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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Receiving one of the Genoa Chamber of Commerce’s most prestigious awards was an honor for Michael Cirone, but it didn’t compare to another announcement he heard Thursday. During the Genoa Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting, City Administrator Joe Misurelli announced that Custom Aluminum plans to add a 37,500-square-foot expansion to the company’s facility at 312 Eureka St. “I’m just a small speck in the big picture,” Cirone said. “To have that happen, it’s an amazing push in the right direction, which is what we’re all striving for. It’s to make it a better community.” Misurelli delivered the news to a crowd of more than 100 people who gathered at the Genoa Veterans Home for the 57th annual meeting. He said the company, which has been in Genoa since 2006, is going to add aluminum...
After much contemplation about the precise location of the elusive aluminium mill planned by American Specialty Alloys, an official announcement reveals that the proposed $1.2 billion plant will be built in Central Louisiana where 650 or more people will be hired to supply aluminium for automobile bodies. The announcement came from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office via press release on Friday. Roger Boggs, the Chief Executive for American Specialty alloys had earlier said that they had applied for environmental permits in a number of states including Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas but no one was sure where the final mill would be set up. They had shown interest in the Golden Triangle Industrial Park initially for the project but since they did not follow up on the site after that,...
US-based metal packaging products supplier Crown Holdings will build a new beverage can plant in Monterrey, Mexico, its fourth in the country, to address the growing demand. Crown will construct the new plant at the site which was a part of assets recently purchased by the company, previously belonging to Empaque. Crown president of the American division Djalma Novaes said: "In addition to completing the acquisition of Empaque, the leading beverage can producer in Mexico, we are excited to further expand in this key strategic region of the country and meet our customers' increasing demand." Capable of producing two billion cans every year, the facility's design will enable further expansion and will be equipped to produce two-piece aluminum cans in multiple sizes. Production of beverage...
U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp agreed to buy British rival Rexam Plc in a sweetened 4.43 billion pounds ($6.9 billion) deal, creating an industry giant that can better manage capital spending and costs as aluminium premiums rise. The cash-and-stock deal would merge the world's two largest beverage can makers by volume into a combined entity that could serve as a single supplier to customers across diverse markets. It would also reduce warehousing and transport costs for the can makers, which are contending with record-high premiums, the surcharge they must pay to traders on top of cash metal prices to obtain aluminium. Shares of Rexam, which makes cans for Coca-Cola Co and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, rose more than 6 percent to 571.5 pence in early trading before falling back, and were...
The Bahrain-based international aluminium rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East, announced today the launch of its new group website to better showcase its versatile and high quality aluminium products to its global customer base and the introduction of a new vision, mission and values statement, and refreshed corporate branding. GARMCO’s website has been completely re-engineered and redesigned in line with its refreshed corporate branding and a refocused vision and mission for the group. The new site provides for improved navigation and functionality incorporating the latest communications technology and is fully compatible with all main browsers and the latest mobile devices to ensure ease of access for GARMCO customers around the world....
Anomatic, a full-service manufacturer of anodized aluminum packaging solutions for some of the world's most recognized retail brands announced the immediate availability of its anodized aluminum stock caps line. The line includes six types of customizable caps (tube caps, slip caps, tri-corner caps, rollerball caps, jar covers and spirits tamper evident caps) in a variety of sizes. Anomatic specializes in color anodizing for customers in the beauty, personal care, spirits, and other industries. Stock caps can be customized in any color to match their brand. Customers may also choose in-house added value services like laser engraving, embossing, debossing and screen printing. Anomatic manufactures the stock caps line according to precise standards at its own facilities and has the products...
Known as the world’s largest HVAC&R marketplace, the 2015 AHR Expo lived up to its billing this year, setting an all-time high with more than 62,000 attendees. The hot news is that the interest in aluminium solutions is on the rise. The recent three-day trade fair in Chicago brought together more than 2,100 exibitors from the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry. One was Sapa. At its stand, Sapa gathered a diverse team from sales, research, application development and business development to meet with current and potential customers interested in the company’s range of HVAC&R offerings, from extruded aluminium round tubes to multi-port extrusions to welded tube manifolds. In addition, Sapa underlined its ability to deliver tailored aluminium solutions and...
ThyssenKrupp Group's subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Aerospace is reportedly planning to build its first facility in Bengaluru, India. Planned to be located at Aerospace Special Economic Zone near the international airport, the 3,300m² plant will process materials and source various metals such as titanium, aluminium, steel and alloys for the aerospace segment. ThyssenKrupp business area materials services chairman Joachim Limberg was quoted by Business Standard saying: "We will process and stock here, and supply to tier-1, tier-2 and tier-3 vendors. "This facility will play a critical role in developing a system in India for the growth of aerospace manufacturing." The plant will feature machining centres, cutting and milling units, and testing facilities to produce cut-to-size and machine-ready...
The new Lotus Evora 400 is the latest pure and focused supercar from Lotus, combining high performance with the legendary Lotus benchmark handling. It is faster and dynamically more capable than the previous Lotus Evora leading to greater agility and a more involving drive. Following the core values of the company, not only is the new Lotus Evora 400 faster than the previous model, it is also 22 kg lighter, achieved through careful and clever design and attention to detail. This weight reduction is even more impressive considering that the supercar has more power and a higher standard specification than before. Over two thirds of the Lotus Evora 400 is new, including its supercharged and charge-cooled mid- mounted 3.5-litre V6 engine producing 400 horsepower and 410 Nm of torque. A new...
