Challenges on the steel markets in 2023
On 07 November 2023, the 1st day of Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2023, there will be an additional highlight at the trade fair in Stuttgart: After the successful start in 2021, the trade fair organizers, P.E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG, have decided to organize the Blechexpo Stahl Convent 2023. Its motto is “Challenges on the steel markets in 2023”. The Convent is organized by the Stahl-Kommunikation agency. The venue will be the forum area in exhibition hall 10.
The event is scheduled to start at 1:00 pm. We cordially invite you to this event already today. Participation is free of charge.
In times of climate protection, new, energy- and climate-friendly paths for steel production are being researched worldwide or have already been successfully taken. The “green transformation” of industry has been pursued with great vigour for some time. Decarbonization is on everyone’s lips, and green hydrogen is supposed to help make steel production lower in emissions. It is only logical that this not only protects the climate and the environment, but also enormously increases costs along the steel process chain.
The situation is further aggravated by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, which is further exacerbating the situation on the steel markets.
Renowned speakers from leading international companies will speak about this complex of topics and discuss them with visitors to the Convention.
Interested parties are requested to register bindingly by 15 October 2023 latest with full name and. telephone number at hgd@stahl-kommunikation.de.
Schweisstec International Trade Fair for Joining Technology
In recent years, numerous young start-up companies have established themselves that are really turning the industrial sheet metal working and joining technology of tomorrow on its head with their innovative solutions. As a long-standing event, Schweisstec aims to support young companies in particular and offer them a platform at the industry meeting place in the middle of Europe’s leading technology region. The participation requirement is simple: The exhibited products must be related to sheet metal working and joining technology.
Young start-up companies receive an all-round carefree package for participating in Schweisstec’s START UP AREA, which includes both a chic stand construction package and an attractive marketing package.
Thus, the innvoative young entrepreneurs at the fair benefit from these three top benefits:
- Increase awareness and brand image through Schweisstec’s tremendous reach internationally.
- The best and most sustainable business contacts can be made here in four days.
- Decision-makers take innovative solutions from Schweisstec directly into their investment projects.
The Schall team will be happy to provide further information and individual advice:
Tel.: +49 (0)7025 9206-668
Email: schweisstec@schall-messen.de
60 Years of Schall – 16th Blechexpo International Trade Fair for Sheet Metal Working
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During Schall’s anniversary year, we’re visiting excellence partners associated with our international trade fairs. TRUMPF in Ditzingen, Germany, has opened its doors to us today and is providing us with exciting insights into the globally active high-tech company with more than 16,000 employees We’re welcomed by Joachim Silber, Director of Corporate Marketing, Sales + Services.
As international technology leaders and longstanding Blechexpo exhibitors, TRUMPF has played a significant role in shaping Blechexpo’s success story thanks to their active association with Schall and their valuable involvement in the trade fair advisory board. Blechexpo is held once every two years in Stuttgart along with its companion trade fair Schweisstec. Today, Blechexpo presents worldwide offerings for products and solutions for the industrial processing of sheet metal, pipe and profiles. TRUMPF’s portfolio covers practically the entire spectrum in this regard. As technology leaders in the field of machine tools and lasers for industrial production, TRUMPF’s products have an impact in virtually all spheres of life. From delicate hands in wristwatches to turbine blades in aircraft – there’s hardly a component in the manufacturing industry that hasn’t been processed with the help of a machine, a laser, a power tool or a generator from the company in Ditzingen. TRUMPF works in partnership with manufacturers in numerous cutting-edge sectors, making special, innovative manufacturing processes possible in the first place. And thus with software and services from a single source, customised turnkey packages are created for industry customers.
TRUMPF showcases its comprehensive range of products and services at Blechexpo, including the latest technical developments and forward-looking solutions. TRUMPF also presented a fascinating preview of the opportunities opened up by the smart factory for the first time at Blechexpo by programming a production process in Stuttgart and running it directly on a machine located in Chicago. Blechexpo visitors were able to witness order processing live in the USA on monitor screens.
TRUMPF’s targeted mission is to further develop and digitally network production technology, making it even more economical, precise and future-proof. Special focus is placed on the objective of making production more efficient – together with its upstream and downstream processes. Consequently, TRUMPF is working towards the industrial world of the future, to which contributions are also being made by software solutions which pave the way to the smart factory, as well as industrial electronics that facilitate high-tech processes. The issues of energy and sustainability also play an important role in these processes.
