André E. Barten is President & CEO of the Achenbach Group, leading the family company in the 8th generation. He studied mechanical engineering and business administration and is an award winner in 2021 of the famous ‘Social Market Economy Award’ of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Together with his team he was awarded the Handelsblatt Diamond Star Award 2019 in the category ‘Best Industrial Solution 4.0 – Smart Solution’ for the Achenbach OPTILINK System. As part of the Industry Advisory Board of the Cluster of Excellency ‘Internet of Production’ of the RWTH Aachen, André E. Barten is engaged in various activities around the digitalization of production technology.
Read the interview to know his projection for the 2021 aluminium industry.
AlCircle: How do you anticipate the year 2021 for the global aluminium industry after all the pandemonium in 2020 due to the COVID-19?
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