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A Milestone for the AMAP Research Cluster

On November 20th, AMAP celebrated a significant milestone: the 100th AMAP Colloquium, hosted as a special joint session during the Surface Inspection Summit (SIS 2025) in Aachen. This anniversary marks more than a decade of collaborative research, industrial engagement, and innovation in the…

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Surface Inspection Summit (SIS) 2025

Surface Inspection Summit (SIS) 2025, taking place from 20 – 21 November in Aachen, offers a valuable opportunity for technical exchange and networking within the surface inspection community. If you would like to present recent projects or research, you are invited to submit your abstract online.

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Tobias Beyer is new Head of Research & Development at TRIMET

Tobias Beyer will become the new Head of Research & Development at the aluminium producer TRIMET on April 1, 2025. Beyer has been working as an engineer at TRIMET since 2018 and became deputy head of the department two years ago. Previously, he oversaw the development of casting alloys. Possessing a…

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The appointment to the Chair of Forming Technologies completes the new dual leadership at IBF

Starting April 1, 2025, Professor Junhe Lian will succeed Professor Gerhard Hirt and take over the Chair of Forming Technologies at IBF.

Professor Lian, currently conducting research at Aalto University, brings expertise spanning a broad spectrum of forming and materials technology, from the micro-…

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Bernd Friedrich, 1st Vice-Chairman of the AMAP Advisory Board, Has Received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Leoben

The award celebrates the outstanding achievements by the RWTH professor in research, teaching, and scientific collaboration.

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Aluminum Recycling for a Circular Economy – an Innovation Podcast with Prof. Friedrich

Prof. Friedrich of IME, RWTH Aachen University leads us through these topics. Let's Mobilize the Circular Future - together.

Thank you Prof. Friedrich for the discussion, as well as EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM for catalysing this podcast.

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