Within the framework of their cooperative partnership, TRUMPF and Schall are united by their enthusiasm for putting visionary ideas into practice, for advancing future technologies and for always staying a step ahead of technical progress. Both companies pursue cross-industry approaches and think in broader contexts. For example, the presentation of complete process sequences also plays an important role in the conceptualisation of Schall’s trade fairs. TRUMPF and Schall are also united by their clear focus on the needs of their customers. Both companies strive towards process optimisation, while at the same time enhancing quality for the customer. This is exemplified at TRUMPF by the EdgeLine Bevel process which automatically prepares components for welding. It eliminates the need for a separate production step. And post-welding results satisfy the most stringent requirements.
The corporate culture cultivated under the umbrella of the global player from Ditzingen is undoubtedly unique as well. The family-run company with a history dating back roughly 100 years regards its employees as an essential key to its success. This sense of appreciation is reflected in a broad range of offerings and programmes for the advancement and well-being of company employees.
At TRUMPF too, preparations for Blechexpo 2023 are already running at full bore, so that customers and business partners, as well as Schall trade fair promoters, can already look forward to experiencing the latest technologies and ground-breaking advances at TRUMPF’s trade fair booth.
This is precisely why we don’t slack off on the tempo and do what we’ve always been passionate about: making trade fairs for markets!
People will connect at Blechexpo 2023!
Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2023: Full House Expected!
A year before the 16th Blechexpo international trade fair for sheet metal working and the 9th Schweisstec international trade fair for joining technology begin, preparations are already getting underway. Industry players from the fields of sheet metal working and joining technology will once again stage a celebration of cutting-edge technologies in Stuttgart from the 7th through the 10th of November, 2023. Outstanding booking levels confirm overwhelming interest in modern, forward-looking sheet metal working.
“The halls will be full in 2023,” observes Georg Knauer, project manager of the time-tested Blechexpo/Schweisstec trade fair duo. “They’re already as good as fully booked out,” adds Knauer. “Only a few spaces remain.” The trade fair team has structured the current layout of the nine halls for Blechexpo/Schweisstec on a differentiated basis in order to present trade fair issues dealing with the fabrication of parts made from sheet metal, profiles and pipe in a clear-cut, practice-oriented manner. For example, sheet metal, pipe and profile processing will be the thematic focus in halls 1, 3, 5 and 9. Halls 4 and 6 will be devoted to stamping technology. Cutting, joining and fastening technologies will be presented in hall 7. Hall 8 is reserved for pressing and forming technology. Finally, the issues of steel and metal services, as well as surface finishing technology, will be addressed in hall 10.
Clear-Cut Thematic Structure, Direct Business Contacts
Thanks to the thematically focused, practice-oriented format, the international expert audience will be able to plan an efficient visit to the trade fair. Traditionally, Schall’s event concept is based on the staging of pragmatic technical trade fairs with working character. Exhibitors and expert visitors benefit from the well-defined thematic structure and direct practical relevance, as well as the practicability and the synergy effects offered by the trade fair duo. Blechexpo/Schweisstec covers the entire process sequence for sheet metal working. The line-up includes efficient process technologies for modern laser technology, fully automated robotic sheet metal processing machines, precision tools and systems for punching, bending, braking and forming, as well as innovative micro-waterjet cutting technologies.
“It’s noteworthy that many new first-time exhibitors will present their companies at Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2023,” says Georg Knauer. “And it’s also interesting to note that quite a few exhibitors who had interrupted their trade fair activities in recent years are now coming back.” Requests for increased booth floor space were also received in many cases immediately following Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2021. “This can surely be explained by the fact that the value of a live trade fair has since become crystal clear, for which there can be no substitute,” explains the project manager. “The capital goods industry relies on being able to examine machines and processes live and in person at trade fairs. Personal discussion and the opportunity of comparing solutions directly is only available here at this invaluable industry meet.”
