Ford has produced more than 5,000 large aluminium unicastings at its Shelbyville Technical Center as it advances manufacturing preparations for the Fathom midsize electric truck, scheduled to launch in 2027. The castings are being used for process testing and prototype assembly at the company's Louisville Assembly Plant. The Fathom will feature two large aluminium unicastings that replace 146 individual structural parts, significantly simplifying the vehicle's architecture. Ford says the approach reduces vehicle mass and improves overall energy efficiency, while introducing a different method of assembling vehicles through its new Universal Production System. The two large structures form the front and rear sections of the vehicle. By consolidating numerous components into fewer castings,...
AMAG Group reported around a 59 per cent increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to EUR 181 million (USD 202 million) in the first nine months of 2026, compared with EUR 114 million (USD 127 million) in the same period last year. Revenue rose 16.4 per cent to EUR 1.3 billion (USD 1.4 billion) from EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.2 billion) in the first three quarters of 2025. Net income after taxes increased about 142 per cent to EUR 82 million (USD 91 million), up from EUR 34 million (USD 38 million). The Austrian aluminium producer attributed its performance to strong operations at its Ranshofen site, higher shipment volumes in the Rolling Division, and attractive market conditions for its Canadian aluminium smelter interest, Alouette. Cost-efficiency...
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According to the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2019, Lithuania belongs to the high-income group. However, the economy will rebound strongly in 2021, after 2020's pandemic-induced contraction, although the downturn should be the softest in the EU. A revival in foreign and domestic demand and inflows of EU funding are set to underpin the rebound. In 2021, the economy is expected to grow by 3.3%. The Baltic nation’s import of aluminium plates, sheets and strips during 2018-19 was recorded with a volume of 17,823 tonnes and the expenditure remained at $41.11 million. The import for 2020 is evaluated to reach at 9245 tonnes and the expenditure to stand at $19.56 million. When the import and expenditure of 2020 get assorted with the existing two years, it resembles 27,068 tonnes and $60.67...
Tata Steel has expanded its value-added portfolio with the launch of new product named ‘Galvanova’ to address the needs of the Medium and Small Scale Enterprises (MSMEs). Galvanova, a 55% Aluminium-Zinc alloy coated product, is an all-weather durable product with superior corrosion resistance, and has distinctive white metallic sparkle. The product comes with a longer life span of up to four times when compared to ordinary galvanised steel. Sanjay S Sahni, Chief of Marketing & Sales (Branded Products & Retail), Tata Steel, said: “Over the last few years, Tata Steel has leveraged its technological capabilities to build a strong value-added steel product portfolio. The Company has introduced innovative products for a wide range of applications such as home appliances, the panel industry,...
The Indian auto components manufacturer, also specialised in Heat Shields, Talbros Automotive Components has signed a Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) with its Japanese partner 'Sanwa Packing Industry Co. Ltd.' for Light Weight Aluminium Heat Shields. The product will be used for automotive applications and is a futuristic product technology which comes up with multiple benefits like Noise Reduction, Emission Control and Heat Insulation at challenging temperatures. It is broadly used on new generation engines including Hybrid and EVs. However, the company is in discussion with key OEMs in India for commercializing this product. Nimbus, the product name of the Light Weight Aluminium Heat Shield by Sanwa is the world's first aluminium light-weight heatshield for exhaust systems. The...
ALRO’s downstream subsidiary Vimetco Extrusion became a supplier for the most sophisticated industries by delivering value-added products for heliports constructions. Vimetco Extrusion signed agreement with ABC Development Aviation to develop helideck platforms made in Romania. The first beneficiary of the aluminium profiles platforms is the heliport of the County Emergency Hospital in Bistrița. The second heliport will be constructed built at the Bacău Emergency County Hospital. “For more than 15 years we focused our investments programme on manufacturing high and very high value-added aluminium products and today we are pleased and proud to see that another company part of ALRO Group entered into the next league and penetrated the most sophisticated industries by succeeding to become a...
Owl’s Head Alloys has joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a new Production & Transformation member. This brings the total number of members to 144. “Owl’s Head Alloys is joining ASI to support its customers that are deeply involved in aluminum smelting, casting, rolling, extruding, recycling, and fabrication across the US and North America. As a leading aluminum smelter, OHA recognizes the need for credible sustainability standards across the entire aluminum supply chain in which it actively participates. OHA understands the critical importance of minimizing the impacts related to the environment through continuous improvements to the processes and operations required to produce our products,” said Michael J. Boyle – President. Owl’s Head Alloys is a leading provider of...
