109 3 2015 Editorial Dear Readers GIFA METEC THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST are the key events in their in dustry They concentrate on metals and the complex innovative methods used to pro cess them All in all 2178 exhibitors will be presenting the latest technology and cutting edge innovations on 86 432 m2 of stand space in 12 halls on the Düsseldorf exhibition site Developments that minimise energy con sumption and resource input are the high light of the ecoMetals campaign organised by Messe Düsseldorf 24 companies that are international pioneers in this field are taking part at ecoMetals Bookings for the Bright World of Metals which is taking place in Halls 3 to 17 on the Düsseldorf exhibition site from 16 to 20 June 2015 have been extremely good GIFA is the biggest of the four trade fairs and is as young and energetic as ever in spite of being almost 60 years old Informative pictograms will give it an even clearer structure this time in halls 10 to 13 and 15 to 17 In 2015 923 companies from 46 different countries are presenting their achieve ments on 47 572 m2 of stand space at GIFA With the Technical Forum and the GIFA Conference GIFA is not simply an event for placing technology orders but also a high quality lecture and conference forum NEWCAST has proved to be a successful concept launched in 2003 as the youngest member of the Bright World of Metals it immediately at tracted a global response from both exhibitors and visitors The trade fair has developed steadily ever since NEWCAST now has considerably more companies from overseas primarily Asia among its 425 exhibitors and 6948 m2 of stand space In addition to the practical presentation of castings in the exhibition halls NEWCAST also offers information about research findings The NEWCAST Forum for example the focus of which is on di rect contact with industry experts provides an interesting insight into the technical and scientific progress that has been made in foundry technology The NEWCAST Award honours the most innovative and creative castings from the industry too METEC has been a success in Düsseldorf for 35 years now and got off to a very promising start the very first time the event was held METEC is setting a new record for the number of exhibitors this year with 522 com panies from 35 different countries and 21 581 m2 of stand space METEC is one of the most prominent global trade fairs and is the undisputed leader in the entire worldwide metal industry The emphasis in the high quality World of Metallurgy ErzMEtall 1912 1945 Metall und Erz 1948 1968 Zeitschrift für Erzbergbau und Metallhüttenwesen 1969 2003 ERZMETALL Volume 68 2015 Published bimonthly No 3 May June 2015 ISSN 1613 2394 GDMB Verlag GmbH Publisher GDMB Verlag GmbH POB 1054 38668 Clausthal Zellerfeld Germany e mail redaktion gdmb de Editor in Chief Dipl Ing Jürgen Zuchowski Editorial Staff Dipl Min Frank Detlev Liese Ulrich Waschki Printing Oberharzer Druckerei Fischer Thielbar GmbH 38678 Clausthal Zellerfeld Germany The externally peer reviewed articles are marked J SchäfeR circular economy according to the european commission p 135 Figure 1 Reuter

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