Novelis has supplied approximately 100,000 m² of aluminium façade materials for six construction projects across the UK, highlighting the metal's growing role in architectural design, infrastructure modernisation and urban regeneration. The materials have been used across developments in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London, covering applications ranging from transport infrastructure and residential refurbishment to commercial and mixed-use buildings. The projects demonstrate the versatility of aluminium in modern building envelopes, with Novelis supplying architectural materials designed to combine durability, aesthetic flexibility and performance. Aluminium supports diverse architectural applications Commenting on the projects, Michael Hahne, Vice President Commercial of Novelis...
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...
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Finch’s Beer Co. is going local. The Chicago-based craft brewer has teamed up with Rexam, choosing the company’s 16 oz. cans as the ideal packaging choice for its lineup of beers. Rexam is a leading global beverage can maker with North American headquarters in Chicago. Finch’s has already launched Secret Stache Stout, Hardcore Chimera, Finch’s Pale Ale and Nuclear Winter in Rexam cans with Sobek & Set, Fascist Pig and Threadless coming soon, followed by Wet Hot American Wheat this summer. Finch’s began the transition in the middle of 2014, and plans to have all eight of its labels – plus two additional new labels – in Rexam cans by mid-2015. Finch’s Beer Co. utilizes cans because of their many inherent benefits. Aluminum cans block out all light and oxygen which helps preserve the beer’s...
The Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC), owned by Takamul Investment Company, based in Sohar (Oman) and constructed by FATA EPC (a division of FATA S.p.A.), successfully concluded its extensive final IPPT (Integrated Plant Performance Tests) Program in November 2014. OARC has produced coils across all product ranges and have now begun their ramp-up to full production. The OARC Plant is a state-of-the-art, world-class light gauge sheet rolling facility with a capacity of 140,000 tonnes per year. It includes a Hazelett Twin Belt Caster which provides unique metallurgical properties that benefit customers in their business applications of aluminium sheet products. The successful combination of the industry leading technology of the Hazelett belt caster with the state-of-the-art Hot...
On January 1, 2015, Atlas Holdings LLC launched Aludium — its newest operating company — with the acquisition of rolling mills in Spain and France from Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering, and manufacturing. Included in the transaction are mills located in Amorebieta and Alicante (Spain) and Castelsarrasin (France), as well as the state-of-the-art Cindal research and development facility in Alicante. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Aludium produces engineered, high-quality products for a broad array of sectors including building and construction, brights and decoration, and closures and cosmetics. The company will maintain its existing focus on these core markets. “Our objective is to become Europe’s premier supplier of aluminium sheets,...
The Jeep Wrangler is a vehicle sort of encumbered by its success, in that everyone wants it to remain exactly the same, but improve at the same time. This is the conundrum Jeep chief, the aptly named Mike Manley, is forced to contend with as it prepares to update the vehicle for 2017. In an interview with Auto Express, Manley discusses the possibilities that lay ahead for the off-roader, including the introduction of hybrid power. “You have the potential for hybrid powertrains in the future,” he admitted. “For those people who use the Wrangler, the most important thing is the initial torque and the crawl ratio,” said Manley. “With an electric motor you have the most torque available and with the right combination of transmission and gear ratios you can create incredible crawl ratios.” It...
A Ford Motor Co. executive on Friday carefully skirted high-stakes questions about how the resurging automaker will handle labor contract negotiations this year with its hourly workers. Instead, John Fleming, Ford's executive vice president of global manufacturing and labor affairs, echoed recent remarks from United Auto Workers leaders, saying that the automaker and the union are "aligned" on the goal of ensuring that Ford remains competitive after a new pact is reached later this year. Fleming, who spoke at the Governor's Luncheon which concluded the annual Kentucky Transportation Conference hosted by Kentuckians for Better Transportation, gave a brisk talk, using a PowerPoint and few notes, that touched on Ford's expanding reach around the world and its pride in having Kentucky...
Sapa is bringing new and revolutionary to Chicago at the world’s largest HVAC&R marketplace, the 2015 AHR Expo. Its aluminium tubing innovations include the WebMPE. The AHR Expo is held annually for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry. Sapa’s Precision Tubing business area will again be present at the three-day international trade fair, which opens on Monday, January 26, at McCormick Place in Chicago. One of the highlights at October’s Chillventa exhibition in Germany was Sapa's innovative WebMPE. Now, Sapa will be showing it for the second time – at the AHR Expo. Expert engineers will be present at Sapa’s stand to elaborate on the dramatic and revolutionary design of this brazed aluminium heat exchanger. Indeed, for the first time, the...
