Düsseldorf, Germany, 24 February 2010 – GDA will be presenting information on
teaching materials relating to aluminium at the didacta trade fair in Cologne from
16-20 March 2010. Visitors to its stand (B 001 in Hall 10.1) will not only be able
to find out more about the different teaching materials and information leaflets
available: GDA will be presenting its new teaching DVD produced in co-operation
with MedienLB.

The ‘Aluminium kompakt’ teaching materials include practical folders for use by
teachers in schools as well as a teaching case that contains numerous teaching
aids and samples related to aluminium. The ‘Penguin Serviette-holder’, ‘Cube’
and ‘TV Tower’ metalworking courses will be also on offer; these courses include
all the necessary materials so that students can begin milling, turning or sheet
metalworking in the classroom immediately.

The folders for teachers contain background information on aluminium as a material,
files for producing overhead presentations and aids for students in the form of
worksheets with solutions. The exercises and the worksheets, with contents
specially prepared so as to be suitable for use in schools, provide information
amongst other things on bauxite mining and aluminium production, the fields of
application of the lightweight metal as well as its ecological properties.
 
The worksheets for vocational schools have been revised and extended in
co-operation with the Berufsschule für Metalltechnik in Bremen, a school for
vocational training in metallurgical engineering.

The teaching case contains numerous examples of the use of aluminium and other
illustrative items: samples of bauxite and aluminium hydroxide and an aluminium ingot
together with end-products such as an aluminium beverage can, a foil dish or a profile
section exemplify the production processes used for the lightweight material.

Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V. (GDA) with headquarters in Düsseldorf,
Germany, was founded in 1992 in Dresden. It is an association of aluminium companies
that produce aluminium or aluminium products, also in combination with other materials.
As the trade association for the sector, it represents the interests of an efficient and
highly capable aluminium industry. GDA has 109 member companies. Based on
production volume, it represented 96% of the German aluminium industry in 2008.