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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France Alu Color, an aluminium powder coating specialist has improved its operations reducing expenditure on chemicals and improving reliability and safety of its surface treatment by adopting a new technology; the Qdos dosig/metering pumps Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG). The company’s plant in Marcilloles located 50 km south of Lyon has an annual aluminium coating capacity of 1,850,000 m square (5000 tonnes) but was suffering from a number of issues including clogging of the dosing pumps, inaccurate doses and large amounts of waste leading to higher maintenance cost and time. With the installation of Qdos pumps, there has been a marked change in operations. The Head of Chemicals Mr Crouzet says “We installed Qdos pumps on the vertical powder coating line to dose specific...
Amidst an unsteady manufacturing industry in Australia, Nissan Australia surprised the automotive manufacturing world with claims that the future of its casting and parts factory is secure well beyond 2020. Nissan has adopted a new manufacturing technology is association with CSIRO that prevents blockage of valves that is common with molten aluminium. This has helped the company save $100,000 per component as machine stoppages are cut down. According to a recent announcement, the Dandenong South facility will receive a fresh lease of life thanks to a deal secured for the production of parts for the Nissan Leaf and 38 other models of the brand that are sold internationally. The manufactured goods from the facility is shipped to countries like Japan, US, UK, Thailand, Mexico and South...
Kilt Lifter Scottish-Style Ale, the brewery’s award-winning flagship beer, is a full-bodied ale with strong caramel and roasted barley flavors, an amber color, malty sweetness and a hint of smokiness. Peach Ale is a light, fruity beer with a subtle, sweet peach flavor and aroma. Sunbru Kölsch-Style Ale has a malty, chardonnay-like aroma and dry, refreshing finish with a low but balanced bitterness and a light to medium body. Hop Knot India Pale Ale has the color of a golden ale, but carries the bitterness of a fine pale ale and the hop aroma of an IPA. Its logo represents the five different hops that are introduced at seven separate intervals during the brewing process. 8th Street Pale Ale features English bitters which are known for their balance of malt, hop flavors and aromas. It has...
Shiloh Industries, Inc., a leading global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions, today announced plans to open a new aluminum casting plant in Nantong, China in a joint venture with Suzhou Sanji Foundry Equipment Co., Ltd. (Sanji). Shiloh is the majority shareholder with 55 percent equity. The plant will manufacture the company's family of aluminum CastLight™ products, utilizing Shiloh's high-pressure die casting and proprietary squeeze casting expertise. This operation supports Shiloh's continued global expansion of its leading and proprietary lightweighting technologies, with an expected opening in mid-2016. "We continue to expand our global footprint to meet the growing lightweighting needs of the automotive industry," said Ramzi Hermiz, president and CEO of Shiloh....
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) will present a newly developed educational offering with the AEC Sales & Marketing Workshop, scheduled for June 8-10, 2015 at the Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. The Sales & Marketing Workshop is intended to benefit managers and leaders in extrusion sales and marketing, as well as extrusion business leaders. The program is divided into three distinct sessions over two days that cover an array of topics important to better understanding the extrusion business and the unique markets served by aluminum extrusions. Session I: Extrusion Markets will cover the current aluminum extrusion market dynamics with speakers that will address extrusion supply and demand, forecasts for key extrusion end markets, extrusion billet supply issues, and more....
AluMag is organizing the only international symposium [Shanghai 2015 - Detroit 2015 - Duesseldorf 2016], focused on automotive lightweighting, supply chain and procurement management. The Asia 2015 symposium will take place from the 6th – 8th of July 2015 at the Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel in Shanghai and will feature keynotes and speakers as well as exhibitors from Audi, Cosma, DGS Druckguss, Geely, Kobe Steel, Magna, Novelis, Voestalpine etc. The 2nd AluMag symposium is held in the days leading up to the "ALUMINIUM China" and "China Diecasting" shows, both taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre which is located next to the Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel. For further information CLICK here.
Jaguar Land Rover, with its all-aluminium lightweight petrol and diesel engines capable of internal combustion, wins the Queens Award for Sustainable Development. The brand endorses sustainable development in various aspects of its operation, like being the first vehicle to be fitted with innovative motors that will enable CO2 ratings to be as low as 99gms per km, a close match to the European-Union target for 2020. They have a new engine plant that is powered by a rooftop solar panel array that is believed to be the largest in UK. Ralf Speth, the company’s German chief executive says, “Jaguar Land Rover takes a ‘whole lifecycle’ approach to developing vehicles and reducing their impact on the environment. This drives our product design — the use of lightweight materials such as...
Like BLOB, the SYNERGY range of enclosures, which was only recently launched on the market, received a design award, namely the iF Product Design Award 2015 in the category "Industry”. The development focused on the unique combination of elegant design and functionality. A total of 36 enclosure sizes convinced the jury with high-quality sophistication. Through the basic shapes of square, rectangular, circular and oval, the enclosure range is suitable for a wide range of different application options, depending on usage and requirements. In particular the connections of the individual components by means of guides, as well as the absence of visible screwed connections, round off the aesthetic appearance. "The SYNERGY combines the advantages of plastic and aluminium in one single enclosure...
The new Ford F-150, with an updated body made of aluminum from Alcoa, got a top safety rating from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Ford previously committed to changing the F-150 from a steel body to a 97% aluminum body, and the aluminum is provided by the Alcoa works in Riverdale. Replacing the steel with aluminum improved the F-150’s fuel efficiency and reduced its weight by 700 pounds. The NHTSA gave its top five-star crash test safety rating to the newer version of the F-150 Super Crew 4×4 and 4×2 models, made with the Alcoa aluminum. “Starting with 2011 models, NHTXA has introduced tougher tests and rigorous new 5-Star Safety Ratings that provide more information about safety feature performance and crash avoidance technologies,” said information on the...
