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AFEAL’30 Aluminum frames in debate October 2013 will be marked in the history of AFEAL, because it was the month in which the association held its first great international event - International Congress on Architectural and Constructive Solutions in Aluminum Frames - AFEAL’30. The event marked the 30th year of the foundation of the major company in the sector of aluminum frames in Brazil and for the first time in the country the market met architects and engineers for an important experience exchange. The approximately 400 participants at the meeting had the opportunity to broaden the debate on alu- minum frames, as well as to get acquaintance with the new trends and technological innovations that emerge in Brazil and abroad. The congress happened in the APAS – São Paulo Association of Supermarket, in Alto da Lapa neighborhood, in São Paulo on the 29th and 30th. Great names attended, like the archi- tects Joe Witchell, Roberto Aflalo, Roberto Loeb and Luca Bertacchi, and the engineers Klaus Böde, Winfried Heusler and Ricardo Ruhter. The traditional forum VidroSom, wich presented the topic ‘The Role of the Framesin the Buildings Performance - NBR 10.821 e NBR-15.575’, also made part of the schedule. 2 I