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The March issue of ISMR is out now!

24th February 2023

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Sara Waddington

Don't miss the March 2023 issue of International Sheet Metal Review (ISMR) magazine - you can read it on https://joom.ag/ob4d

In this issue of ISMR, Gunnar Groebler, Chairman of the Executive Board of Salzgitter AG, and KHS Managing Director, Kai Acker, discuss the new Group strategy and its sustainability goals and initiatives on page 30. We highlight sheet-metal manufacturing potential in global medical markets (page 24). Key economic forecasts, industrial trends and challenges/opportunities in Germany for sheet-metal manufacturers also come under the spotlight on page 42. A selection of the latest global tube forming developments and technologies in the market can be found on page 54.

Read our preview of the forthcoming Made in Steel exhibition in Milan (page 46) which will be held alongside the LAMIERA sheet-metal exhibition. Hydroforming; fastening; surface finishing and inspection technologies also come under the spotlight in this issue.

ISMR’s 2023 media kit, which includes a month-by-month editorial features list as well as new and improved print and online promotional opportunities, is on https://ismr.net/sites/default/files/2022-10/Media%20Pack%202023_small.pdf   and its fully interactive 2023 media pack, including all online opportunities, can be accessed on https://joom.ag/105d

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