ABB has secured two orders from China’s Southwest Aluminum to supply integrated automation and digital technologies for two six-high aluminium cold rolling mills, supporting the manufacturer’s wide-strip production expansion and upgrade. The projects involve a 2,500 mm two-stand mill and a 3,000 mm single-stand mill, with both lines expected to be fully commissioned and operational by the end of 2027. Chongqing-based Southwest Aluminum is a subsidiary of the Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco). The orders build on the longstanding cooperation between ABB and the aluminium producer, with the latest projects focusing on process stability, control precision and production performance. Explore insights and forecasts for the aluminium flat rolled products (FRP) market from our...
India-based PG Foils Limited plans to establish a downstream aluminium manufacturing facility in Bahrain, focusing on electric vehicle (EV) battery foil and pharmaceutical foil production. The proposed investment is expected to expand the kingdom’s aluminium downstream capabilities and strengthen its manufacturing base. Bahrain’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce signed a letter of intent with PG Foils for the project. The agreement was signed by Industry and Commerce Minister Abdullah bin Adel Fakhro and PG Foils Joint Managing Director Sahil Shah during the fourth edition of the Gateway Gulf expo, which opened on November 1 in Manama. Explore: The most comprehensive and forward-looking industry-focused report – Aluminum Foil Market Report Forecast Till 2035 Hosted by the Bahrain...
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Aluminum Association of Florida has presented the 2016 Award of Excellence to Mullet's Aluminum Products Inc. at the annual board meeting in November at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, in Orlando. The company has won this coveted award for nine years in a row. Mullet's Aluminum has received awards in three different categories: • Railings • Carports, Canopies and Walkway Covers • Miscellaneous Metals The Association gives this award to encourage domestic industries that are contributing positively to the countries revenue generation and also for product excellence. The Railings award was given for fabrication and installation of aluminium and glass railing systems for the Aria condominium on Longboat Key. The company received the Carports, Canopies and Walkway Covers award was for fabrication...
Product differentiation, though key to earning higher margins, is difficult to achieve in the rolled aluminium product manufacturing sector. Despite discrete size rationalization, aluminium rolling companies often struggle to cope with the market competition while trying to bring in innovation in their product portfolios. As a result, they end up producing generic offerings and have to bank heavily upon post-production value-addition instead, in terms of finish and polishing. CRU, the global commodity industry pricing and market analysis firm, has recently suggested three strategic areas that aluminium rolled product manufacturers can address to gain competitive advantage in 2017. These are: the product portfolio itself, the plant equipment and raw material procurement. Product portfolio...
Shanghai Metals Market has compiled the new tariff on aluminium products for 2017- both import and export- to present a clear picture of the revised duty adjustment. The products covered are refined aluminium- alloys, aluminium bars and rods- not alloyed, aluminium bars and rods of aluminium alloys and aluminium bars and rods of aluminium alloys. According to the 2017 Tariff Adjustment Plan With the approval of China’s State Council, there are no changes in the export-import duty rates on aluminium products in 2016 and 2017. China’s Ministry of Finance released the Circular of Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Adjusting Export Tariffs on Some Commodities, on April 23, 2015, and it was effective May 1, 2015. The adjustment made involved export duties on three categories of...
According to the estimate of The Aluminum Association, shipments of aluminium products in U.S. and Canada drop slightly YOY in October 2016. During November 2016, estimated shipments of Drawing Stock, Bare Wire and Rod & Bar by domestic producers ( U.S. and Canada) totalled 98.5 million pounds, a rise of 3.3% from the November 2015 total of 95.4 million pounds. Sequentially, shipments rose slightly from the October 2016 total of 97.7 million pounds. YTD shipments from January to November 2016 were 1,095.4 million pounds which recorded a slight drop over the same period of 2015. U.S. and Canadian producers shipped an estimated 6.48 million pounds of Aluminum Powder and Paste to the domestic market during November 2016 (includes imports by domestic producers), reporting a drop of 9.8% from...
Aluminium production forms the largest part of the metals industry, one of the key export industries in Norway. Norsk Hydro is the single most dominant player in the country’s aluminium sector. Headquartered in Oslo, Hydro operates the largest primary aluminium plant in Europe, in Sunndal. The Karmøy plant produces primary aluminium and rolled aluminium strip. The Årdal and Høyanger plants produce primary aluminium as well. Norway is the largest aluminium producing country in Western Europe, and almost 80-90 per cent of its output is exported to the international market. {newsStudioGallery} In 2015, Norway exported a little more than one million tonnes of alloyed aluminium ingot, which went up in volume by 47 per cent to reach 1.47 million tonnes in 2016. As per the latest order estimate,...