The shareholders of Hirschvogel Holding GmbH, one of the largest international automotive suppliers in the area of aluminium and steel forging as well as subsequent machining, initiated the first step by appointing Walter Bauer and Dr Dirk Landgrebe at the new top management, with the view to be able to take the steps for the change process towards a sustainable company without any further delay. According to its statements, the family company based in Denklingen intends to align its range of products and services as profitably as possible to the market potential for the next ten years and to bundle all forces for this purpose. By consolidating the company's perspective in the direction of innovative, market-oriented products, the long-term prospects of employees are also to be...
The aluminium treatment specializing company Newalu headquartered in Delbrück, Germany has gained a vital order worth multi million euros. Newalu GmbH, the supplier of heat-treated and ready-to-install aluminium components for the production of the Air e-sedan from Lucid Motors, a US automobile company from Silicon Valley. Lucid Motors develops luxury-class electric cars and body components for this vehicle are sent to Delbrück via a large German foundry for refinement. Martin Volpers, Managing Director, Newalu, said: “We are delighted with the prestigious major order for the most powerful and efficient luxury-class electric sedan in the world. The growing trend towards e-mobility offers lightweight construction with aluminium and our services great future opportunities.” According to...
Lower arrivals of stocks at warehouses, coupled with robust demand, have further fuelled the downfall of 6063 aluminium billet stocks in China this week, ending on Thursday, November 26. China’s aluminium billet inventories today have shrunk by 6,400 tonnes across the five major consumption areas to stand at 69,000 tonnes. Last week, the inventories stood at 75,400 tonnes, declining by 12,500 tonnes week-on-week. This shows the downfall today has lowered by 6,100 tonnes than the previous week. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billets inventories across China in more details. In Foshan, aluminium billet inventories on November 26 have decreased sharply by 9,600 tonnes to stand at 12,600 tonnes from 22,200 tonnes on last Thursday; while in Wuxi, the stocks dipped...
Hindalco Industries Limited has reduced the prices of its aluminium products and aluminium ingot with effect from Wednesday, November 25, in line with the downtrend in global aluminium benchmark price on the London Metal Exchange after November 19. Hindalco has cut its aluminium wire rod price by INR 2,000 per tonne or 1.11 per cent to INR 178,600 per tonne, as against INR 180,600 per tonne on November 19. The company’s aluminium billets price has also been reduced by INR 2,000 per tonne from INR 176,600 per tonne to INR 174,600 per tonne. With the latest cut, Hindalco’s aluminium ingot price has come in at INR 167,500 per tonne, also down by INR 2,000 per tonne from INR 169,500 per tonne on November 19. Hindalco links its aluminium ingot and aluminium product prices to the three-month...
Chile is considered as the richest country in all of South America with exceedingly high living standards as well as a well-developed economy. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Chile was worth $ 282.30 billion in 2019, according to official data from the World Bank and projections from Trading Economics. The GDP value of Chile represents 0.24% of the world economy. The Latin American nation’s import volume of aluminium plates, sheets and strips during 2018-19 was recorded at 52,950 tonnes and the foreign revenue expended during the phase for the importation remained at $219.94 million. The import for 2020 is marked to reach at 22,102 tonnes and the expenditure to stand at $133 million. However, when the import volume and expenditure of 2020 gets assorted with the existing two years, it...
Azeraluminium LLC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation OJSC, and German company Achenbach Buschhutten have started working on expanding aluminium production based on a preliminary agreement signed between them in Azerbaijan. Through the expansion, the companies intend to produce a wider range of value-added aluminium products using new advanced technologies, said a source in the corporation. As per the source, the companies have already started carrying out certain works for this project, such as feasiblity study. "Within the framework of the ongoing work, the preparation of a feasibility study meeting international standards ranks one of the main places," the source noted. One of the primary conditions for preparing a feasibility study for this project is that it should be...
Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US came in at 3,380 tonnes in August 2020, a decrease of 56% year-on-year. The Russia had exported 7,680 tonnes to the US in August 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. On a month on month comparison, exports dropped by 25.22% from 4,520 tonnes. Exports of crude metals and alloys reduced by 35% from June’s exports of 5,170 tonnes. In the first eight months of 2020, exports stood at 77,8 00 tonnes as compared to 125,000 tonnes in the first eight months of 2019. This marked a decrease of 38% year-on-year or 47,200 tonnes. Russia’s exports of total aluminium (crude metal and alloys, semi-finished products and scrap) to the USA stood at 5,000 tonnes and 92,500 tonnes in August and...
According to the General Administration of Customs data, aluminium imports in China declined month-on-month in October as domestic and international prices spread narrows. Imports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products came in at 256,619 tonnes last month, down 27.9%. Imports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products stood at 2.25 million tonnes in the first ten months of 2020. This marked an increase of 383.5% year-on-year. China’s shipments of these products increased 403.6% year-on-year, customs said. Aluminium exports in October were 418,894 tonnes. The country has been importing significant amount of the metal in more than a decade in 2020 as Shanghai aluminium prices grow well above London prices. China was a net aluminium importer in July and August - when exports neared...
Hammerer Aluminium Industries’s re-melting and casting operations at the HAI Santana S.R.L. facility has received ASI Performance Standard Provisional Certification. The plant in Romania produces billets and rolling ingots from recycled aluminium scrap for automotive, electronics, transportation, building and construction sectors. Markus Schober, Managing Director of Hammerer Aluminium Industries said, “We are very proud that HAI Santana is the first facility to achieve an ASI certification in Romania. And we are delighted that shortly after the ASI certification in Ranshofen, the casting in Santana also received the certificate, underlining the high standard of our CASTING division. For us, the sustainable design of our business processes is a task that can only be achieved by joining...
Przemysław Grzybek, Board Member and Financial Director of Alumetal stated that the investment outlays of the Alumetal Group will ultimately amount to "PLN 60 million-plus" in 2020, while in 2021 the group's Capex is planned at the level of several million zlotys. Alumetal is one of the biggest manufacturers in Europe for modern and dynamically developing secondary aluminium casting alloys. "Capex in 2020 will amount to 'PLN 60 million-plus', depending on what part of the latest works related to the modernization of the plant in Kęty will be transferred to 2021" - said Grzybek during the videoconference. Previously, the company planned investment outlays in 2020 at the level of approx. PLN 70 million. "For 2021, we are planning investment outlays at the level of several million zlotys,"...
The internationally recognized body of the Aluminium industry, The Aluminium Association, which assigns all-new aluminium alloy designations, has accepted the registration of the A20X powder with new metal powder designations. Aluminium Materials Technologies (now part of Eckart GmbH, an Altana Group company), which produced the high strength aluminium alloy A20X will now go by the following official designations: 2A05.50 – 20-63 micron A20X powder 2B05.50 – 20-63 micron A20X F1 powder The formation of these new metal powder product designations grants the aluminium industry to identify the A20X product in use. This delivers encouragement to those wishing to work with A20X knowing it is an internationally recognized alloy with fixed and standardized alloy composition. The A20X powder for...
The United States imports of aluminium plates, sheets and bars from Canada stood flat in August 2020 at 18,300 tonnes, following an increase in July by 2,700 tonnes or 17.65 per cent from 15,3000 tonnes in June to 18,000 tonnes, according to the USGS data. The imports in June from Canada were also higher than the previous month by 6,430 tonnes or 72.49 per cent, as the imports in May were at 8,870 tonnes. In April, the US imported 7,970 tonnes of aluminium flat rolled products from Canada, meaning the imports in May saw M-o-M hike of 11.29 per cent. Thus, the above data shows the United States aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports from Canada stood flat in August 2020 after three consecutive months of surge. On a year-on-year calculation, the United States imports of aluminium flat...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China declined this week due to lower arrivals at warehouses. The inventories dropped by 12,500 tonnes from a week ago to 75,400 tonnes as of Thursday November 19. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: Inventories in Foshan registered a decline of 8,200 tonnes from last week. The stock stood at 22,200 tonnes on Thursday, 19 November 2020, from 30,400 tonnes on November 12. Stocks in Changzhou and Nanchang decreased by 1,240 tonnes and 3,300 tonnes to stand at 8,610 tonnes and 10,500 tonnes on Thursday, 19 November 2020. But the inventories of aluminium billets rose slightly in Wuxi today. The stock stood at 20,100...