“Best Award 2023” – Innovation Award at Blechexpo/Schweisstec
The customarily world-class supplementary programme of the recognised leading trade fair comprising Blechexpo and Schweisstec is currently being fine-tuned. A special highlight will be the presentation of the “best Award 2023” for outstanding innovation at Blechexpo/Schweisstec, which the trade fair promoters will organise for the sixth time together with trade journals Blechnet and MM Maschinenmarkt. The new designation emphasises the competition’s elevated quality status. The organisers have established distinct thematic differentiation amongst the five categories including 1) sheet metal, pipe and profile processing, 2) stamping technologies, 3) cutting, joining and fastening technologies, 4) pressing and forming technologies and 5) steel and metal service, as well as surface technology. Candidates are thus able to choose the most suitable category for presenting their innovations. The “best Award 2023” for outstanding innovation at Blechexpo/Schweisstec will be launched in calendar week 46 (www.maschinenmarkt-awards.de/blechexpo). With its cutting-edge technologies, Blechexpo/Schweisstec impressively reflects the industry sector’s extraordinary performance capabilities. Once every two years, the time-tested trade fair duo presents numerous issues covering all aspects of thermal and mechanical sheet metal processing, along with system peripherals including controllers and software, as well as solutions for handling and quality assurance. Important investments in digitalisation and automation are on the agenda; in particular the challenges of energy efficiency, the conservation of resources, economic efficiency and sustainability are also fuelling new approaches and future-proof technologies which will be showcased at Blechexpo/Schweisstec in Stuttgart from the 7th through the 10th of November, 2023.
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60 Years of Trade Fairs for Markets – Schall Trade Fairs’ Recipe for Success
Schall has developed successful business platforms with internationally recognised trade fairs for quality assurance (Control), optical technologies, components and systems (Optatec), stamping technology (Stanztec), automation in production and assembly (Motek), bonding technology (Bondexpo), plastics processing (Fakuma), sheet metal working (Blechexpo) and joining technology (Schweisstec). This has given rise to entirely new markets in various sectors, whose protagonists are distinguished by tremendous innovative strength, comprehensive systems competence and practical application solutions.
„best-Award 2023“ – Innovation Award at Blechexpo/Schweisstec – apply now!
A special highlight at the 16th Blechexpo – International Trade Fair for Sheet Metal Working – and the 9th Schweisstec – International Trade Fair for Joining Technology – will be the presentation of the “best Award 2023” for outstanding innovation at Blechexpo/Schweisstec, which the trade fair promoter Schall will organise for the sixth time together with trade journals Blechnet and MM Maschinenmarkt. The new designation emphasises the competition’s elevated quality status.
All submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by an expert jury with members from industry, association, research institute and the trade press. The objective is to ceremoniously honour the best innovations in the sheet metal working industry, each in its own technical category.
These categories include:
- Sheet metal, pipe and profile processing
- Stamping technology
- Cutting, joining and fastening technologies
- Pressing and forming technology
- Steel/metal services and surface finishing technology
Benefits of the “best Award 2023”:
- Winners will be announced live on the large awards stage at Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2023 directly at the kick-off on the first day of the trade fair.
- Winners will be provided with the opportunity of presenting their triumphant innovations to an expert audience during a no-cost time slot at the Exhibitor Forum on the 8th of November, 2023.
- All nominees and winners benefit from the expansive international media reach of Schall trade fair promoters, as well as the trade media published by the Vogel Communication Group.
- The winners will be celebrated by the vibrant industry community on the social media – especially on LinkedIn – and by all media partners and foreign representatives associated with Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2023.
Complete information regarding the submission procedure and the expert jury is available here:
The deadline for submitting entries is the 31st of May, 2023.
Highlight Blechexpo Exhibitor Forum
With the exhibitor forum, Blechexpo offers trade visitors the opportunity to find out even more about the product and service portfolio as well as the technology competence and process know-how of individual companies. In addition, research institutions present their projects in theory and experimental practice. Take a seat and benefit from the individual know-how of the top speakers, with whom you can also have an ideal conversation after the presentation.
Blechexpo Steel Convention "Ways of Steel Production"
On 28 October 2021, the 3rd day of Blechexpo 2021, there will be another highlight at Blechexpo in Stuttgart: The trade fair promoters, P.E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG, have initiated the 1st Blechexpo Steel Convention. Its motto is “Ways of Steel Production” and it’s being organised by the Stahl-Kommunikation agency.
The event will begin at 3.00 pm. You are cordially invited to attend. Participation is free of charge.
In times of climate protection, new, energy- and climate-friendly ways for steel production are being researched worldwide or have already been successfully pursued. It is only logical that this not only protects the climate, but also increases the costs of steel production and ultimately the material costs for steel users in the process chain.
Renowned speakers from the companies will speak about this complex topic and discuss it together with the visitors to the convention.
