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Magnesium Alloys Application Challenges and Industrialization Seminar
Driven by lightweighting trends and policy support, magnesium alloy applications are growing rapidly. However, large-scale adoption still faces challenges in process stability, material properties, corrosion resistance, joining technologies, equipment adaptability, and costs. This workshop provides a high-level, practice-oriented platform to address these core industry challenges through technology sharing and supply chain discussions, aiming to accelerate solutions and industrial implementation.
Time: March 25, 14:00-16:00
Venue: Crowne Meeting Room 1, 3F, Crowne Plaza Wuhan Development Zone, Wuhan, China
Agenda:
14:00-14:15
Speech “The Technology of Joining and Galvanic Corrosion Protection for Magnesium Alloy”
14:15-14:30
Speech “Simulation Differences Between Magnesium Alloy Die Casting and Semi-Solid Forming”
14:30-14:45
Speech “Supply Security and Industrial Chain Development of Magnesium in
Qingyang, Anhui”
14:45-16:00
Panel Discussion: Challenges and Pathways for the Large-Scale Application of Magnesium Alloys
Moderator: Gu Lidong, Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Panelist:
Cao Fuyong, Associate Professor, Xiamen University
Moritz Weidt, General Manager, MAGMA Engineering (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
Wang Qingshan, Secretary of the Party, Leadership Group, Director, Qingyang County Bureau of Commerce
Zeng Chaohui, Executive Vice GM, DongGuan EONTEC Co.,Ltd.
Liu Xiangqing, General Manager/Senior Engineer, Dong Feng Motor Wheel Suizhou Co., Ltd.
About Die Casting Congress
As global manufacturing accelerates its green transition and pushes for lightweighting, Magnesium and Aluminium have become key materials in sectors like new energy vehicles, aerospace, and 3C electronics. Aluminium die-casting, with its mature technology, continues to expand into new applications such as auto body structures and battery housings, showing steady growth. Magnesium die-casting, with even greater lightweight potential and emerging process innovations, is rising rapidly, though challenges in corrosion and creep resistance remain.
Currently, the global die-casting landscape is characterized by "steady Aluminium and advancing Magnesium". With increasingly close collaboration in the international industrial chains, technological innovation and market application are mutually reinforcing, presenting the industry with unprecedented opportunities and challenges. In 2026, the China Die Casting Congress, under the theme of "Al & Mg, Casting a Lighter Future" will gather global industry leaders to shape the lightweight future together.
The 21st China Die Casting Congress will be held in Wuhan, China from March 25 to 27, 2026. Under the theme of "Al & Mg, Casting a Lighter Future", it will gather global industry leaders to jointly shape the lightweight future.
Register to be a delegate! Now!
Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
Ms. You Yi
+86 24 25855793
youyi@foundrynations.com
Also organized by the Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (FICMES), CHINA DIECASTING & CHINA NONFERROUS expo 2026, will be held from July 15 to 17, 2026 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (Halls N1–N4). As Asia's largest specialized exhibition for die casting and nonferrous foundry, this edition, under the theme "Twin Engines: Al & Mg, A Lightweight Future," is expected to span 49,200 square meters, attract over 600 exhibitors, and welcome 28,000 professional visitors. Colleagues from around the world are warmly invited to visit and exchange insights.
Time: March 25, 14:00-16:00
Venue: Crowne Meeting Room 1, 3F, Crowne Plaza Wuhan Development Zone, Wuhan, China
Agenda:
14:00-14:15
Speech “The Technology of Joining and Galvanic Corrosion Protection for Magnesium Alloy”
14:15-14:30
Speech “Simulation Differences Between Magnesium Alloy Die Casting and Semi-Solid Forming”
14:30-14:45
Speech “Supply Security and Industrial Chain Development of Magnesium in
Qingyang, Anhui”
14:45-16:00
Panel Discussion: Challenges and Pathways for the Large-Scale Application of Magnesium Alloys
Moderator: Gu Lidong, Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Panelist:
Cao Fuyong, Associate Professor, Xiamen University
Moritz Weidt, General Manager, MAGMA Engineering (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
Wang Qingshan, Secretary of the Party, Leadership Group, Director, Qingyang County Bureau of Commerce
Zeng Chaohui, Executive Vice GM, DongGuan EONTEC Co.,Ltd.
Liu Xiangqing, General Manager/Senior Engineer, Dong Feng Motor Wheel Suizhou Co., Ltd.
About Die Casting Congress
As global manufacturing accelerates its green transition and pushes for lightweighting, Magnesium and Aluminium have become key materials in sectors like new energy vehicles, aerospace, and 3C electronics. Aluminium die-casting, with its mature technology, continues to expand into new applications such as auto body structures and battery housings, showing steady growth. Magnesium die-casting, with even greater lightweight potential and emerging process innovations, is rising rapidly, though challenges in corrosion and creep resistance remain.
Currently, the global die-casting landscape is characterized by "steady Aluminium and advancing Magnesium". With increasingly close collaboration in the international industrial chains, technological innovation and market application are mutually reinforcing, presenting the industry with unprecedented opportunities and challenges. In 2026, the China Die Casting Congress, under the theme of "Al & Mg, Casting a Lighter Future" will gather global industry leaders to shape the lightweight future together.
The 21st China Die Casting Congress will be held in Wuhan, China from March 25 to 27, 2026. Under the theme of "Al & Mg, Casting a Lighter Future", it will gather global industry leaders to jointly shape the lightweight future.
Register to be a delegate! Now!
Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
Ms. You Yi
+86 24 25855793
youyi@foundrynations.com
Also organized by the Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (FICMES), CHINA DIECASTING & CHINA NONFERROUS expo 2026, will be held from July 15 to 17, 2026 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (Halls N1–N4). As Asia's largest specialized exhibition for die casting and nonferrous foundry, this edition, under the theme "Twin Engines: Al & Mg, A Lightweight Future," is expected to span 49,200 square meters, attract over 600 exhibitors, and welcome 28,000 professional visitors. Colleagues from around the world are warmly invited to visit and exchange insights.
