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INVITATION
18th International Congress
of the Sheet Metal Presswork Industry
Conferences (debates and presentations held each morning)
The Future of the Global Sheet Metal Sector
How can we compete in the global economy?
Technical Innovation, Managerial Changes, Commercial Changes,
Organisation Changes
Plant tours
(visits to industrial locations in the afternoon)
SponsorS areas
Networking opportunities
Attractive informal part, providing an ideal breeding
ground for addressing current topics, discussing
technological developments and exchanging day to day
issues that play a role in our industry.
To participate, fill in the registration form.
For those who register before June 1st,
there is also a special 10% discount.
Strasbourg
a strategic location
(France)
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Centrally located, in the core of Europe
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highly industrialised region, next door to the German and Swiss
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regions
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The city of Strasbourg is the seat of:
- the Council of Europe
- the European Parliament
- the European Court of Human Rights
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S
trasbourg’s city centre is a unesco world
heritage site
The city’s location makes it easy to get to:
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Several airports within easy reach:
- Strasbourg
- Basel-Mulhouse (130 km)
- Frankfurt (210 km), Stuttgart (160 km), Baden-Baden (60 km)
- Zurich (230 km)
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A strategic railway hub:
- Mainline station served by the pan-European TGV East and the TGV
Rhine-Rhone high-speed train lines
- 2 major trans-European rail routes:
- London-Paris-Strasbourg-Munich-Vienna
(Strasbourg is 2 ½ hours from Paris)
- North Sea/Mediterranean
The President foreward
It is with pleasure that I invite all ICOSPA members to attend the 18th International Congress
of the Sheet Metal Presswork Industry in France later this year. The event is being held from
the 26th to the 30th of October, in Strasbourg.
France holds the ICOSPA presidency for three years, and it was decided that the capital of
the Alsace region would be an ideal location. Strasbourg was chosen for many reasons. Most
importantly for ICOSPA, it is a major hub for engineering and manufacturing and at the centre
of a powerful industrial region. Strasbourg is also, as you may know, an attractive and historic
city, and of course it is at the heart of the European political scene, as the seat of both the
Council of Europe and the European Parliament. The many attractions of Alsace make it a
major tourist destination, and I am certain that all who come to the Congress will relax, and
enjoy both the friendly atmosphere and the cultural scene.
However, the main reason for you to come is the ICOSPA event itself, which has been
arranged so that debates and presentations are held each morning, with visits to industrial
locations in the afternoon. I hope you feel that this Congress will be of benefit to you,
within the context of your strategic analysis. Everyone in business knows that the economic
environment in which we operate is in a state of perpetual evolution, and it is often to find the
transparency we desire. We all realise that we have to become more competitive, but then
how do we decide which opportunities to seize from all those which globalisation offers, and
how do we develop in mature markets?
At the same time, the advances in networking techniques and social media, and the technical
and technological innovations within our industry, mean we are constantly evolving and
rationalising about how we work within a global framework.
These thoughts made us choose the theme of “Innovation” for October’s Congress.
The debates and presentations will focus on how companies can compete in the global
economy, through introducing innovations to all aspects of their operations; management,
technology, commercial and organisational.
The event also offers great opportunities for you to learn about the latest advances in our
industry, and to discuss your views and network with your peers from around the world.
For those who register before June 1st, there is also a special discounted rate.
A warm welcome awaits you all in Strasbourg.
Best wishes,
Eric MOLEUX
FIM Métaux en Feuilles President and ICOSPA President
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The HILTON hotel
in Strasbourg
The participants will be staying at
the HILTON hotel in Strasbourg for ICOSPA 2014:
3 Mornings conferences
3 Lunches
3 Accommodation
Click here to book your room or visit our website:
www.icospa2014.com
Hôtel HILTON
1 Avenue Herrenschmidt - F-67000 Strasbourg
Tel.: +33 (0)3 88 37 10 10
Monday 27 October 2014
What answers do our companies have in response to the global market place?
How to get organized? How to stay one step ahead?
3 8h30: Opening of the ICOSPA Congress and Exhibition
3 9h:Official welcome of the ICOSPA Congress by the President
3 9h15: Conferences:
- Evolution of our companies in an uncertain economic environment and with
no visibility
- Presentation of our business throughout the world
3 10h30: International round table:
Companies responses to market internationalization:
• To reduce costs
• Conquere new markets and adapt to new international constraints
• Change your internal organization to adapt to international markets
3 11h:Break
PROGRAM
The Future of the Global Sheet Metal Sector:
How can we compete in the global economy?
Technical Innovation, Managerial Changes, Commercial Changes,
Organisation Changes
Sunday 26 October 2014
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3 Afternoon: - Welcome reception
- Presidents’ Council meeting
3 Evening: - Cocktail buffet
3 11h20:
Testimonies:
Companies responses to market internationalization:
• Working closely with clients: organize in networks to supply
complete products
• Commercial and industrial partnerships abroad: opportunities
and limits
• How the supplier becomes integrated into the global supply chain
of his customer?
