Mario CONSERVA GENERAL DIRECTOR OF FACE (Federation of Al Consumers in Europe, Brussels)

Brief Curriculum Vitae:
Born: November 28, 1939. Graduated: 1962
Continuously employed in the aluminium field since 1963.

Currently:
President of the International Aluminium exhibition METEF
General Director of the International Magazine A&L Alluminio e Leghe,
General Secretary of FACE Federation of Aluminium Consumers Europe
CEO Edimet Aluminium Consulting SrL

Academic qualifications
Member of the Board of Assomet (Italian Non Ferrous Industries Association)
Member of the Board of Centroal (Italian Aluminium Industries Association)
Member of the Board of Aital (Italian Association of Aluminium Surface Treatments)
General Director of FACE (Federation of Al Consumers in Europe, Brussels)
Vice President of IGQ, Istituto Italiano Garanzia Qualità
Past President of Centroal (Italian Aluminium Industries Association)
Past Member of the Executive Board of EA (European Aluminium Association)
Past President of EA Alubuild Market Group
Past President of the EA European Extruders Group

Author of over 800 articles and technical reports on aluminium, published in international specialist magazines.
Co-author of two manuals on aluminium.
Inventor and organizer of the International Aluminium event METEF in 1997
Inventor and organizer of International events devoted to aluminium and metals (Foundeq, Alumotive, Tecnomotive, Metalriciclo, Recomat, Aluminium Days, Aluproject, Extrusion Forum).
Holder of international patents relative to the treatment and working of aluminium
Awarded in 1970 as Young Aluminium Metallurgist
Awarded in 2010 as Aluminium Man of the year by the Italian Metallurgy Association
Nominated in 2012 and 2016 by the American ET Foundation in the list of the meritorious technicians for the aluminium extrusion industry