Aluminium in Shipbuilding by Aluminium Extruder's Council ( ALEX)

• End User

With increasingly pressing needs of light weighting, environmental concerns, design and availability constraints with conventional materials such as wood, steels and FRP, alternative materials are being considered by shipbuilders- most prominent amongst them isAluminium.

Major shipyards have already started building Aluminium boats, mostly catering to Government, Naval and Defence needs. There are however, many emerging applications such as leisure boats, fishing boats, sports and ambulance to name a few, which can be of great interest to smaller and medium scale ship-builders. These ships in Aluminium are well established in countries like South Korea, Netherlands, Austria, Japan etc. We, however, need to acquire knowledge on design, aluminium alloys, shapes and forms, fabrication and joining technologies, various standards, certification process and so on. 

Encouraged by the enthusiastic response to our maiden conference on "Shipbuilding In April 2022" and subsequent feedback received from various companies during further visits and interactions, we realized that there is a definite need fora focused conference on 'Aluminium in shipbuilding' 
We are pleased to announce the conference in Goa during November 2024. We believe that this conference on "Aluminium in Shipbuilding" will provide a great value to the participants and open new doors in coming years. 

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