Across Europe, aluminium extrusion has become closely woven into some of the region’s biggest industrial and construction markets. From automotive and transport to buildings and industrial applications, extruded profiles are finding demand across a wide range of sectors. This is reflected in...
Taber Extrusions has launched a $70 million expansion in Russellville featuring North America’s largest aluminum extrusion press, with production scheduled to begin Wednesday and 70 new jobs expected at the facility. The company marked the grand opening of the expanded facility Tuesday, unveiling...
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According to Shanghai Metals Market, the 6063 aluminium billet inventories on Thursday, June 11, gained 900 tonnes over the week to stand at 74,000 tonnes, following a drop of 4,000 tonnes on last Thursday, June 4, to 73,100 tonnes. SMM estimated that the growth in stock arrivals in contrast to...
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The Moroccan aluminium company, Aluminium du Maroc, specializing in the manufacture of aluminium alloy profiles, mostly gets consumed in the building market (85%), but also covers the multiple needs of the industrial sector. The Ordinary General Assembly of Aluminum du Maroc scheduled to meet on 29...
ALRO, one of the largest vertically integrated aluminium producers in Europe, measured by production capacity, has announced the implementation of new safety measures to fight against COVID-19. The company has implemented Work From Home program to reduce the interaction between employees. The...
The Bahrain based aluminium extrusion company, Balexo on 9 th June’20 made public the appointment of Jassim Mohamed Seyadi as its Board Chairman. Seyadi brings to this role more than 41 years of experience including 27 in the insurance sector and 14 years in manufacturing industry management. With...
The total aluminium foil shipments from Europe recorded a slight rise by 0.59 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 to 242,100 tonnes compared to 240,700 tonnes during the same period last year, found the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). European deliveries rose by 3.4 per cent during...
The North African country Algeria is surrounded by Mediterranean coastline and a Saharan desert interior. The country is classified as an upper-middle-income country by the World Bank. The economy remains dominated by the state, a legacy of the country's socialist post-independence development...
Exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products continued to trend lower in China. Exports of these products dropped by 28.56% from a year ago in May, after a decline of 11.4% in April. Unwrought aluminium and aluminium products exports stood at 382,900 tonnes, according to data from the...
The British Liberty House Group took over Fonderie du Poitou Aluminium and renamed it Liberty Aluminium Poitou a year ago. The Group acquired both the Fonderie du Poitou Fonte and Fonderie du Poitou Aluminium located near Châtellerault in France. Both the companies are in trouble again, though the...
Garner Aluminium Extrusions, also known as Garnalex, has reportedly acknowledged the supply of extrusion line by SMS group by giving them the final acceptance certificate. Together with OMAV SpA, SMS group had installed an integrated extrusion line with HybrEx 35 as the core machine at Garnalex....
Constellium announced that the company will present at the Deutsche Bank 11th Annual Global Industrials & Materials Summit. Jean-Marc Germain, Chief Executive Officer, and Peter Matt, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the virtual Deutsche Bank Global...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the inventories of aluminium billets have slowed their decline this week ending Thursday, June 4, as arrivals increased versus lower shipments from warehouses. SMM data shows the 6063 aluminium billet stocks have declined by 4,000 tonnes across five major...
Tesla has reportedly submitted for a patent for a new, more effective cooling process aimed at increasing the strength, rigidity, and energy absorption of aluminium alloy components. The patent entitled “System and Method for Facilitating Pulsed Spray Quench of Extruded Objects” describes a new...
Constellium has signed a multi-year contract with Airbus for the supply of advanced aluminium rolled and extruded products, including wing skin panels, sheets for fuselage panels, and rectangular and pre-machined plates for structural components. The new 10-year agreement supports all Airbus...
Aluminium producer Rusal is seeing a 70-80 per cent cut in demand from customers, after the market slowed down in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The news came after Roman Andryushin, Rusal’s head of sales and marketing, told Reuters that its customers are returning with 20-30 per cent of their...
The economy of Romania is a fast developing, upper middle income mixed economy with a very high Human Development Index and a skilled labour force, ranked 15th in the European Union by total nominal GDP and 10th largest when adjusted by purchasing power parity. Major industries in Romania are...
ProfilGruppen Extrusions AB has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a new Production & Transformation member. This brings the total number of members working toward a responsible aluminium value chain to 124. “The desire to make progress every day is an important attitude at...
Egil Hogna, Executive Vice President for the Extruded Solutions business area in Hydro, has decided to leave. Hydro Extruded Solutions is a manufacturer of extruded aluminium profiles. Egil is likely to take over as CEO for Norconsult, a Norwegian consultancy firm. The process to find a new leader...