• Example of the close relationship in the car industry on an international
level: issues and solutions and lessons drawn
3 12h30:
Cocktail buffet
3 13h30: Plant tours
3 19h:Traditional Alsatian dinner at “Maison Kammerzell”
“Maison Kammerzell”
A genuine «jewel in the crown» of
Strasbourg’s architecture, this house
once provided income for several
generations of merchants. During the
15th century, people would sell their
goods under the carved stone arches of
its ground floor. The intricately carved
half-timbered frames decorating the
upper floors date from 1589.
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Tuesday 28 October 2014
What technological and innovation choices in metal sheet working?
(Software, simulation, 3D printing, mecatronics, hot forming.)
3 8h30: Opening of the ICOSPA Congress and Exhibition
Conferences:
- Technology update: What future Innovations & Technologies
in the profession of sheet metal presswork?
• Equipment and tools
• Recognise R&D and innovation needed for our Companies and
collaborate development working with partners & Technical Centres:
3 9h: > Improved materials for strength, forming, welding and painting: what
impact for cutting and stamping industry?
> The additive manufacturing: which machines or tools to purchase
depending on production? Prototypes, tools, small limited series…
3 11h:Break
Conferences:
- The era of the digital technology, social networking: strategic support
functions (RH, production, Transfer of correct data and Security of data)
• The new tools of companies’ global communication: how to use them
in our companies (e-marketing, identification of potential clients and
partners, transfer of data?
• The digital technology in the on line marketing, on line new business
auctions
• The reinvented supply chain
3 11h20: 3 12h30:
Cocktail buffet
3 13h30: Guided tours of Strasbourg and/or the European Parliament
3 19h30:Farewell Party at the Château de l’Ile
Optional day
• Associated Processes: a new take on supply chain
3 11h:Break
3 11h20: Conferences:
- Tomorrow factory and its new technologies: big changes of tomorrow’s
factory in terms of equipment (3D printer, robotics, cobotiques, automated
processes), in information technology (virtual objects…) integrated within
the environment (environmental and energy performance)
3 12h30:
Cocktail buffet
3 13h30: Plant tours
3 Evening free
Thursday 30 October 2014 in PARIS
Cruise Tour
You will embark at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The tour begins and
you will admire a succession of prestigious monuments and listen
to the heartwarming song ‘I love Paris in the summer’.
Visit of the Opera Garnier
Led by a tour guide, you will be amazed by the rich architecture
and decor of the Palais Garnier.
Wednesday 29 October 2014
What new organizational and managerial models?
Using numerical tools to boost performance.Innovate to create value.
3 8h30: Opening of the ICOSPA Congress and Exhibition
Evening at the Moulin Rouge
Since 1889, The Moulin Rouge, world famous for its French Cancan,
has always presented sumptuous shows to its ambiance:
feathers, shinestones and sequins, fabulous settings,
original music and of course the most beautiful girls
in the world!
Conferences:
- What new models of management? Innovate to create some value.
Attract, hire and retain your future employees:
• Intergenerational management: temporary fad, real issue
or an opportunity not to be missed?
• How to attract young candidates to our business?
• Towards participative production plants
• Innovative management
3 9h: Palais Garnier
Accomodation from 30 to
31 October in Paris:
Hôtel NOVOTEL Paris Vaugirard Montparnasse
To book your room, please visit our website:
www.icospa2014.com
Château de l’Ile
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Moulin Rouge
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Program of the
accompanying persons
Monday 27 October:
visit of Strasbourg
Morning
Strasbourg the magnificent!
With its monumental cathedral featuring carvings as delicate as any piece of lacework,
Strasbourg is one of Europe’s most attractive cities. Thanks to the richness and sheer density
of its heritage sites, the entire town centre has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage.
Strasbourg is definitely well worth a visit, to discover its history, its cuisine and its unique
atmosphere.
The “Petite France” quarter
This is the most picturesque district of old Strasbourg. Fishermen, millers and tanners
once lived and worked in this part of town where the streets have been built level with the
waterways. The magnificent half-timbered houses date from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Afternoon
The Palais Rohan
A former residence of the prince-bishops, the Rohan Palace was built between
1732 and 1742.
The Alsatian museum
It presents a fascinating snapshot of traditional Alsatian life including painted furniture,
costumes, local ceramics, toys, and religious or nonreligious images. A number of rooms
feature reconstructions of the interiors of buildings typical of the various regions of Alsace or
craftsmen’s workshops.
Tuesday 28 October:
Alsace vineyard
Morning
The Haut-Koenigsbourg castle
This medieval fortress dominates the plain of Alsace
in 757 meters in height. Since its construction in the
12th century, the Haut-Koenigsbourg castle has been a constant
witness to both European conflicts and rivalry between lords,
kings and emperors.