China exported 360,000 tonnes of unwrought aluminum and aluminum semis in March, down 14.3% February, customs data showed. SMM attributes the surprising decline to sharply falling overseas aluminum premiums and rising SHFE/LME aluminum price ratio, which hurt token exports of aluminum semis. Despite unfavorable SHFE/LME aluminum price ratio from late March through early April, some Chinese processors continued to sell overseas at the expense of lowering processing fees, SMM's survey found. Others, by contrast, chose to cut exports. All in all, Q2 will not see strong aluminum semis exports, SMM's aluminum analyst Wang Chunhui said.
UK drinkers are swapping bottled beer and cider for cans after embracing the aluminium revolution driven by suppliers. Cans are cheaper to produce, easier to recycle and more adept than bottles at protecting beer and cider from oxygen and light, leading a host of British craft breweries and cidermakers to follow their US counterparts by championing 33cl cans. UK drinkers are buying into it as canned beer stole 1% volume share from bottles over the past year (Nielsen, year to January 2015) and canned cider seized 7% share. The off-trade beer market has grown and cans have a higher share of it, with Nielsen reporting canned beer volumes up 2.4% and canned cider volumes up 6%. Multipacks are a key tool for the industry and four-packs accounted for 43% of sales volume. Over the past year 15...
Rexam, a leading global can maker, has collaborated with Feilong to produce a can for its brand new, traditionally-inspired rice beer. With a striking design, the can uses various ink combinations specifically selected by Rexam to incorporate Feilong’s Chinese cultural influence. The use of two shades of white re-creates a traditional Chinese silk pattern, whilst the impactful and iconic Feilong symbol – meaning flying dragon – is brought to life by an array of carefully matched colours. Feilong incorporates a traditional rice beer recipe long used by Chinese brewmasters, to create a light, refreshing and refined lager. Rexam’s premium can format enables the fusion of tradition and modernity and captures the essence of the brand. Jonnie Cahill, Marketing Director for Heineken Russia says,...
The order, worth approximately SEK 30 million, will provide design, products and installation of a complete fume abatement plant. The order will be booked in Q2, 2015, and the installation is targeted to be completed during 2015. The facility, which supplies plate products to the world's aerospace, defense, tooling and general engineering markets, will be upgraded to comply with regulations and the company’s environmental targets. Nederman has worked closely with the company to find the best solution to meet new requirements. “The aluminium industry is interesting and puts high demands on our products and solutions. This order confirms our ability to fulfill the need of eco-efficient solutions, creating both economic and ecological benefits for our customer, says Hans Dahlén, SVP,...
Novelis Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Steve Fisher to serve as the company's Interim President, effective immediately. The announcement follows the departure of Philip Martens, the company's former President and Chief Executive Officer, also effective immediately. The search for a permanent chief executive is under way. Novelis Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steve Fisher was named Interim President of the company, effective immediately. "The Board would like to thank Phil for his service to Novelis during a critical time of growth and expansion," said Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the company's Board of Directors. "Given Steve's deep knowledge of Novelis and strong support of the rest of the executive team, we have great...
Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd has clarified with reference to the increase in price. As of now the Company does not have any information / announcement that have a bearing on the operation / performance of the Company which include all price sensitive information in regard to the Company that could have led to the sudden spurt on the price behavior and volume of transactions of the Company's scrip. Shares of ESS DEE ALUMINIUM LTD. was last trading in BSE at INR 297 as compared to the previous close of INR 312.6. The total number of shares traded during the day was 172537 in over 3566 trades. The stock hit an intraday high of INR 327 and intraday low of 297. The net turnover during the day was INR 54022351.
The newly launched BMW R nineT with aluminium fuel tanks has been a great addition to BMW’s motorcycle range especially appealing to those who love the powerful, purist styled bikes. They come in a rugged style fitted with the flat-twin engine, unique design and powered by innovative technology. The special aluminium tanks come in two variants, hand-brushed and gloss-varnished where the rider has the option to choose between visible or smoothed welding seams. With a wide range of BMW Motorrad accessories available, these bikes are perfect for customization allowing the rider to reflect his personal style. Both versions of the aluminium fuel tanks echo the tanks of the series production matching in shape, volume and weight reinforcing the neo-classical appeal prompted by the bike’s overall...
Record year as European can market grows by almost 4% in 2014 • Total Fillings increase by almost 4% to 63 billion cans • CSD Fillings increased by 5% to almost 32 billion cans • Beer Fillings increased by 2% to 31 billion cans Canadean, who compile the Beverage Can filling figures for BCME, confirmed that 2014 proved to be a record year for Can sales, with almost 63 billion cans filled in Europe. A strong final quarter ensured that can fillings comfortably exceeded 60 billion units. • Carbonated Soft Drink (CSD) fillings increased by 5%; for the first time CSD fillings exceeded those of Beer • Beer fillings increased by 2%, another excellent performance for the can, considering an overall drop in beer sales of over 1% across the European region • Share of canned Beer fillings in Europe...
The potential to develop downstream facilities in aluminium industry is higher in the Middle East region compared to anywhere else in the world and an increasing number of downstream players are jumping on to the bandwagon, according to a senior industry official. Cesar Martin, sales and technology director at Italy-based Salico Group, said the upstream facilities are already well developed and the outlook for downstream facilities is rosy as the regional economies are diversifying. “We want to cash in on the diversification taking place in the region. The sector is getting competitive, but we are well-placed to gain as we have good technology balanced with price,” said Martin. He was representing the Salico Group at the recent Aluminium Middle East 2015, held in Dubai. “We have always...
