Aluminium Alliance North Rhine-Westphalia launched
In a declaration signed today, several alliance partners underlined their commitment to North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as an aluminium location, including the state government, the Essen-based company Trimet and IG Metall.
With the declaration signed today, the alliance partners have underlined their commitment to North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as an aluminium location. The material is an important building block for industrial value creation in NRW, Germany and Europe. Aluminium is a key material for achieving the ambitious climate targets.
The aluminium industry is an important economic factor for NRW. The aluminium industry employs 35,000 people in NRW alone and over 62,000 people throughout Germany.
The joint declaration of the alliance partners Speira, Trimet Aluminium, Aluminium Germany, IG Metall, IG BCE and the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs is now the starting signal for intensive cooperation between the state government, employee representatives and industry. The close dialogue between the partners serves the goal, successfully drive forward the transformation to a sustainable industry, to expand the circular economy and the associated supply of raw materials and to strengthen the closed aluminium value chain at the site.
Consistent raw materials policy essential
The rapid expansion of renewable energies at competitive costs, access to research funding, but also free and fair competition on the markets are at the centre of the joint deliberations. In addition, the current „magnesium crisis“ has shown that A consistent raw materials policy is essential to secure industrial value creation in Germany and Europe is.
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"North Rhine-Westphalia is the most important aluminium location in Germany, generating the highest turnover in the country. The industry is the starting point for important value chains. That is why the state government is supporting companies and employees in the transformation process towards a sustainable, climate-neutral industry, so that aluminium production in North Rhine-Westphalia remains competitive in the future and jobs are secured.“ Prof Dr Andreas Pinkwart, Minister of Economic Affairs and Innovation NRW
Trimet CEO Philipp Schlüter emphasised: „A functioning energy transition and more climate protection require jointly developed and realistic solutions. As a regional „know-how cluster“ in NRW, we would like to Unleash the full potential of the aluminium industry and thus continue to operate responsibly in the future.“
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