Encouraging employees to improve their professional and social competencies, Maxion İnci Wheel Group hosted John Campbell, world-renowned academic and author who is the honorary professor at the Department of Casting Technologies and Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, the University of Birmingham. Employees had the opportunity to turn theory into practice through various exercises during the workshop, which was held to boost efficiency of processes from aluminum entries in the shop floor to the final process at the foundry.

Having spent a significant part of his carrier in the casting industry and written books taught at relevant departments of universities, Campbell touched upon aluminum melting & casting metallurgy, metal cleanliness & quality and measurement methods during the workshop that took place at Maxion İnci Aluminum plant. Employees had the chance to gain new insights into innovative metallurgical approaches while learning on emerging casting technologies and trends. 

Mustafa Zaim, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maxion İnci and Maxion Jantaş, underscored the importance they place on employee development and said: “It was a great pleasure for us to host Prof. John Campbell, the doyen of metallurgy who shares his extensive knowledge on various platforms from universities to the private sector and enjoys great recognition both from university students and corporations with his books. Our employees are our most important asset and they showed great interest in the workshop, which proved to be an important opportunity to equip all our colleagues with a different vision. At Maxion İnci Wheel Group, we will continue to build on our existing theoretical knowledge, follow new developments and innovative approaches to help us think outside the box and organize such inspirational events.”

Maxion İnci employees’ motivation and ambition to learn was quite inspirational Campbell said and added: “Technology changes rapidly in a manner to improve the quality of life. I believe that Maxion İnci Wheel Group, as a company implementing such developments in its business processes, has significant potential and make the most of it in parallel with its goals. Therefore, I am very glad to be here today.”

Remarking that aluminum alloys have a bright future, Campbell continued as follows: “I think that aluminum will remain the best option in the future and maintain this trend for the upcoming 20 to 50 years. Aluminum production will continue to be important as long as we have automobiles and mobility in our lives.”

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