Bahrain’s aluminium wire exports continued to gain momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with shipments rising significantly compared with the corresponding periods of 2025 and 2024. The country exported 80,895 tonnes of aluminium wire in Q2 2026, taking its total shipments during the first half of the year to 143,518 tonnes. The export data covers aluminium wire under HS code 7605, excluding stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and similar products, electrically insulated wires and strings for musical instruments. Export volume registers strong Y-o-Y growth Comparing the quarterly figures, Bahrain’s aluminium wire export volume increased by 23.76 per cent Y-o-Y in Q2 2026, against 65,366 tonnes shipped during Q2 2025. The latest quarterly volume also marked a considerable rise from Q2...
India-based KEC International Limited is pushing ahead with Phase II of its aluminium conductor capacity expansion, even as a difficult second quarter dragged consolidated profit down. The Q2 FY27 investor presentation, dated November 2, lists the expansion as underway in its Cables & Conductors business, one of the few segments that grew in the quarter. The update comes over a year after KEC’s commissioning of the first phase of the plant in Vadodara in February 2025, marking an investment of about INR 600 million (USD 6.33 million). The company has not disclosed the capacity to be added, the investment or a completion date. Explore AL Circle’s report ALuminium Wires & Cables - Insights & Forecast to 2030 for insights into aluminium applications, industry developments and opportunities...
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Acnodes Corporations, a leading manufacturer of industrial and embedded computer platforms and technologies, introduced today the launch of the PC9215. The 21.5 inch industrial Panel PC is built of aluminium die-casting chassis with an IP65 flat front bezel, providing a thin yet durable design. The aluminuim die-casting chassis is constructed with one piece in the back and of silver color. The front panel is a flat surface with IP65, providing protection from liquid and contaminants insertion. Combined with the mentioned features, the materials built present a sleek and enduring structure. To compliment, the 21.5 inch LCD panel is of 1920 x 1080 resolution, 250nit brightness, 3000:1 contrast ratio, and displays 16.7 million colors. With backlight lifetime of 50,000 hours, it presents...
A recently published report on global aluminium extrusion market says increased usage in green initiatives is driving great growth as aluminium extrusions are 100% recyclable and emit no significant hazardous gasses during processing. The growth of the automobile industry is anticipated to drive the growth of this market during the forecast period. Aluminium extrusion is replacing steel in automobiles and transport. It is preferred over other metals due to its light weight leading to reduced fuel consumption and reduced greenhouse gas emission. Moreover, aluminium is easily recyclable and resistant to corrosion, thus ensuring sustainability and durability of the vehicle. Aluminium extrusion market is segmented based on Mill finished, Anodized and Powder coated varities. The mill finished...
Leading auto aluminium sheet supplier Hydro announced the regional government of Düsseldorf had approved its new rolled products facility in Grevenbroich. The official opening of the facility is scheduled in 2017. "This is a major project that's advancing all the time and remains on time and on budget. It will deliver its first products before the end of 2016, helping us to meet growing demand from our customers in the automotive industry," said plant manager Christoph Budde. The new production line for lightweight automotive aluminium sheet is designed to use less electricity and gas than comparable systems during operations. Post extension, production capacity will go up from 50,000 to 200,000 tonnes a year. The new buildings comprising a 30m high, 100m long high bay warehouse and a...
Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, and Warsteiner, one of Germany’s largest and privately owned breweries, have had a close relationship for many years. 2015 marked Lufthansa’s 60th anniversary and so Warsteiner congratulated them with a limited edition aluminium beer bottle. A key decision for Warsteiner was how to present its limited edition product for such an important milestone in the history of one of Germany’s most iconic brands, so they turned to one of its most trusted packaging suppliers, Ardagh Group. In 2014 Ardagh developed an exciting range of aluminium bottles - the Warsteiner Art Collection. These bottles were created at the state-of-the-art printing facility in Beaurepaire, France. The resulting launch attracted many new younger customers from around the world to the...
MEDTEC Japan 2016, Asia's largest exhibition and conference dedicated to the Medical Device Design and Manufacturing industry, is to be held in Tokyo from 20 th - 22 nd April 2016 Over 500 exhibitors from approximately 25 countries around the world will be exhibiting their latest technologies and services to address the second largest Medical Device market in the world, only after the United States . With the aging population and the government back up, the Medical Device is one of the few markets continuing to grow steadily. Over 30,000 visitors are expected to attend the event from nearly 30 countries, including the United States , Europe , ASEAN countries, China, Korea and many more. MEDTEC Japan is known for its targeted visitors, with over 60% of visitors originating from Medical...
Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will add 2,000 jobs and invest $1.3 billion at the Kentucky Truck Plant to support production of new aluminum-body Super Duty trucks, deepening the automaker's ties to a city where it has two large production facilities. The investment, cheered by plant workers and Kentucky politicians, includes putting more workers on the final assembly line for the all-new 2017 F-Series Super Duty trucks, said Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of the Americas. The company anticipates strong demand when the new trucks reach dealers' lots late next year, he said. "We definitely want to and expect to make more product in the future here at KTP," he told reporters. The automaker said the investment includes adding a new body shop, upgrading facilities and retooling at the...
Vitex Extrusion officially unveiled a $1.5 million investment in an Presezzi HECS high efficiency air and water cooling system and automated profile stacking system for its Franklin, NH, aluminum extrusion and fabrication facility. The state-of-the-art upgrades strengthen Vitex’s capabilities to produce greater, more consistent throughput and improved mechanical properties. The installation of the new Presezzi HECS System provides Vitex with the most advanced aluminum extrusion quenching capability in the Northeastern U.S region. The system allows immediate quench of an aluminum extrusion profile using a high velocity, multi-sided air and water quench system that puts out over 600 gallons per minute of water at nearly 130 lbs. per square inch. Faster cooling preserves the extrusion...
As the world comes together in Paris to develop a plan of action to tackle the most significant sustainability challenge of the age, the International Aluminium Institute looks forward to a new international agreement on climate change. Delivering improved quality of life for all, equitable access to resources and services, food security, mobility and urban development, in a carbon and labour constrained world requires innovative use of materials, with the potential to deliver more for less. On a full life cycle basis, across its wide range of commonplace applications, aluminium products provide a net benefit to society and to emissions reduction. From transportation, building and construction to food and medical/pharmaceutical packaging, aluminium plays a critical role in both short- and...
TSW Alloy Wheels, the noted innovator in wheel upgrades for imported and domestic cars and trucks, has introduced a new style of wheels, named Ascent. The new wheels are noteworthy for, among other things, the new finish technology the company has pioneered, facilitating dramatic dual finishes. Available finishes are as differentiated as they are durable, including titanium matte silver and matte gunmetal with a gloss black face. Ascent wheels feature a muscular channeled 5-spoke design, cast in a single piece from TSW's proprietary, rock-hard aluminum alloy, a classic look right at home on each of the luxury/performance vehicles the new wheels are engineered to fit. "A continuous pursuit of excellence, and design breakthroughs such as our new dual finish technology, have been important...
Cambridge Nanotherm, a producer of thermal management technology, has won the “LED Lighting Product of the Year” award at the 2015 Elektra Awards for its “Nanotherm DM” product. The industry’s largest technology and business awards, the Elektras is in its 13th year of celebrating the best the electronics industry has achieved. Cambridge Nanotherm beat stiff competition from NASDAQ listed ON Semiconductor, Khatod Optoelectronics and Zeta Specialist Lighting to win the LED Lighting Product of the Year category. Commenting on the award the judges noted that Nanotherm DM is uniquely compatible with standard manufacturing processes and picked up on the fact that the company manufactures Nanotherm DM at its facility near Cambridge and exports to customers in the US and Asia. Nanotherm DM is a...
Ball Corporation could be forced to sell off more assets than originally anticipated to satisfy competition concerns over its £4.3bn takeover of Rexam, the UK drinks can maker. US-based Ball announced on Monday that it would sell approximately €1.5bn of bonds denominated in euros and dollars to partly fund the cash portion of the deal. But the company also said that antitrust authorities from the EU, US and Brazil were pushing for it to divest can production facilities with total annual revenues of about $2.5bn. Both companies made clear from the outset that the creation of the world’s biggest drinks can manufacturer with $15bn in annual revenues would raise regulatory issues and likely require disposals in some regions. But a question mark hung over exactly where those disposals would...
