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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A 4,000 tonnes per year aluminium alloy component project of Chongqing Hanlir Machinery Manufacturing will reportedly commence soon as its Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been approved and published by the government of Jiangjin District, Chongqing, on April 29. The construction of the...
The Republic of Colombia is a country largely situated in the north of South America, with territories in North America. The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product. Colombia has experienced a historic economic boom over the last decade....
Inventories of aluminium billet in China increased over the five-day Labour Day holiday, after eight consecutive weeks of decline. As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China stood at 132,100 tonnes as of May 6, an increase of...
According to the data shown by the United States Geological Survey, the country in February 2020 exported 24,100 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and bars to Mexico, in contrast to 26,100 tonnes exported in January 2020. This represents the fact that the country’s aluminium semi-finished exports...
Hydro announced that its business area Extruded Solutions will shut down Hydro Precision Tubing Remscheid GmbH (PT Remscheid) in Germany. The basis for continued operation is not present. The Remscheid plant, which employs 129 people, is estimated to close by end of December 2020. The facility...
Bridgnorth-based castings specialist Grainger & Worrall has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2020 for its pioneering progress in developing “Next Generation” castings. According to the report, this is the third Queen’s Award received by Grainger and Worrall. The...
Hammond Electronics, a global force in the enclosures market with facilities in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and South East Asia, has extended the variety of popular 1455 standard family enclosures by adding new 1455F flanged extruded aluminium enclosures. The 14555F features a...
The US imports of semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) decreased 81.36% year-on-year to stand at 22,000 tonnes in February 2020. Imports were 118,000 tonnes in February 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. Semi-finished imports...
Impol Group, Slovenia's producer of flat rolled and extruded aluminium products, reported an operating profit of 30.5 million euro in 2019, a drop of 29 per cent. The company’s consolidated net profit stood at 23.8 million euro ($25.9 million) in 2019, registering a decline of 35 per cent. Impol...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the aluminium billet inventories have extended decline over the week ending Thursday, April 30, as brisk consumption has lowered stocks in Wuxi, Huzhou, and Changzhou. SMM data shows the stocks of 6063 aluminium billet have plunged by 16,3000 tonnes across five...
The U.S. has proposed rules to track aluminium imports more minutely, in a way that could address industry demands to barrier Chinese supply that evades tariffs. The Donald Trump administration’s import tariff is imposed towards aiming to protect against the excess foreign supply of the metal,...
The Salzburger Aluminium Group (SAG), the makers of aluminium tanks for commercial vehicles and producer of aluminium components, headquartered in Austria, is strongly unified into the international supply chains of OEMs, and therefore the close down on customer side also made it necessary to...
Constellium reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. Revenue stood at €1.4 billion, down 6% year-on-year due to lower shipments and lower metal prices, partially offset by improved price and mix across all three segments. Shipments were 393 thousand tons, a decrease of 5% due to...
The Japanese domestic car production in March’20 has declined against a year earlier, squeezed by sluggish global and domestic sales due to the impact of the Covid-19 rife. The domestic production of the country's eight-car manufacturers has shown drop by 8% against the preceding year to around...
ACHENBACH BUSCHHÜTTEN, specialist and world market leader for aluminium foil rolling mills and foil slitting machines, was ordered by LOTTE ALUMINIUM, subsidiary of the multinational LOTTE group which is the fifth-largest company in South Korea, to establish a new Greenfield production plant in...
Aluminium imports by the US for consumption stood at 563,000 tonnes in January-February 2020, down 39.79% from 935,000 tonnes in January-February 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. In February, the US imported 238,000 tonnes of aluminium, a...
Aluminium du Maroc, specializing in the design and manufacturer of aluminium alloy profiles for building and industry in Morocco, stated in their financial result that its net profit in 2019 stood at MDH 60.1 million, an increase by 4.7% compared to 2018. This change is explained by the 2019...
Kaiser Aluminium the American aluminium producer slashes its 2020 revenue forecast from the airline industry. The aluminium company has dropped its forecast for revenue from the commercial airline industry this year as a sharp decline in air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a slip down...
