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.
German Foundry Day 2021
AMAP will be present at the German Foundry Day at the Eurogress Aachen on 27.05.2021. Visit us at our exhibition stand. We are looking forward to personal discussions and new contacts.
AMAP FORUM 2021 goes virtual
AMAP - the Aluminium Cluster at RWTH Aachen University - is looking to highlight technical and forthcoming R&D-works with a variety of interesting lectures along the entire value chain of aluminium materials from raw material to product.
This focused virtual conference will be held completely…
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…
New cooperation partner
With the Institute for Automotive Engineering - RWTH Aachen University (ika), we officially welcome a new cooperation partner and thank the colleagues from ika for the trust they have placed in us in the preliminary stages.