Chinese railway firm Midas Holdings has entered into an agreement to purchase Hong Kong-based Huicheng Capital for $264 million. Huicheng Capital owns Dalian Huicheng, a company based in Dalian, China, which specialises in aluminium products. Midas will be buying the company from seven individuals who currently hold stakes in it. The acquisition offers opportunities for Midas to acquire a profitable business and further expand its core business, it said in an exchange filing on Nov 30. After the acquisition is complete, Midas' range of products and services will be expand to include aluminium alloy stretched plates and hot-rolled aluminium alloy plates and coils, in addition to its existing aluminium alloy extrusion and cold-rolled plates and sheets product offerings. It will also benefit...
Constellium N. V. announced today that Ms. Martha Brooks has been appointed as a Special Advisor to the Board of Directors. The Board expects to put forward the nomination of Ms. Brooks as a Non-Executive Director at the Company’s Annual General meeting to be held in June 2016. The company also announced the resignation of Mathew Nord from the Constellium Board. “I warmly thank Matt Nord for his continuous support over the years. As a partner with Apollo, Matt has played an important role in Constellium’s transformation since 2011,” stated Pierre Vareille, Chief Executive Officer of Constellium. “I welcome Martha Brooks whose long track record in and extensive knowledge of the aluminium industry will be a key asset in Constellium’s future development,” he added. Ms. Martha Finn Brooks was...
Rexam, a leading global can maker, proudly announces the completed construction and inauguration of its new wall-to-wall manufacturing plant in Widnau, Switzerland. The hi-tech plant will produce a range of Slim and Sleek™ cans to meet global growth in energy drinks and marks the culmination of collaborative working and innovative thinking, with environmental consideration as its core. The plant, which represents an investment of £115 million over 3 years, will have a capacity to produce 2.2 billion cans per year and starts up with one line operational with a further 2 lines to come on stream. Taking only 30 months from ground-breaking to completion the can making plant is situated alongside the Rauch Trading can filling plant. Transferring cans directly between the plant and adjoining...
Shrikaant Sawaiika promoted Varron group recently inaugurated the first phase of its aluminium and other base metal alloy plant in Nagpur, India. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping, did the honours in the presence of group Chairman and Managing Director, Shrikaant Sawaiikar. Being commissioned under the umbrella of Varron Auto Kast, the 110-acre plant will cater to the automotive, engineering and construction industries. The integrated facility includes an aluminium alloy manufacturing factory, aluminium pressure die-casting, aluminium extrusions, copper and forging plant. The Varron group which started as a small forging company in Sangli way back in the late 1980s, has grown over the years into a trusted aluminium ingot supplier for the Automobile, Power,...
U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp is ready to sell 11 European plants to get EU antitrust regulators to approve its 4.43 billion pound ($6.69 billion) acquisition of Britain's Rexam Plc, people familiar with the matter said. The world's two largest beverage can makers by volume want to merge to better manage capital spending and cut costs. The European Commission, however, fears the deal would push up prices for companies and consumers. The combined company would have 60 percent of the beverage can market in North America, 69 percent in Europe and 74 percent in Brazil, according to Morningstar analysts. Ball is prepared to divest four factories in Germany, three in the UK, one each in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Austria, the sources said on Wednesday. Nine of the plants make cans and...
With the recovery of global economy, aluminium alloy plate capacity gap in some countries continues to enlarge, gradually forming a very large scale of import demand. From the current market, China’s demand for high-end aluminum rolling material products has a very big market gap. The consumption of global high-end aluminum rolling material products accounts for 35% of the total, but only 12% of the proportion of high-end products. China is far lower than the global average. At present, the country rely mainly on imports for more than 600000 tons of high-end aluminum rolling material products, each year. Meanwhile, China’s companies are able to grasp these high-end production technology, as long as the enterprises keep the leading level in facilities, have technical support in advanced...
Neville Precision Engineering has bought a 5-axis Mecal MC304 Ariel-5 MDT machining centre from Addison Saws, the first 5-axis machining centre of its type to be sold in the UK by Addison. The Mecal unit allows the cutting tool to approach the component from all possible angles to complete cutting and machining operations on the top, bottom, sides and ends. This has brought immense flexibility to a new manufacturing process at Neville Precision Engineering. The new contract is for manufacturing 10,000 train carriage light fittings per year. Finished components measure 2 m long by 200 mm wide, and are produced from 4.5-metre-long extrusion bars. For the contract, “I initially considered purchasing an additional Mecal 4-axis machine,” comments Neville Precision Engineering’s managing...
