Who are we?
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Currently 13 industrial companies and 6 institutes of the RWTH Aachen University are involved in the Aluminium Cluster AMAP.
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The partners involved in the Aluminium Cluster AMAP agree on a pre-competitive objective as an essential pre-condition for successful, sustainable project work.
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The project staff from industry and university work actively, across disciplines and in an interdisciplinary structure at a physical location in Aachen.
What do we do?
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Holistic research approach along the entire value chain "From raw material to component" for "Innovations in aluminium" as the basis for sustainable benefits for our partners.
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Basic research and practice-orientated R&D for the material aluminium and its alloys and implementation in innovative process technologies.
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Projects are initiated and realised through interdisciplinary, pre-competitive cooperation between companies of the aluminium industry, institutes of RWTH Aachen University and end users in known or new fields of application.
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Promotion of R&D networking through various constellations of cooperation in consortia.
What do we offer?
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Promotion of cooperation, innovation and expertise development based on an open partnership across organisational levels.
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Generation of innovative ideas and joint implementation of project results in defined working areas.
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Win-win situation and synergy effects through practice-oriented cooperation between industrial departments and RWTH Aachen University institutes.
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Access and promotion of young talents
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Colloquia, workshops and an AMAP FORUM for interested parties.
AMAP FORUM 2021 goes virtual
AMAP - the aluminum R&D cluster at RWTH Aachen University - would like to thank over 180 attendees from 15 nations for their participation.
With a large number of interesting presentations, insight was offered into the activities along the entire value chain of aluminum materials from raw material…
Upcoming Colloquia
Cancellation of all "AMAP COLLOQUIA" for 2020/2021
Due to the actual developments concerning the Coronavirus-situation and the resulting travel restrictions, we have decided in the interest and for the protection of the participants to cancel all lectures of the „AMAP Colloquium“ until further…