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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Toyota Motor Corporation has reportedly won the Okochi Memorial Production Prize in the 66th (2019) Okochi Memorial Prize awards for developing an innovative aluminium casting technology. The technology is for improving the plant environment and product functionality. The award has been presented...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, inventories of aluminium billet in China continued to decline for the fourth consecutive week due to greater deliveries and reduced arrivals. Stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China stood at 174,200 tonnes as of Thursday, 02...
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to create a further impact on China’s aluminium exports as a greater part of the world has come under lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. According to a report on Wednesday, Vietnam, a major buyer of Chinese aluminium, has entered into 15 days nationwide...
On 01 st April’20 Arconic Corporation rolls-out as a leader in advanced aluminium sheet, plate, extruded and architectural products that primarily advance the ground transportation, aerospace, industrial, packaging, and commercial building markets. The Company’s common stock will begin trading on...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has started a preliminary anti-dumping investigation in regards to the imports of common alloy aluminium sheet from 18 countries, including Germany, Oman, Bahrain, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Turkey and Slovenia. On 31st March’20, ITC stated that the...
The economy of Belgium is a modern, capitalist economy. It has capitalised on the country's central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Belgium is the first country to undergo an industrial revolution on the continent of Europe in...
The US imports of crude metal and alloys rose 3.59% or 11,000 tonnes year-on-year to 317,000 tonnes in December 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. The US had imported 306,000 tonnes in December 2018. Crude metal and alloys imports increased...
Hydro said the Coronavirus situation continues to weigh on the company’s markets and operations. This affects production at several extrusion sites, mainly in Europe. Around 35 percent of the sites running at reduced levels and around 20 percent either closed or running at very low levels. Around...
Kunshan Aluminium Co., Ltd. has been certified against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Performance Standard for its rolling facility in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province. The plant develops and produces ultra-wide and ultra-thin aluminium foil and non-ferrous metal composite materials....
EDAG Group, the leading engineering technology service provider admits additive production has vast uncontested prospective for revolutionising the production of the future and at the same time achieving new dimensions for lightweight construction. The aluminium alloys available presently do not...
Australia-based aluminium extruded product manufacturing company Capral said this week that its production and distribution facilities continued to operate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to safeguard the health of the workforce and communities, the company has put in several measures that...
As the worldwide corona pandemic has started affecting the demand for AMAG products, the company has reportedly applied for short-time working at its Ranshofen plant, with effect from April 1, 2020. This will allow the plant to operate flexibly in response to the fluctuations in demand and...
The US imports of aluminium (crude metals and alloys, plate, sheets, bars, etc., and scrap) stood at 5.7 million tonnes in 2019, 9% less than those in 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. Imports of crude metal and alloys, semi-fabricated...
According to the US Geological Survey data, the United States' total imports of aluminium plates, sheets and bars dropped year-on-year in 2019. Compared to 1.41 million tonnes in 2018, the import volume in 2019 came in at 1.34 million tonnes, which represents a down of 5 per cent. The top five...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, aluminium billet inventories in China fell for the third consecutive week ended March 26, due to stable deliveries and reduced arrivals. SMM data shows the 6063 aluminium billet stocks stand at 192,700 tonnes, as of March 26, after inching down by 4,900 tonnes...
Ryobi, the aluminium casting maker has temporarily pulled down its Carrickfergus operation and send all of its 560 staffs on temporary lay-off until 3 rd April’20. This news was communicated to the employees by a senior person of the company at its Northern Ireland headquarters on 23 rd March’20....
Hydro is reducing or halting production at some plants to meet change in demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. The company is cutting production in the auto and construction segments, and more broadly in southern Europe, the company said in a statement on Thursday. “Following effects from the...
AVIC Shenyang Commercial Aircraft Corporation (SACC) in the northern Chinese city of Shenyang is the long-time provider of the DASH8 – Q400 fuselage to Bombardier in Canada. SACC awarded ThyssenKrupp Aerospace Suzhou for the delivery of over 1,000 cut-to-size aluminium plate items in various...