Japan's aluminium industry, in 2015, had stepped up efforts to have the light metal used more in infrastructure, taking advantage of new design standards to boost the then stagnant demand in the domestic market. Ever since then, the consumption of aluminium in building and construction sector of the country has risen steadily. The downstream manufacturing of aluminium structures within the country has also increased. Japan, after catering to the domestic industry demand, exports surplus aluminium structures to the international market. {newsStudioGallery} In 2015, Japan exported 4064.03 tonnes of aluminium structures for use in building and construction sector globally. The volume witnessed significant increase in 2016, when the total aluminium structures exports from Japan reached...
According to a latest forecast by Market Reports World, the global aluminium die casting machinery market is slated to grow at a CAGR of 7 per cent during the period 2016-2020. The aluminium die casting machinery is used to produce cast aluminium parts for applications in various end-user sectors, namely automotive, aerospace and defence, marine, telecommunications, and others, such as electronic appliances and renewable energy sectors. Aluminium cast parts offer several benefits over other types of nonferrous metals: • The use of aluminium for die cast makes it possible to attain complex designs and forms • Production rate is higher and faster than other nonferrous alloys and metals • Aluminium castings possess the strength of steel cast parts but are lighter in weight The report...
According to the data released by the Korea National Statistical Office on December 29, South Korea’s total industrial production increased 1.6 per cent between October and November end after having stood at zero per cent in August, 0.9 per cent in September and -0.4 per cent in October 2016. The mining and manufacturing output, specifically, witnessed a growth of 3.4 per cent, led by automobile (11.4 per cent) and communication and broadcasting equipment (30.6 per cent), while electronic components and oil refining slowed down by 3.0 per cent and 2.4 per cent, respectively. In November, the average capacity utilization in the manufacturing sector rose by 3.0 percentage points to 73.5 per cent. Looking at the aluminium imports, one of the key imports of the South-east Asian economy, the...
Granco Clark, the global leader in aluminium extrusion industry, announced the receipt of two major orders- one from the Japanese group YKK and another from WKW Bowers Extrusion of Portage, Michigan. Both the companies expect to build on their aluminium product manufacturing and extrusion expertise with the help of Granco’s cutting-edge technology solutions. Granco Clark supplies YKK with New Log Furnace, Hot Saw, Fusionbond®, Log Table, and Pusher YKK of Toyama, Japan, has selected Granco Clark to supply a Horizontal Chain Style Log Load Table and Idle Roll Log Pusher, a Log Furnace, a HBCS Hot Saw, and a Fusionbond® system. YKK plans to benefit from the new Log Table and Log Pusher because of the ability to load in the lowered position, which allows the pusher head to simultaneously...
S&P Global Platts on Tuesday assessed the Chinese auto diecasting, or ADC12, aluminum alloy export price at $1,780-$1,830/mt FOB China, unchanged week on week amid thin trade. A Chinese producer said ADC12 export prices were steady amid the year-end lull. Japanese consumers have completed their purchases for this year, added Japanese traders. A major Japanese consumer has suspended spot buying a few days earlier than usual, due to high stocks, said a Japanese trader. A Chinese trader reported an offer from a North China producer at $1,780/mt CIF Japan, which would be $1,750-$1,760/mt FOB China without freight. “Prices on the way down in the near term, that is very likely,” said the trader. Other Chinese and Japanese sources put the tradeable level as unchanged from last week. One Japanese...
Granco Clark, the global leader in aluminium extrusion industry, announced the receipt of two major orders from Kawneer Company Inc, and UACJ Corporation. Both the companies expect to build on their aluminium product manufacturing expertise with the help of Granco’s cutting-edge technology solutions. Granco Clark Supplies Kawneer Company Leading manufacturer of commercial construction systems and architectural aluminium products & systems, Kawneer of Bloomsburg, PA, has selected Granco Clark to supply a 500lb Double Puller, Full Handling System and Under Table Cooling Fans. Kawneer’s 500lb double puller system utilizes two puller heads operating on a common rail with a cutting saw on the first puller head. The double puller can provide flying cut, fixed cut and double-length operation. In...
