AWK’23: A new dawn for a value-adding circular economy

Solution approaches for a value-adding circular economy that supports companies in meeting global emission and climate targets: More than 1200 experts and managers from around 360 companies responded to the call of RWTH Aachen University’s Machine Tool Laboratory WZL and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT to attend the 31st AWK at the Aachen Eurogress. The aim of the two-day conference was to learn from each other and discuss how the manufacturing industry can make its products more durable and its business models more independent of global uncertainties.

Co-Hosts

Cooperation Partners

About the conference

Experience top-class keynote speakers, an international industry exhibition, institute tours and breakout sessions. The focus will be on which concrete approaches and developments will shape a more sustainable energy- and resource-efficient industry and economy in the coming years.

The conference, which is steeped in tradition and always aims to highlight and reflect the latest developments in production technology, is both a network meeting and an information hub: In exchange with more than 1,000 participants from different disciplines and fields, a top-class lecture program and tours of the host research institutes, AWK’23 offers a globally unique insight into the trends in applied research and development in industry and science.

AWK’23: A new dawn for a value-adding circular economy

Solution approaches for a value-adding circular economy that supports companies in meeting global emission and climate targets: More than 1200 experts and managers from around 360 companies responded to the call of RWTH Aachen University’s Machine Tool Laboratory WZL and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT to attend the 31st AWK at the Aachen Eurogress. The aim of the two-day conference was to learn from each other and discuss how the manufacturing industry can make its products more durable and its business models more independent of global uncertainties.

Co-Hosts

Cooperation Partners

About the conference

Experience top-class keynote speakers, an international industry exhibition, institute tours and breakout sessions. The focus will be on which concrete approaches and developments will shape a more sustainable energy- and resource-efficient industry and economy in the coming years.

The conference, which is steeped in tradition and always aims to highlight and reflect the latest developments in production technology, is both a network meeting and an information hub: In exchange with more than 1,000 participants from different disciplines and fields, a top-class lecture program and tours of the host research institutes, AWK’23 offers a globally unique insight into the trends in applied research and development in industry and science.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schmitt

Phone: +49 241 80 20283
Fax: +49 241 80 22193
Mail: R.Schmitt@wzl.rwth-aachen.de

Lea Kaven,
Team Leader Overall Organisation

Phone: +49 241 80 25457
Mail: l.kaven@wzl.rwth-aachen.de

Hanna Brings,
Overall Organisation

Phone: +49 160 90158534
Mail: h.brings@wzl.rwth-aachen.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schmitt

Phone: +49 241 80 20283
Fax: +49 241 80 22193
Mail: R.Schmitt@wzl.rwth-aachen.de

Lea Kaven,
Team Leader Overall Organisation

Phone: +49 241 80 25457
Mail: l.kaven@wzl.rwth-aachen.de

Hanna Brings,
Overall Organisation

Phone: +49 160 90158534
Mail: h.brings@wzl.rwth-aachen.de