanne Rauberger, Event Director, on behalf of Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd.
BLECHbusiness is for everyone involved in sheet metal production, working or trading. In particular, the event might be of interest to agents looking for new business contacts, as many of the foreign exhibitors want to further develop their businesses in Poland and Central Europe.
Alongside the exhibition there will be a conference with 5 individual sessions, as well as exhibitor presentations in a presentation theatre within the exhibition area.
The three-day conference, organised by the European Research Association for Sheet Metal Working EFB, includes papers on research, joining, forming, machines and tools as well as methods. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Wellmann, CEO of the EFB, will open the conference. Amongst the conference speakers are many top-class industry and research professionals from Poland and Germany: Andrzej Ciepiela, General Director PUDS – Steel Distributors Association Poland; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c. Stefan Böhm, Technical University Braunschweig; Marek Dolina, CEO Arcelor Mittal Steel Service Center Central Europe; and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Thoms, Technical University Dresden. Further speakers include representatives from Volkswagen AG; IWS Fraunhofer Dresden; the Welding and Joining Institute RWTH Aachen; the University of Rostock; TM Steel Chorzów and the AiF contact office in Warsaw. An up-to-date conference programme can be found at www.blechbusiness.com
In the presentation theatre, situated within the exhibition area of the show, exhibiting companies will present new and enhanced products and services: Anchor Lamina, Beutler Nova, Bohler Uddeholm Polska, Fast-Square, Graebener Maschinentechnik, GSW Schwabe, Ming Chiang Enterprise, Trumpf Polska, Schuler Systems & Services as well as Stalobrex and many more will give short, 15-minute presentations.
Visitors who pre-register at www.blechbusiness.com will benefit from free entrance to the exhibition for the duration of the show, and will be able to pre-arrange meetings with exhibitors online three weeks ahead of the event. A discount is available for visitors who purchase their conference tickets before 15 November 2007.
BLECHbusiness will take place in the EXPO XXI International Expo Centre in Warsaw. Opening hours are Tuesday, 27 November 2007, and Wednesday, 28 November 2007, from 9 am to 5 pm, and on Thursday, 29 November 2007, from 9 am to 4 pm.
More information is available from the website www.blechbusiness.com