Leading industrial oven and heating equipment manufacturer Wisconsin Oven Corporation successfully shipped a natural-gas fired walk-in oven for aluminium age hardening earlier this month to an undisclosed buyer. The oven meant for aluminium age hardening has a maximum temperature of 509 degree Fahrenheit (+/- 10 degree Fahrenheit). The temperature uniformity and the maximum temperature reached were documented by Wisconsin Oven via a standard nine-point profile test. The recirculation system, which the company claims to be of low maintenance, includes a combination air-flow system that uses a direct-driven blower moving at 8,600 cubic feet per minute speed at ten horsepower. It does not emit any sound vibration, is energy efficient and does not utilize drive belts. It also maximizes...
China's aluminium exports are expected to continue their surge through 2017 much in the same way they did in 2016, being supported strong demand and a weaker yuan. The fact that the Chinese fabricators are exempted from paying import and export tax, and receive full rebate on VAT if their export volumes of aluminium products match their primary aluminium imports, is going to support the rise in the new financial year as well. As per the data released by the General Administration of Customs on December 22, China's total aluminium semi-finished products (Aluminium bar, rod, and profile, Aluminium wire, Aluminium plate, sheet, and strip, Aluminium foil, and Aluminium tube) exports during January-November stood at 3,730,000 tonnes. In November, however, the exports declined 14.5 per cent to...
According to the Preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada that includes shipments by domestic producers plus imports were an estimated 22,120 million pounds during January to October 2016, an increase of 1.6 per cent over the same period last year. Demand for semi-fabricated or mill products dropped slightly YTD to 15,531 million pounds. Apparent consumption (demand minus exports) in domestic markets totalled an estimated 19,487 million pounds during January to October 2016. {newsStudioGallery} U.S. and Canada exported (excluding cross-border trade) 2,634 million pounds of aluminium ingot and mill products during January to October 2016 which recorded a 10 per cent increase over the same period last year. Compared to export, imports...
Daido Metal, an auto engine bearing manufacturer is prepared to acquire Thai business from Asahi Tec’s aluminium casting segment worth 10 billion yen ($85 million), hoping to support the company by using its own sales network. After the acquisition, the company will purchase shares of ATA Casting Technology Japan, an Asahi Tec unit for 8 billion yen over subsidiary. The company will announce its official decision on Friday through the agreement likely to wind up in fiscal 2016. Japanese automakers in Thailand gets aluminium parts such as cylinders head covers from ATA casting, on the other hand there is barely any sales records registered in other parts or industries. Through the company’s wider sales network in Japan, U.S and Europe, and builders of ships and industrial machinery, there...
Leading engineering service provider and durable equipment supplier Granco Clark has bagged two prestigious contracts- one from Kobelco Aluminum Products and Extrusions, Inc. and Aisin Light Metals- both requiring the supply of critical manufacturing technology solutions. For Aisin Light Metals of Marion IL., Granco Clark will be supplying a Billet De-Stacker, Billet Hot-Jet Furnace, Transveyor, Taper Quench and SCS Extrude that will provide them with production efficiency. The Billet De-Stacker transfers cut billets, overhead, from the jig to the furnace pusher. Once to peak temp from the Hot-Jet Furnace, the billets will then move to the Taper Quench which provides a uniform billet quench and/or a longitudinal tape cooling in billets prior to the extrusion process. Granco Clark’s SCS...
The Aluminum Association announced today the addition of a new member company – JW Aluminum. The company joins as a producer member – a firm that makes or fabricates aluminum products. “We are pleased to welcome JW Aluminum as our newest member,” said Heidi Brock, President & CEO of the Aluminum Association. “As a leading producer of specialty, flat-rolled aluminum products, JW is a key addition to the Association as we work to chart a sustainable course for the entire domestic aluminum value chain.” With four aluminum mills throughout the country, JW Aluminum produces a wide range of top-quality flat rolled aluminum products, including building and distributor sheet, fin stock, cable wrap, aerospace foil and flexible packaging products. JW joins the Association at a time of continued...
The global demand for automotive part die casting market which includes aluminium die casting parts is slated to reach US$11.86 billion (approx.) in 2021, growing at a CAGR of above 7.8% during 2016 and 2021, shows data published in a recent report by Zion Research. The market was valued at around US$7.54 billion in 2015. According to the report, increasing demand for lightweight automobiles along with rapidly growing automotive industry is mainly responsible for the growth of the automotive part die casting market globally. In addition, energy saving trend, favourable government initiative, and industry regulations, various initiative by EPA to raise the mile per gallons standards from 35.5 miles per gallon (mpg) till 2016 and 54.5 mpg by 2025 have also opened up alluring opportunities...
