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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China Zhongwang Holdings, China’s top industrial aluminium extruder, paints a rosy picture of automotive aluminium market, National Business Daily reported. The company is building the world’s single largest aluminium rolling project in terms of designed annual capacity, the media added. The project, located in Tianjin, specializes in production of aluminium alloy medium-thick plate used in aircrafts, ships, commercial and special vehicles and chemical containers, etc. The first phase of the project has an annual designed capacity of 1.8 million tonnes and consists of two production lines. The first line is in debugging process and scheduled to enter operations before the end of this year, National Business Daily reported.
UC Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, announces that the supply of aluminium alloys for serial production of car engines components at Ford Sollers car building plant in Elabuga has commenced. Having successfully passed the qualification tests, Rusal aluminium alloys are now being delivered in engine components to Ford Sollers engine plant by local suppliers of the Ford Motor Company. Aluminium produced at Rusal is being used at “RosALit” / “ZMZ” - Zavolzhski engine plant in the city of Zavolzhie in cylinder barrels, cylinder heads and main bearing caps for Ford’s localized engine. The engine piston is being produced by the Kostroma car component plant, in the city of Kostroma. In addition to engine components, Rusal's alloys are used in the production of wheel disks for all of...
The world aluminium foil packaging market is expected to continue showing stable growth over 2015-2025. China will account for approximately 45% of the global demand and developing countries are expected to account for a bigger market share over the next ten years as their economies develop further. Packaging sales in the emerging economies are expected to continue to show strong growth as both increased consumption and demand for consumer goods drive the need for more sophisticated packaging. The aluminium packaging industry is expected to continue showing stable development at a considerable volume level. However the industry has been negatively impacted by rising prices for raw materials. Combined with the fact that many countries are still recovering from the recent economic crisis,...
Noranda on Monday said will lay off 38 employees at its Newport plant on or around December 3. Following the reduction, the facility will operate with 15 hourly and two salaried associates, compared to the workforce of 48 hourly and 7 salaried associates, according to John Parker, a company spokesman. Parker said the layoffs are part of a companywide cost-cutting effort in response to aluminum prices, which are at their lowest levels since the global financial crisis. Newport will continue to perform coating and slitting operations for coated finstock and container foil products. Although other production is being curtailed at Newport, the facility will retain the equipment capabilities to restart that production if demand warrants, Parker said. Monday's layoff announcement comes about a...
The UK’s only remaining manufacturer of rolled aluminium coils is celebrating a prestigious milestone this month, with its Litho Centre marking 25 years in business. Bridgnorth Aluminium is celebrating a quarter of a century since the launch of its offset lithographic aluminium strip manufacturing centre – the only place in the UK where aluminium printing plate material is made. “We’re thrilled to be celebrating this fantastic milestone,” explained Simon MacVicker, Managing Director of Bridgnorth Aluminium. “Over the past 25 years, our business truly has gone from strength-to-strength, and our demand for lithographic printing material is continuing to grow.” Used by many national and international printing plate manufacturers, the firm has developed its reputation as one of the leading...
CareFlex approached Sapa’s extrusion company in the UK to find out whether an aluminium solution could be found for a particularly complex product. The answer was yes. Recognizing that each user has specific and problematical needs, CareFlex manufactures specialist seating for a range of people with different requirements. This includes those recovering after a fall and those with neurological or musculoskeletal conditions. The company's revolutionary SmartSeat™ Pro is a highly adjustable, modular seating system for users with complex postural and pressure management needs. Sapa Profiles UK produces an extrusion from a single die that is an integral part of the SmartSeatPro™. The multi-adjustable back of the chair has three upper backrest components that can be altered in height, depth,...
Aludium, a leading manufacturer of sheet metal and aluminium coil products, announced today that Antonio Quereda will take up the newly created position of Innovation and Technology Director from 16 November 2015. Antonio has over 25 years experience in industrial manufacturing covering high demand sectors such as automotive, aerospace and toys. Antonio joins Aludium from FAMOSA, Spain’s leading toy manufacturer, where he held the role of Chief Operating Officer for more than seven years. In his new role, Antonio will lead the innovation activities of Aludium and its Cindal R&D Centre. He will also take responsibility for key development projects and capital expenditure investments. As part of this role, Antonio will also define, develop and lead the implementation of standard practices...
Midas Holdings said, its subsidiary, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co, has secured four contracts totalling 72.5 million yuan for the supply of aluminum alloy extrusion profiles for metro trains and airport rail trains in China and Malaysia. The first supply contract, worth 31.9 million yuan, is for the Lanzhou Metro. The other two supply contracts are for the Nanchang Metro Line 2 and Wuhan Metro Line 2 and are worth 20 million yuan and 11 million yuan, respectively. The last supply contract, worth 9.6 million yuan, is for the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit trains which connect Kuala Lumpur city centre and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. All four contracts are awarded by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co, and slated for delivery in 2015 and 2016. As such, they are expected to...
The Aluminum Association has released Aluminum in Green Buildings: A Guide to Green Building Development and Certification with Aluminum Products. The new guide features information on aluminum’s unique properties for use in building and construction, as well as data on the metal’s life-cycle characteristics and environmental performance. The guide is available at the Association’s booth #3151 during Greenbuild 2015 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. November 18 -20. The Guide is intended to assist and support aluminum end-users – architects, designers and engineers – in understanding how aluminum contributes to green building development and achieving certifications like Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design. Key information in the Guide includes: • Aluminum’s...
