Between 2003 and 2005, aluMATTER was developed within a large partnership partly financed by the European Commission through its Leonardo da Vinci programme. The following partners have contributed to aluMATTER:

aluMATTER Partners Involved in the Leonardo da Vinci Project (2003-2005)

The aluMATTER Project is co-funded by the Leonardo da Vinci programme of the European Commission – DG Education & Culture. The European Aluminium Association thanks the European Commission for this support.

Since the inception of aluMATTER in 2001, the following people have contributed to aluMATTER. The European Aluminium Association & MATTER would like to acknowledge these contributors:

Cheryl Anderson, University of Liverpool; Eric Arnoux, GLFA; Arno Aryus, SLV-Duisburg; Mike Ashby, University of Cambridge; Andreas Bleistein, Alcan; Yves Brechet, INPG; David Brook, University of Liverpool; Markus Buescher, IMM-RWTH; Franz Bültmann, SLV-Duisburg; Carlos Caicedo-Martinez, Corus; Havovy Cama, Innoval Technology Ltd (formerly Alcan Intl. Ltd, Banbury); Christelle Crotaz, University of Cambridge; Iris De Graeve, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB); Julian Driver, Ecole Mines St-Etienne; Peter Drossert, SLV-Duisburg; Bruno Dubost, Alcan Centre de Recherches de Voreppe; Paul Evans, Innoval Technology Ltd (formerly Alcan Intl. Ltd, Banbury); Philipp Frankel, Manchester Materials Science Centre; Ludo Froyen, KULeuven; Jean-Pierre Gabathuler, Novelis; Gunter Gottstein, IMM-RWTH; Andrew Green, University of Liverpool; Ortwin Hahn, LWF, Universität Paderborn; Richard Hamerton, Alcan International Ltd; Wolfgang Heidrich, GDA; Jürgen Hirsch, Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH; John Humphreys, Manchester Materials Centre; Tim Hurd, Corus Research, Development & Technology; Mike Jacobs, University of Birmingham; Hartmut Janssen, Hydro Aluminium; Jenny Lee, University of Liverpool; Christian Leppin, Alcan Fabrication Europe; Christian Leroy, European Aluminium Association; Bernard Marandet, Alcan Centre de Recherches de Voreppe; Graeme Marshall, Alcan International Ltd; Steven Meijers, Corus; Volker Mohles, IMM-RWTH; Erik Nes, NTNU - SINTEF; Michael René Boesen, AluCluster; Ricky Ricks, Innoval Technology Ltd (formerly Alcan Intl. Ltd, Banbury); Ben Rivett, Manchester Materials Science Centre; Joseph Robson, Manchester Materials Science Centre; Marc Ryckeboer, Sapa; Jean Saint-Chely, CETIM; Hugh Shercliff, University of Cambridge; Klaus Siegert, Universität Stuttgart; Christophe Sigli, Alcan Centre de Recherches de Voreppe; Thobias Sjökvist, University of Liverpool; Herman Terryn, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB); Keith Thomason, University of Liverpool; Ellen Vaders, Aluminium Centrum; Benoît Verquin, CETIM; Stefan Wagner, Universität Stuttgart; Thomas Wiese, LWF, Universität Paderborn; Reinhard Winkler, SLV-Duisburg; Franz-Josef Wöstmann, LWF, Universität Paderborn; Luis Zamorano, Third Wave Systems, Inc.