The ninth edition of Made in Steel, the main Conference & Exhibition in Southern Europe for the steel industry, organised by siderweb – the steel community, has exceeded expectations.

From 5 to 7 October, the event, entitled “RENAISSANCE – Here begins the steel rebirth”, at fieramilano Rho hosted 184 exhibitors, of which 22 coming from abroad, on an exhibition area of about 10,000 square metres. Foreign exhibitors represented a total of 15 countries. Attendance totalled 13,505, from 68 countries.

Digital MIS – Expoplaza, Made in Steel 2021 digital platform supporting business, a virtual meeting place for visitors and exhibitors, and the www.madeinsteel.it website, were accessed by a total of 42,679 users, generating 134,086 page hits.

Also the social channels of the event (Facebook, Instagram and Linked-in) performed very well, generating more than 80,000  hits during the three days of the event.

Siderweb TV, the channel specifically conceived for this edition of Made in Steel, streamed more than 20 hours of conferences live from the siderweb Conference Room, featuring interviews with the protagonists of the steel supply chain, as well as in-depth analyses and institutional videos by exhibitors. The siderweb YouTube channel was viewed more than 7,000 times.

Made in Steel was the first international event in attendance for the steel industry in the world since the outbreak of the pandemic. It offered the protagonists of the steel value chain, operators, exhibitors and visitors a packed agenda of high-level conferences, with over 30 national and international speakers, amongst whom Alec Ross, innovation advisor to the Obama administration. On Wednesday 6 October, Made in Steel hosted the annual meeting of Federacciai.

“Numbers speak for themselves and I was amazed by the turnout. It was an exciting three days: there were great expectations and a burning desire to meet, but also the willingness to understand where the steel sector is going. Our industry is in the middle of an earthquake, with rising prices, shortage of raw materials, soaring energy costs and tariffs. All these issues were discussed in depth during the ninth edition of Made in Steel. Once again, the event proved to be a safe harbour for operators of the supply chain, a place to do business and exchange views: it is a compass providing orientation amidst the powerful tides that are rocking our market and a radar to intercept future trends,” said Emanuele Morandi, president and managing director of Made in Steel.

The tenth edition of Made in Steel will be held in 2023.

It will be again Milan to host the next edition of EMO,the world machine tool exhibition considered as the most important trade show for the operators of the world manufacturing industry. Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, EMO MILANO 2021 will take place at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October.

Undisputed leading event in the trade fair panorama of the sector, EMO is a travelling exhibition alternately held in Italy and in Germany. This feature makes it unique in the world among the events dedicated to the machine tool, robot and automation manufacturing industry.

Appearing in fourth place in the international rankings for production and exports, the Italian machine tool, robot and automation system manufacturing industry has always played a major role in the worldwide scenario. Its product offering is characterised by a very high technological level – also thanks to the digital transformation supported by the provisions of Transition 4.0 – and by a strong customisation of solutions according to the demand requirements.

Machine tools, robots, production systems, enabling technologies, solutions for interconnected and digital factories and additive manufacturing will be the real key players at EMO MILANO 2021, which will transform fieramilano Rho into the biggest digital factory ever set up within an exhibition centre.

Organised by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers’ association, EMO will be held again in Italy after six years and after the success of the 2015 edition, actually being the first international exhibition event focused on the sector after one year of forced stop due to the pandemic.

A total exhibition area of 110,000 sq. mwill show the production of the industry, expression of the product offering of the over 700 exhibiting enterprises, among which 60% are foreign companies.

After all, the halls of fieramilano Rho will host the best international products proposed by the sector, more and more closely linked to the issue of interconnection that enables all those high value-added functions, which the manufacturing industry can no longer do without. Therefore, once again, EMO MILANO 2021 will be a meeting place for the most qualified operators of the industry, who are interested in planning new investments in production technology.

Besides the wide and varied product ranges on show, EMO MILANO 2021 will feature numerous side initiatives, such as EMO Digital, the exhibition space focused on digital technologies; EMO Additive Manufacturing, dedicated to one of the most promising  fields of the manufacturing production; EMO Start-Up, offering a view to the new enterprises working on the development of products and projects related to the world of production systems and metalworking; Speakers Corner, the arena that will propose speeches and in-depth analyses by exhibitors and organisers.

“This proposal – affirmed Alfredo Mariotti, General Manager of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE –will surely be able to attract operators from all main user sectors, among which automotive, aerospace, energy, various mechanical engineering, machinery, metal products, pharmaceuticals, furniture/home furnishings and electrical household appliances”.

The protocol on the safety measures for the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic spread, (already available on the exhibition website) implemented by the organisers and by the structures of fieramilano Rho exhibition centre, is a further incentive for the participation of the operators belonging to the sector, awaited from Italy, as well as from abroad, in line with the tradition of EMO MILANO 2021.

The event will open with the Inaugural Ceremony, scheduled to take place at the Auditorium of fieramilano Rho Service Centre, on Monday 4 October, starting from 10.30 am.

Constantly updated information and details regarding the exhibition are available on emo-milan.com

The results were above expectations: despite the difficulties encountered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to an inevitable decrease in international exhibitors, the ninth edition of Made in Steel is still to be considered a success in terms of exhibition space sold.

A trend in line with the previous edition, that of 2019, and expression of the high expectations that the national and southern European steel supply chain has towards the event. Made in Steel will be, in fact, in Europe, the first exhibition in attendance since the outbreak of the pandemic dedicated to steel operators.

All the major national players have confirmed their massive presence and there is a fair representation of international operators, with some “big” names and Turkey confirming itself as the first foreign country for number of exhibitors.

Made in Steel will be held at the same time as two important international trade fairs: EMO MILANO 2021 (4-9 October), the world machine tool fair alternately hosted by Italy and Germany, and VITRUM (5-8 October), the specialized international exhibition of machinery, equipment and systems for processing flat and hollow glass, glass and processed products.

The partial contemporaneity of the three events, which represent three strategic industrial sectors, will increase business and networking opportunities for visitors and exhibitors. The permeability of the three international events will also be promoted, in order to facilitate the circulation of visitors.

On 8 July Bausano will present the forecast on the world pipe market in the period 2021-2026 in a webinar. This was reported by Polimerica, who explains how Clemente Bausano, Vice President of Bausano, will open the works. The speeches by Roberto Sardella and Giorgio Critelli, Technical Sales Manager of the company, will follow. During the online meeting, the Bausano lines for the production of PVC and polyolefin pipes will also be presented. In the second session of the event we will talk about calibration benches and a 360° cooling system, using spray cooling, designed by Bausano specifically for pipes. The works will be closed by Technical Sales Manager Andrea Arbarelli, who will start the plant with a MD 75/30 Plus twin-screw extruder for the production of pressure pipes in soft and rigid PVC, transparent, filled or combined with acrylic resins. At the end of the event, participants will have the opportunity to interact live.

According to a survey conducted by Teppfa (European association of manufacturers of plastic pipes and fittings) and reported by Polimerica, 218 thousand tons of recycled plastic were used in 2020 for the production of pipes and fittings, with an