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The Metal Guys Talk BusinessS03E14 | Addressing the Skills Gap in the Metal IndustryPodcast Show Notes: The Metal Guys Talk Business - Special EpisodeHosts: Peter Comerford, Michael Bolton, and special feature host Nadine Bloxsome (CEO, ALFED)Episode Title: Addressing the Skills Gap in the Metal IndustryRelease Date: 1st October 2024Episode Summary:In this special episode of The Metal Guys Talk Business, hosts Peter Comerford and Michael Bolton are joined by Nadine Bloxsome (CEO of ALFED) to discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding the skills shortage in the metal sector. Focusing on aluminium, the episode covers apprenticeships, career progression, and sustainability...
2024-10-011h 34
SIM-PAC LIVEHard to Abate Sectors - Aluminium | SIM-PAC Live | Episode 1Episode 1: Interview with Nadine Bloxsome, Membership and Sustainability Manager, UK Aluminium Federation In the first ever SIM-Pac Live, Geoff Matthews interviews Nadine Bloxsome, Membership and Sustainability Manager UK Aluminium Federation. Nadine is also Editor and Content Director of both Aluminium International Today and Future Aluminium Forum. In a wide ranging discussion, they examine some of the issues facing aluminium production, use, and recycling both in the UK and globally. Hosted by Geoff Matthews, SIM-PAC Live is the broadcast show of Sustainable Industrial Manufacturing - Asia Pacific. The show features interviews with the people whose technology and thinking are driving...
2023-05-1135 min
Aluminium ON AIRThe Fundamental MetalIf this year has shown us anything, it is that we can't predict the future!
In this episode of the Aluminium ON AIR Podcast, Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group, about how the sector is working towards using more renewable energies in the hope for at least a more sustainable future and why aluminium is fundamental in driving a low carbon economy.
2020-10-2928 min
Aluminium ON AIRAluminium on AIR: Lockdown boosts recyclingAs the latest data shows that the UK Lockdown has driven a spike in aluminium packaging recycling rates, this week, Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Rick Hindley, Executive Director of the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) to find out what is behind this increase and his thoughts on what a fixed fee Deposit Return Scheme would mean and should look like in the UK.
2020-07-0135 min
Aluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: Primary Production Post-COVID19This week, the focus is on the primary industry and the manufacturing challenges that have been overcome during this time.
Nadine Bloxsome spoke to Amélie Hennion, who was recently appointed as Managing Director of Europe's Largest Smelter in Dunkerque to find out how the site managed the COVID-19 crisis and her vision for the long term.
2020-06-2429 minAluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: The Global Aluminium CycleAs the International Aluminium Institute recently announced it has developed a resource built on a century's worth of data, Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Chris Bayliss, Deputy Secretary General about how members and non members can benefit from this and we also hear his thoughts on how the sector could learn to embrace some of the changes COVID has presented us with.
2020-06-1742 min
Aluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: The new 'normal' for networkingFollowing the news that the ALUMINIUM 2020 show in Dusseldorf is still planned to go ahead, Nadine Bloxsome speaks with Malte Seifert, who is the Project Manager on the ALUMINIUM Expo for Reed Exhibitions Germany, to find out what visitors and exhibitors can expect from this year's event and whether the pandemic will have a lasting impact on the aluminium sector’s attitude towards industry events and gatherings?
Will things ever be the same?!
2020-06-1026 min
Hydro TalksGreener aluminium: How can we as an industry drive and transform our production and products in a greener direction?In this special episode of Hydro Talks, we share a talk from the podcast Aluminium on Air from Aluminium International Today. Host and editor Nadine Bloxsome is talking with Hydro’s head of brand & marketing Hilde Kallevig about greener aluminium. How can we as an industry drive and transform our production and products in a greener direction and by doing so reduce our carbon footprint and that of our customers?
2020-06-0529 minAluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: History repeating?This week, we go back in time as Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Professor Andrew Perchard who is head of the Management Research Centre at the University of Wolverhampton Business School.
He’s written extensively about the aluminium industry, including in his 2012 book, 'Aluminiumville' and is best positioned to offer some interesting insights into what lessons history can offer the sector at this time.
2020-06-0331 min
Aluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: Getting to the bottom of 'Greenwashing'In all applications, the use of durable and recyclable materials with a low carbon footprint will contribute to reducing global emissions and create products for a more circular economy.
Hydro is working to support this statement and develop 'greener' aluminium offerings to the market... In this Podcast, Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Hilde Kallevig, Head of Brand and Marketing at Hydro about best practice when it comes to collaborating for sustainability success across the sector and the importance of not 'Greenwashing' aluminium products.
2020-05-2729 minAluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: Foiling the mythsThis week, the focus is on the aluminium foil industry.
Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Guido Aufdenkamp, Executive Director at the European Aluminium Foil Association to find out how rollers are meeting the demand for medical and food packaging during these times.
And, on the subject of healthcare, what are the links between aluminium and certain illnesses? How much of this information is just a myth?
2020-05-1324 min
Aluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: Sustainability is keyRUSAL is a leading company in the global aluminium industry, producing metal with a low carbon footprint.
90% of the company's aluminium is produced from renewable electricity, and by implementing innovative and energy-saving technologies RUSAL is able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at all production stages.
Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Jerome Lucaes, Marketing & Sustainability Director at RUSAL about the efforts being made to reach environmental targets and why it is so important that sustainable initiatives remain a key focus area on the other side of this global crisis.
2020-05-0724 minAluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: Are you cyber aware?Did you know that half of all global manufacturers have suffered a cyber attack?
That's not to say half of all aluminium manufacturers have been a victim, but in the third episode in this series of Podcasts, Nadine Bloxsome speaks to Alexeis Garcia-Perez, a Reader in Cyber Security at Coventry University, about how the aluminium sector can build on its cyber security resilience.
In what ways do aluminium plants open themselves up to vulnerabilities? And is there a need to develop an industry-wide, collaborative approach to cyber security management?
2020-04-2729 min
Aluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: With Kelly RoegiesIn this second episode of the Aluminium ON AIR Podcast, Nadine Bloxsome speaks with Kelly Roegies, Communications Manager at European Aluminium to find out the positive steps that European manufacturers can take from this COVID-19 crisis.
We also find out about the Digital Activity Report and Kelly has a great question for the next guest...
2020-04-0916 min
Aluminium ON AIRAluminium ON AIR: With Tom JonesThese podcasts are brought to you from Aluminium International Today, the leading B2B publication for aluminium manufacturers and processors.
Join the Editor, Nadine Bloxsome, as she speaks with experts from across the sector to bring you the latest news and updates.
2020-04-0317 min