20th International Forgemasters Meeting - IFM 2017

This paper describe the recent trends and development activity in the Japanese heavy open-die forging manufacture since the 19th International Forgemasters Meeting (IFM) held in Tokyo, Japan in 2014. In the three years since 2014, Japanese forgemasters have been developing new technologies aimed for high quality, cost reduction, greater productivity and efficiency. This paper focused on...

This paper updates remarkable changes in production and market trend, the status of major players, and development of new products and technologies of Korean open die forging industry since 19th IFM in Tokyo. Like many other countries, there have been heavy and intensive investments in major Korean forgemasters in early 2000’s when the global economy was booming up to its peak. But global...

Introduction to Chinese economy and heavy forging industry, in which will include power station, machine building, shipbuilding, matellurgy industry and the related industries. The presentation also will focus on what happened in forging equipment made in China, technology/process applied at the moment and management situation in China; especially will display some information concerning the...

This paper gives a brief update on manufacturing capabilities of Indian Forgemasters. Indian economy has seen significant growth since 2014. Positive movements are being witnessed in industrial sector as a result of initiatives like “Make in India” from Indian Government. Many big stalled projects have received green signal. A brief on facility addition/Upgradation resulted in extended...

The paper will inform about the economical and technical development of Ingot Manufacturers and Open die forging shops mainly associated with the VDEH-Forging-Committee and about the development of energy prices in the region. Highlights based on research and development of Universities will be presented. The paper will include also general information about the development of suppliers of...

Introduction of general Italian economy and forging industry with focus on changes occurred since the 19° IFM; since Tokyo, there have been 3 years of further stagnation but in spite of the resection, new investments have been completed in this time period. A review of recent developments of facilities and major changes in the Italian open die companies will be given. Presentation will...

Changes to the UK Forging Industry since the IFM 2014 in Japan will be described in full, including turnover, cost reduction, investment in plant and machinery and research & development. The future prospects of the business at Sheffield Forgemasters in the coming five years will be described.

There have been many changes in the North American open die forging industry since the 19th International Forgemasters Meeting (IFM) in Tokyo, Japan in 2014. By far, the most significant has been the severe decline in orders and shipments since 2014. On a shipped tonnage basis, shipments have declined each year since Tokyo and are projected to be at the lowest levels since the early 1990’s. ...

This paper gives a brief introduction of the open die forging industry in South America. It describes the capacities and forging equipment in the major companies. Also the effects of the economy in the open die segment will be reported. The open forging industry in South America has small influence in the global market, mainly due to the low demand when compared to others such as Europe, Asia...