60 percent of exhibitors came from abroad, once again primarily from Europe. Numerous exhibitors travelled from Italy, Turkey, Spain, Austria and Switzerland in particular. At the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg they demonstrated everything that die casting has to offer, from the smallest zinc die castings to huge castings made of aluminium. Despite the capricious weather the number of trade visitors in the four exhibition halls was more than 14,300, well above the figure of 10,700 for the last EUROGUSS. “EUROGUSS was once again an outstanding success,” says Christopher Boss, Executive Director of EUROGUSS. “That’s clear from the volume of satisfied and enthusiastic feedback from our exhibitors. We were able to give the die casting industry a home and a direction in difficult times.”
The trending topic of giga-casting
During the tour of the trade fair, it became abundantly clear that giga-casting is the trend topic in the industry. Many giga-casting parts, ranging from complete rear assemblies to battery trays for electric cars, attracted the attention of visitors. The extremely well received guided tours gave visitors to the trade fair the opportunity to see where giga-casting is heading. Presentations by practitioners on implementing the new technology were fully booked. “Giga-casting is currently triggering a revolution in automobile construction – made possible by the expertise of the die casting industry. Our decision to make it one of our main topics has proved to be right on target,” Boss notes with satisfaction. 
