Lost Foam - International Symposium on November 7th & 8th 2018 in Bremen

Muenster, May 3, 2018 Complicated can also be made easy. Lost Foam is the innovative way to produce the most
complex components more easily, cost-effectively and efficiently. The versatile process is booming, not only in
Asia. From November 7 to 8, a top-class symposium on lost foam casting will take place at the Atlantic Hotel
Universum in Bremen, with speakers from all over the world, a specific exchange of knowledge and the
presentation of the Lost Foam Council Award 2018.

The Lost Foam Symposium offers companies, design engineers and designers a practical insight into all areas of innovative technology and presents current developments. Lectures will cover possible applications, examples of components, materials, requirements and general conditions in various sales markets. All technical aspects of the process chain are presented in the casting laboratory of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM) with real plant technology.

Top-class experts from the USA, Mexico, Thailand, China and Europe will give keynotes giving insights into their work and presenting current trends. The program is rounded off by numerous opportunities for global network building and the presentation of the Lost Foam Council Award for the best implementation of a lost foam casting. „Lost Foam is currently experiencing a real boom in Asia, especially in China,“ explains Franz-Josef Woestmann, chairman of the symposium and head of the department for foundry technology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research, and he adds: „Also in India, Iran and Russia, the procedure is being applied more and more frequently. Now the course is being set for which country will supply the castings of the future“.

The Lost Foam Symposium is organized by the Lost Foam Council e.V., the Fraunhofer Institute (IFAM) and the Association of German Engineers e.V. (VDI). This event, unique in its versatility, brings together the most important drivers of the industry.