EXPO ALUMINIUM BRAZIL

Date: 19. - 21. Mai 2009 Venue: Sao Paolo Organiser of the show: ABAL Associacao Brasileira do Aluminio Organiser of the Pavilion: Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH Website: http://www.aluminiumbrazil.com/

	Brazil has developed from a pure raw material supplier into the sixth largest primary aluminium producer in the world. To meet the needs of the growing Brazilian aluminium market, Reed Exhibitions and ABAL co-operate for the next edition of EXPO Alumínio and upcoming events in the odd years. Expo Alumínio will present products, technologies and services for
aluminium production and processing, as well as applications. In 2007 the ALUMINIUM International Pavilion will be offered at the 3rd edition of Expo Alumínio giving companies the opportunity to start or to intensify business relations with the South-American companies and to benefit from the chances of the fast growing Brazilian aluminium market.

Booths:	83, represented countries: Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
Visitors:	3.500, represented countries: Argentina, China, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Africa, Spain, United States of America

Conference feedback and results

From 22nd to 24th of May almost 3.500 people participated, at the Centro de Exposições Imigrantes, in São Paulo, Brazil, in the main events of the aluminum industry – the III International Aluminum Congress and the ExpoAlumínio 2007. Among the public, many personalities of the international industry, Brazilian and foreign researchers, internationals keynotes speakers, students and teachers, professionals of the entire supply chain and press representatives.

On the official Congress opening ceremony with a presence of more than 400 attendees, the entrepreneur Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Chief Executive Officer of Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) the biggest primary aluminum producer of Brazil was honoured with the title of "First Emeritus President" of the Brazilian Aluminum Association. At the occasion, Luis Carlos Loureiro Filho, ABAL’s president, and José Antonio Martins, vice president of the board of directors of  Marcopolo S.A., the biggest busses fabricator of Brazil, discoursed respectively about the importance of the aluminum sector to the development of the Brazil and the challenges of the Brazilian aluminum industry.

The participation of 600 delegates – Brazilian and foreigners – brought to the Congress a panorama of the main innovations developed by companies and universities in the fields of reduction, technological innovations, processes and products, casting, refractories, sustainable development and recycling. Almost 100 papers were presented in several technical sessions.

The ExpoAlumínio 2007 – International Aluminum Exhibition received the visit of nearly 3.500 people that circulated among the 83 booths distributed on the 5.800 sqm of the Centro de Exposições Imigrantes. The ones that participated of the trade show could have the opportunity to familiarize with the novelties in products and services offered by companies of the sector, from Brazil and abroad.

The international participation has been another evidence of the success of the event. In this edition, the partnership with Reed Exhibitions – considered the main international trade shows and events promoter and organizer – has elevated the number of exhibitors from abroad in 30%, compared to the previous edition, and provided a wider vision about the different business opportunities within the global market.