- ArcelorMittal – Speaker: Dr Holger Braun, Head of CO2 Strategy at ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt Topic: “Steel4Future – on the way to green steel”
- Salzgitter- Speaker: Dr. -Ing. Peter Juchmann, Operations Director at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH) – Working topic: “SALCOS – Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking”
- BDSV- Speaker: Dipl.-Kffr. Daniela Entzian, Gf Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Stahlrecycling- und Entsorgungsunternehmen e. V. – Topic: “Climate protection is made from scrap”
Interested parties are requested to register bindingly by 21 October 2021 latest with full name and address incl. telephone number at hgd@stahl-kommunikation.de.
Innovation Prize "Blechexpo Award"
Congratulations to the winners! For the 5th time, “blechnet” and “MM MaschinenMarkt” presented the innovation prize “Blechexpo Award” at Blechexpo in Stuttgart and awarded prizes to the most innovative exhibits at the international trade fair for sheet metal working.
Only exhibitors at Blechexpo Stuttgart 2021 had the opportunity to receive the “Blechexpo Award” for their innovations.
In these three categories:
- Stamping and forming technology
- Separation and connection technology
- Surface technology
Exhibitor Forum as Blechexpo Highlight
With its exhibitor forum, Blechexpo provides expert visitors with the opportunity of gathering information in an even more intensive manner concerning the range of products and services offered by the individual exhibiting companies, as well as their technological expertise and process know-how. Beyond this, research institutes will introduce their projects both in theory and in actual practice. Take a seat and benefit from the individual know-how of top speakers, with whom you’ll also have an ideal opportunity for discussion after the presentation.
Tremendous Interest in Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2023
Together with the 9th Schweisstec international trade fair for joining technology, the 16th Blechexpo international trade fair for sheet metal working will take place from the 7th through the 10th of November, 2023. Already now, roughly 1½ years before the trade fair highlight, booking levels are higher than ever before at this time. As usual, the international expert audience in Stuttgart will experience a thematically focussed, practice-oriented event with cutting-edge technologies covering all aspects of the fabrication of parts made from sheet metal, profiles and pipe.
There can be no doubt that industry players in the fields of sheet metal working and joining technology will once again celebrate a feast of cutting-edge technologies from the 7th through the 10th of November, 2023. “Booking levels have never been so good at this time of year,” reveals Georg Knauer, project manager of the time-tested Blechexpo/Schweisstec trade fair duo. The trade fair promoter has taken a differentiated approach to fine tuning and adapting the exhibition hall layout. “It’s important for us to ensure that expert visitors enjoy a maximally efficient visit to the trade fair,” explains Knauer. “Our concept has always included a well-structured, concise and highly practical presentation of the issues. And this, by the way, applies to all of Schall’s trade fairs.”
Differentiated Hall Layout for an Efficient Visit to the Trade Fair
Halls 1, 3, 5 and 9 will be dedicated to sheet metal, pipe and profile processing. Halls 4 and 6 will be devoted to stamping technology. Joining and fastening technologies are scheduled for presentation in hall 7. Hall 8 is reserved for pressing and forming technology. Finally, the issues of steel/metal services and surface finishing technology will be addressed in hall 10. “Blechexpo/Schweisstec has a proven track record as a pragmatic event with working character”, says the project manager. “Exhibitors and expert visitors benefit from the direct practical relevance, the practicability and the synergy effects of the trade fair duo.” Efficient process technologies for modern laser technology, fully automated robotic sheet metal processing machines, precision tools and systems for punching, bending, braking and forming, as well as innovative micro-waterjet cutting technologies are exhibited here traditionally.
On-Site Trade Fair Highly Desired as an Irreplaceable Experience
According to the project manager, many exhibitors are requesting more booth space for 2023. “This indicates that many companies regard Blechexpo/Schweisstec as an important leading trade fair and a commercially valuable industry meet,” says Knauer. Once every two years, the trade fair presents numerous issues covering all aspects of thermal and mechanical sheet metal processing, along with system peripherals including controllers and software, as well as solutions for handling and quality assurance. With its cutting-edge technologies, Blechexpo/Schweisstec impressively reflects the industry sector’s performance capabilities. Investments in digitalisation and automation are currently on the agenda in the sheet metal working industry. Challenges arising from the need for energy efficiency, the conservation of resources and cost-effectiveness will also be addressed in Stuttgart by the exhibitors at Blechexpo/Schweisstec from the 7th through the 10th of November, 2023.