Afternoon
The Alsace Wine Route
This delightful itinerary leads visitors across rows of undulating, vine-covered hills, and
through quaint villages with narrow streets and charming flower-decked houses clustered
around the local church steeple.
Visit of the city of Barr: historic wine-making capital of Alsace, and visit of a cellar.
“Musée du pain d’épices”
The Mannele takes you on a voyage of discovery through the world of spice bread. Visitors will
find themselves in a variety of animated areas, where they will be able to find out more about
the origins of spice bread, the secrets of how it is made, but also be immersed in a gourmet
world where the 5 senses are aroused.
Wednesday 29 October:
Morning
Visit of the glass-making Lalique Museum
Located on the site of a former glassworks, this museum has many items on display, such as
jewellery, designs, perfume bottles, tableware items, chandeliers, radiator caps, and vases.
The visitor will travel back to the World Fair of 1900 to see René Lalique’s stand, and to the
Exposition of Industrial and Decorative Arts of 1925.
Afternoon (for all)
Guided tours of Strasbourg
on river boats
Next to the Cathedral, board one of our river boats
to embark on a 70 minutes discovery tour through
Strasbourg, an historical city and home
to the European Parliament.
Then, you will visit the European Parliament.
(to be confirmed)
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Member Associations
France
Netherlands
FIM Métaux en Feuilles (FIMMEF)
Catherine LARROQUE
39-41, rue Louis Blanc
92400 Courbevoie - FRANCE
Tel.: +33 (0)1 47 17 64 12
E-mail: [email protected]
www.fimmef.fr
NEVAT
Claudia WILLEMS
Boerhavelaan 40
Postbus 190
2700 AD Zoetermeer
Tel.: +31 79 353 1257
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nevat.nl
Germany
Industrieverband Blechumformung (IBU)
Bernhard JACOBS
Goldene Pforte 1
58093 HAGEN
GERMANY
Tel.: +49 2331 958856
Fax: +49 2331 958756
E-mail:
[email protected]
www.industrieverband-blechumformung.de
ICOSPA
ICOSPA (International Council of Sheet Metal Presswork Associations) is the international
organisation representing 7 employer organisations in the metalforming industry: Germany,
China, United States of America, France, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom.
Key figures:
•O
ver 12,300 companies (with 20 or more employees) worldwide
• Turnover: 72 billion US dollars
• Over 600,000 employees
President
Eric MOLEUX, Président
FIM Métaux en Feuilles
39-41 rue Louis Blanc
92 400 Courbevoie - FRANCE
Tel.: +33 1 47 17 64 12
[email protected]
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General Secretariat
Claudia WILLEMS
NEVAT
Boerhavelaan 40 - Postbus 190
2700 AD Zoetermeer - PAYS-BAS
Tel.: +31 79 353 1257
[email protected]
China
Confederation of Chinese Metalforming Industry
(CCMI)
Zhang JIN / Ji HONG
3rd Floor, XueZhiXuan Building,
No.16 Xueqing Road, Haidian, Beijing,
100083, P.R.China
Tel.: +86 10 68465045 610
Email: [email protected]
www.chinaforge.org.cn
United Kingdom
United States
CBM Metalforming
Geraldine BOLTON
Confederation of British Metalforming
47 Birmingham Road
West Bromwich B70 6PY
ENGLAND
Tel.: +44 121 6016350
Fax: +44 121 6016373
E-mail: [email protected]
www.britishmetalforming.com
Precision Metalforming Association (PMA)
William Gaskin
6363 Oak Tree Blvd.
Independence, OH 44131
USA
Tel.: +1 216 901 8800
Fax: +1 216 901 9190
E-mail: [email protected]
www.pma.org
Japan
Japan Metal Stamping Association
Masataka MINAMISAWA / Noriko KOBAYASHI
212 Kikai-Shinko Bldg., 3/5/8
Shibakoen, Minato-Ku
Tokyo, JAPAN
Tel.: +81 33 433 3730
Fax: +81 33 433 7505
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nikkin.or.jp
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International Congress
of the Sheet Metal
Presswork Industry
The International Congress is the largest ICOSPA event
Frequency:
Every 3 years, in the country holding the ICOSPA presidency
(France until 2016)
Participants:
• Over 200 CEOs from all over the world, customers ans suppliers
from the sector
• Sector experts
• The Presidents and General Delegates of Member Associations
Organised by
ORGANISATION
FIM Métaux en Feuilles - 39/41, rue Louis Blanc - F-92038 Paris La Défense cedex
Tel.: +33 (0)1 47 17 64 12 - Fax: +33 (0)1 47 17 63 60
France
FIM Métaux
en Feuilles
United Kingdom
Confederation of British
Metalforming
China
Confederation of Chinese
Metalforming Industry
Germany
Industrieverband
Blechumformung
Japan
Japan Metal Stamping
Association
United States of America
Precision Metalforming
Association
Netherlands
Dutch Association of
Subcontracting Industries