A high-riding Rolls-Royce crossover vehicle with an all-new aluminium architecture is in development, the company today confirmed. Rolls-Royce is calling the decision to develop a crossover “a seminal moment” in its 111-year history. The decision follows years of industry speculation that such a vehicle was in the pipeline, while more recently the company has confirmed significant customer interest. Just last week, senior management told CarAdvice a decision was imminent. In a statement released to shareholders today, one that pointedly avoided using the term ‘SUV’, the company said the new model would define “exceptional presence, elegance and purpose”. It will be the fourth Rolls-Royce model, which has grown from the Phantom in 2003 — the first model developed under BMW ownership — to...
Estimated shipments of Aluminum Foil by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 70.6 million pounds during January 2015, a decrease of 11.8 percent from the January 2014 total of 80.1 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 29.6 percent over the December 2014 total of 54.5 million pounds. Preliminary shipments for 2014 totaled 983.9 million pounds, off 1.0 percent from the 2013 total of 993.5 million pounds. Shipments of can stock totaled 351.9 million pounds during January 2015, up eight-tenths of one percent over the January 2014 total of 349.2 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments rose seven-tenths of one percent over the December 2014 revised total of 349.4 million pounds. Revised shipments for 2014 totaled 4,250.5 million pounds, off 2.6...
Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has introduced the first model in its new series of recreational fishing boats, a 25-foot bay boat, at the Miami International Boat Show. Metal Shark is best known for the vessels it designs and builds for military, law enforcement, and commercial markets worldwide. The company’s largest clients include the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. While the 25 Gravois shares the sleek lines and amenities common among today’s high-end bay boat offerings, it is immediately notable for its all-aluminum construction. The boat is made from digitally-cut plates of military-grade 5086 aluminum alloy, and is custom-built to “military-spec” standards alongside Metal Shark vessels produced for the U.S. Armed Forces. “As a fully welded aluminum boat with...
A local aluminium manufacturer named Inter Africa Extrusion is applying for a prospecting license to explore the regions in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPR) after discovering aluminium through a recent survey. The company had teamed up with a Chinese firm to carry out surveys in some regions of SNNPR before submitting their request with the Ministry of Mines for an official exploration license. The General Manager of the company Haimanot Abate says, “We are well aware of the availability of aluminum in the area after the survey." The country is seeing an increased demand for the metal and the company that used to import aluminium from Gulf countries has turned to manufacturing it locally. In fact, Haimanot says they are not able to keep up with the demand...
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED), the body that represents the UK aluminium sector, has welcomed Open Energi as a member. UK company Open Energi, which has offices in London and Manchester, has developed an energy demand response management product, which enables heavy electricity users, including many in the metals sector, to match use to availability. In addition to delivering new revenues to users, demand response management promises to lower the UK’s risk of blackouts, at the same time as reducing the overall cost of energy. It achieves this by avoiding the need to build new power capacity, making it easier to manage intermittent renewable energy supplies, and enabling significant emissions reductions. “Open Energi’s technology automatically responds to fluctuations in demand within...
Constellium- UACJ is slated to begin hiring over the next two months for its Body in White plant in Kentucky Transpark with a target of recruiting around 50 people by the end of the year. The plant is supposed to employ 80 people in total once the $150million automotive aluminium sheet production facility goes into production. Meanwhile the existing facility at Neuf-Brisach, France is also undergoing expansion with two continuous annealing, picking and finishing lines ordered for the facilities, according to a news release. The installation of the equipment at the Bowling Green facility is to commence in the next two months said Markus Wild, chief executive officer for the Body in White plant. The equipment is used to release pressure out of the coils, cool it, treats it chemically,...
Rexam, a leading global beverage can manufacturer, has secured land in Sri City (55km from Chennai), Southern India, as well as in Mahindra World City, Jaipur, Northern India, to build a further two beverage can plants in addition to its existing plant in Mumbai. Each plant represents an initial investment of close to £50 million and will add a total production capacity of close to 1.6billion cans. Our plant in Sri City is expected to be operational by H2 2016 and this will be followed by the plant in Jaipur. The two plants will create around 150 new jobs in each of their local communities. Craig Jones, Sector Director Rexam AMEA, commented: “These investments will support and enable us to take advantage of the continued exciting growth of the beverage can in India. Having plants in...
Constellium N.V. announced today that it is investing €22.5 million in its site located in Decin, Czech Republic. The investment, expected to be completed by April 2016, will include a new casthouse, a new indirect extrusion press line for production of hard alloy bars and profiles, a new drawing line, and a complete refurbishment of an existing extrusion line to meet increased demand for drawn bars. The investment follows a €15 million investment announced in May 2014 that included a new casthouse and extrusion line to increase production of hard alloy extrusions by almost 10,000 tons per year. Both investments further Constellium’s strategy of boosting production capacity of high-volume specialty alloy products and extrusions to supply primarily the European automotive market. The plant...
Novelis says that margins in the beverage can industry, which was their core area of focus, has started to fall rapidly and as a result they are planning a systematic focus-shift to automobile aluminium. “(Our new business) model suggests that by FY20 (fiscal 2020), 25% of our shipments would be automotive. The beginning of this evolution is evidenced by record third-quarter shipments, which will only continue to accelerate from this point forward,” said Philip Martens, president and chief executive officer of Novelis. Steve Fisher, chief financial officer, Novelis says, “There are clearly signs that the market demand (for beverage cans) is continuing to go down, and it’s a little bit quicker than we thought. This is having some trade-offs between pricing and capacity.” Novelis plans to...
