“The Bright World of Metals”
This is the slogan for the joint staging of the four technology trade fairs:
GIFA (15th International Foundry Trade Fair with Technical Forum)
METEC (11th International Metallurgical Trade Fair with Congresses)
THERMPROCESS (13th International Trade Fair and Symposium for Thermo Process Technology)
NEWCAST (6th International Trade Fair for Castings with NEWCAST Forum)
Organiser: Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Dates and Opening Hours: Monday, 12 June – Thursday, 15 June 2023,
open daily from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm, Friday, 16 June 2023: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Halls occupied:
GIFA: Halls 10 – 13 and 15 – 17
METEC: Halls 1,4 – 5
THERMPROCESS: Halls 9 & 10
NEWCAST: Halls 13 & 14
Side Events and Special Shows
ecoMetals 2023:
Sustainability campaign of Messe Düsseldorf’s metal portfolio – highlighting outstanding innovations in the field of energy and resource efficiency.
metals4you:
Programme for school children and students
GIFA:
- GIFA Forums, 12 – 13 June 2023 (Hall 13, Stand D07)
- Gießer-Treff (Foundrymen’s Meeting Point), 12 – 16 June 2023, (Hall 13, Stand C39)
- Young Talents’ Programme with show foundry, – 16 June 2023 (Hall 13, Stands E50 and F52)
- Instituteschau (Institutes’ show), 12 – 16 June 2023 (Hall 13, Stand C17)
METEC:
- ESTAD, “European Steel Technolog and Application Days”,12 – 16 June, (CCD Süd/South)
- EMC, “European Metallurgical Conference”, 11 – 14 June (CCD Süd/South)
THERMPROCESS:
- FOGI Special Show, 12 – 16 June, (Hall 9, Stand C42)
- Themed Day Energy Transition, 12 June 2023, (Hall 9, Stand D74)
- THERMPROCESS FORUM, 13 – 14 June 2023, (Hall 9, Stand D74)
- VDMA TechTALK, 15 June 2023, (Hall 9, Stand D74)
- ecoMetals Forum, 15 – 16 June 2023, (Hall 9, Stand D74)
- DGFS Meeting, 12 June 2023 (Room X)
NEWCAST:
- NEWCAST FORUM, 14 June, (Hall 13, Stand D07)
- NEWCAST Award, 14 June, (Hall 13, Stand D07)
- CAEF Forum, 15 June 2023, (Hall 13, Stand C49)
- Presentation of the Innovation Award of the
German Foundry Industry, 15 June 2023, (Hall 13, Stand D07)
- WFO Forum, 15 June 2023 (Hall 13, Stand D07)
- Foundry History Colloquium, 16 June 202, (Hall 13, Stand D07)
- Gießer-Treff (Foundrymen’s Meeting Point), 12 – 16 June, (Hall 13, Stand C39)
- Young Talent Programme with show foundry, 12 – 16 June 2023 (Hall 13, Stands E50 and F52
- Instituteschau, 12 – 16 June 2023, (Hall 13, Stand C17)
- Technik in Guss/Technology in Casting, 12 – 16 June 2023, (Hall 13, Stand C27)
- BDG/FVG/VDG General Meetings, 15 June 2023
Focal Ranges:
GIFA, 15th International Foundry Trade Fair with Technical Forum
- Foundry plants and facilities
- Smelting plants and facilities
- Refractory technology
- Die and core making machines and facilities
- Moulding materials and mould making supplies
- Sand reclamation and regeneration
- Gating and riser technology
- Casting machines and facilities
- Mould emptying, fettling, raw part treatment
- Pattern and die making
- Control technology and automation
- Environmental protection and disposal
- Information technologies
METEC, 11th International Metallurgical Trade Fair with Congresses
- Pig iron production plants
- Steel production plants
- NF-metal production plants
- Steel casting plants
- Steel forming plants
- Environmental protection/Disposal/Gas Scrubbing
- Electrical and control technology
- Measuring and testing engineering
- Information processing
- Equipment and components for steel and rolling mills
- Steelworks
- Consulting, planning, services
- Trade publishing houses, magazines, associations
- Training and continuing professional education
- Forging technology
- Raw material suppliers
THERMPROCESS, 13th International Trade Fair and Symposium for Thermo Process Technology
- Industrial furnaces, industrial heat treatment plants and thermal processes
- Plants for special applications
- Construction elements and equipment as well as operating and auxiliary materials
- OSH and ergonomics
- Consulting, planning, services, engineering
- Trade associations, publishers, journals
- Training and continuing professional education
NEWCAST, 6th International Trade Fair for Castings with Newcast Forum
- Iron casting – iron, steel and malleable foundries
- NF-metal casting – foundries for aluminium, zinc, copper, magnesium, nickel and other NF-metal alloys
- Services
- Sintering
- Trade and logistics
Conceptual Sponsors:
- BDG – Bundesverband der Deutschen Gießerei-Industrie/ Confederation of the German Foundry Industry; www.bdguss.de
- CAEF – The European Foundry Association; www.caef.org
- IVG Industrieverband Gießerei-Chemie e.V./ Association of the Foundry Chemistry Industry; www.giessereichemie.de
- Stahlinstitut VDEh; www.stahl-online.de
- VDMA – Metallurgy; www.vdma.org
- VDG – Verein deutscher Giessereifachleute/ German Foundrymen’s Association; www.vdg.de
- WFO - The World Foundry Organization; www.thewfo.org
