GDA Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V., Düsseldorf, will again be holding its now traditional seminars “Surface Treatment of Aluminium” and “Technology of Extruded Aluminium Profiles” in the autumn.

The “Surface Treatment of Aluminium” seminar will be held on 22-23 September 2010 in Düsseldorf. It will provide information on pretreatment and the principles of surface treatment as well as giving an insight into the processes used for applying metal films and other functional coatings. Other topics covered in the seminar are corrosion and cleaning. The seminar leader is GDA Technical Officer Werner Mader.

The “Technology of Extruded Aluminium Profiles” seminar on 7 October 2010 in Düsseldorf will provide an overview of the extrusion process, the alloys and their standardisation, and structural design possibilities. Related to this there will be information on surface treatment and corrosion. The seminar will also cover the use of extruded profiles in lightweight aluminium structures and the corresponding joining techniques. In addition, the use of extruded profiles in lightweight aluminium construction and the corresponding joining technologies will be dealt with. Seminar leader is GDA Technical Officer Wolfgang Heidrich.

Both seminars will be held in German and are aimed at users from the automotive, mechanical engineering and building and construction fields. The registration fee is EUR 425 plus VAT for the extrusion seminar and EUR 660 plus VAT for the surface treatment seminar.

Registration forms can be obtained from:

Mrs Kerstin Wollenberg

GDA - Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie
Am Bonneshof 5, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel.: +49 211/4796-131
Fax: +49 211/4796-410)
kerstin.wollenberg@aluinfo.de

or via the GDA website

www.aluinfo.de/index.php/seminare.html

Further information about the subject matter can be obtained from the seminar leaders, Wolfgang Heidrich, Tel. +49 211/4796-271, and Werner Mader, Tel. +49 211/4796-268.