IDF Aluminium has installed transom closers, hook locks and armoured keeps from Alpro at a new-build Asda store in Wealdstone, North London. The supermarket opened in the summer and is a 9,000-sq-ft site with ‘click and collect’ for the company’s clothing range, a bakery and rotisserie. For the building frontage, IDF Aluminium fabricated powered pedestrian sliding doors using Alpro deadlocks. These units are available in hook and bar versions and are used widely on sliding and swing aluminium door applications in the retail and leisure sectors. The pedestrian doors at Asda are part of an extruded aluminium curtain walling frontage created by IDF who have also supplied sign panelling. Plant room doors include Alpro’s overhead transom closers which are a means of hydraulically controlling...
Aluminium consumption in China is expected to weaken further in 2016, Shanghai Metals Market foresees. “Utilization rates at major domestic aluminium processing enterprises are down on a yearly basis in 2015, such as aluminium plate/sheet, strip, aluminium extrusion , cast aluminium alloy , reducing aluminium consumption,” SMM’s aluminium analyst said at the 2015 Foundry Industry Conference. The decline in the rate is due largely to weak demand from major end-user sectors, including construction, real estate and automobile sectors, the analyst continued at the conference held on November 19-20 in Suzhou. “Such conditions are expected to continue into 2016, and aluminium consumption in China is then expected to fall by 1 percent from 2015,” the analyst predicted.
Constellium N. V. announced today that it will construct a new manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia, in response to growing demand for its automotive structures in North America. This project represents a $20 million investment by Constellium and an additional $12 million investment by developer Seefried Properties, for a total project value of $32 million. Construction of the plant will begin in early 2016 with start of production anticipated in 2017. Constellium expects to create approximately 150 high-tech manufacturing jobs at this location by 2019. “The new Georgia plant demonstrates Constellium’s commitment to work in partnership with automakers in North America and to be near their assembly plants,” said Paul Warton, President of Constellium’s Automotive Structures and...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has released the latest edition of its popular publication, the AEC Buyers’ Guide. The Buyers’ Guide is a comprehensive directory of AEC aluminum extruder members, and features such information as company headquarters, plant locations, contact information, maximum press circle size, forms produced, and types of services offered. The guide is organized in a convenient format, arranged alphabetically, geographically, and includes an extensive capabilities chart. The Buyers’ Guide also includes listings for AEC Supplier and Producer Members. The Buyers’ Guide also includes valuable content that provides readers with interesting facts about aluminum and aluminum extrusions, and articles highlighting some of the best and latest applications for aluminum...
TaeguTec recently unveiled the XEVT 16 and 22 for high-speed machining as part of its Chase-Alu family. Aluminium has its challenges but this alloy’s high strength-to-weight ratio makes it an imperative material in many industrial fields, including automotive, aerospace and mould making. Yet, the main problems in machining aluminium remain the formation of built-up edges due to the adhesion of the materials used, Taegutec says. The cutting tool company has tackled these concerns by minimising the tendency of aluminium to stick to the tool cutting edge, ensuring good chip evacuation, and assuring the tool core strength to withstand breaking. Taegutec recently unveiled the XEVT 16 and 22 for high-speed machining as part of the Chase-Alu family that amalgamates the line’s power of machining...
Development of the downstream aluminium industries in the region will have positive implications for the aluminium sector as a whole, said a senior Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) official. Abdulla Jassem bin Kalban, managing director and CEO at EGA, was speaking at the annual Arab International Aluminium Conference (Arabal), which took place recently in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The Arabal 2015 event, comprising a strategic conference and industry exhibition, focused on the integration of the aluminium upstream and downstream sectors in the GCC, said a statement. On the first day of the conference Kalban participated in a keynote panel discussion on ‘The prospects for the GCC aluminium sector’, it added. In his presentation he focused on the downstream industry in particular, highlighting...
JW Aluminum Company announced that a majority of its shares have been acquired by a group of leading institutional investors, including business development companies managed by Franklin Square Capital Partners and sub-advised by an affiliate of Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”). The group also provided financing to effect a recapitalization of the company. The recapitalization competitively positions the company in the flat rolled aluminum market, reinforces its status as a long term domestic producer and furthers its ability to deliver exceptional value to its customers. Commenting on the transaction, Chief Executive Officer, Lee McCarter said “With the completion of this transaction, JWA has secured a lower cost capital structure that enhances our competitive position in the...
Midas Holdings Limited announced today that its subsidiary, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd has secured four contracts totalling RMB72.5 million for the supply of aluminum alloy extrusion profiles for metro trains and airport rail trains in the People’s Republic of China and Malaysia respectively. The first supply contract, worth RMB 31.9 million is for the Lanzhou Metro. The other two supply contracts are for the Nanchang Metro Line 2 and Wuhan Metro Line 2 and are worth RMB20.0 million and RMB 11.0 million respectively. The last supply contract, worth RMB9.6 million is for the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit trains which connect Kuala Lumpur city centre and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. All four contracts are awarded by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd and slated...
UACJ Group, the largest aluminum manufacturer in Japan, announced on Thursday, last week that it would be officially opening an aluminum rolling plant in Rayong. The plant will be the first of its kind in the Southeast Asia region, and will cost Bt21 billion. The plant began operations in August, and expects to achieve a 200,000 ton annual capacity by 2017. The plant in Rayong employs 700 workers; 100 of which are Japanese, and 600 of which are Thais. Over time, Japanese staff will be reduced and replaced completely by Thai staff. CEO of UACJ, Mitsuru Okada, stated that the company is considering making an additional investment to its Rayong facility to boost its annual capacity to reach 300,000 tons by 2020. Akinori Yamahuchi, UACJ’s president, noted that Thailand has excellent...