Today, the Aluminum Association released the 2015 Aluminum Design Manual, the 10th edition of an essential reference for all professionals working with aluminum in structural applications. This latest version of the manual, which was last updated in 2010, is available to purchase through the Aluminum Association online bookstore at its website. “The Aluminum Design Manual is absolutely indispensable for engineers designing buildings and other load bearing structures using aluminum,” said John Weritz, Vice President for Standards and Technology at the Aluminum Association. “Referenced in the 2015 International Building Code, compliance to that important standard makes the Aluminum Design Manual an essential document that allows engineers to create safe and innovative structures using...
Aluminum wiring was widely used in home construction and renovations in Mississauga during the 1960s and 1970s, but without proper care it can become a potential fire hazard. “There have been numerous warnings about potential hazards of aluminum wiring, yet many homeowners are unaware of what they should be doing to mitigate the dangers,” said Tim Birnie, president of Birnie CurrentSAFE, a Mississauga-based electrical contract company. On Feb. 10, Birnie CurrentSAFE will partner with Mississauga Fire Services to host a free home safety seminar on how to deal with potential hazards of residential aluminum wiring. Titled Aluminum Wiring: Debunking the Myths, the seminar also features a presentation on fire prevention and escape plans by Michele Aplin, public education officer for...
Members of the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), will hear insights from prominent industry leaders and motivational speakers at the 2015 Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference, Thursday, March 5 through Saturday, March 7. The Leadership Conference in Palm Desert, California, will feature a variety of business, industry and motivational speakers, including Kevin Moore, former GM executive, Michael Walsh (invited), Director of ADCVD Policy and Programs Division at the Office of U.S. Customs, and Herm Edwards, former NFL football player and current ESPN announcer. Program highlights include the Market Insights Panel featuring speakers from three extrusion customer markets who will address the utilization and advancement of aluminum extrusions in existing and emerging markets. These...
Henan Energy Yimei Co. and Wanji Holdings Group recently signed a cooperation framework agreement over construction of 600,000-tpy hot-rolled aluminum project and 2*600 MW power generating units, local media reported today. The hot-rolled aluminum facility will cost 3.5 billion yuan ($570 million). Both power generating units, with planned investment totaling 5.3 billion yuan, will generate 7.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually once fully operational in the first half of 2017, it added.
National Aluminium Products Company SAOG (NAPCO) has announced that in order to meet the growing demand of aluminium-based powder coating systems in the region, they have acquired a new vertical powder coating line. NAPCO is one of the leading manufacturers of aluminium extrusions in GCC and the only one in Oman capable of addressing the need for powder-coated extrusions with up to 8 meters of length. Only three other companies in the entire GCC are capable of doing the same. The new acquisition is in line with the company’s expansion plans having already acquired a horizontal powder coating line, the new vertical one purchased from a leading European supplier, is capable of high production capacity at the same time managing to powder-coat the extrusions economically. The General Manager...
Aluminium Extrusion Industries plc’s huge input cost has slowed third quarter (Q3) profit, as the company continues to grapple with the unpredictability of the Nigeria economy, analysis of the company’s financial statement shows. For the first nine months through September 2014, the company’s profit after tax (PAT) fell by 59.14 percent to N37.56 million from N91.94 million the same period of the corresponding year (Q3) 2013. The decline in profit, analysts say, is attributable to huge cost of production incurred by the company. Based on BusinessDay analysis, cost of sales margin was as high as 89.47 percent, higher than the 85.40 percent recorded last year. It means that for every N1 of sales generated by Aluminium Extrusion, it spent N0.89 on input cost. Net margin, a measure of...
The Ford F-150 is slowly but surely making way to the dealers and the latest roll-out has been to Tucson where it has apparently received a warm reception. Although no one is quite sure about what the final verdict on the all-aluminium pick up truck will be, the general manager of the area’s biggest dealer Steve Smith says that the initial response has been very good with more test drives that even the new Mustang with people almost lining up for it. It is a general trend among customers to avoid new models or major revamps as the they may have bugs that may need to be worked out. Although this tendency might work against the new pick up but Ford believes the fuel-efficiency and the advanced technologies used will compel the customers to shift their loyalties to the new model. Besides,...
Grandweld Shipyards successfully delivered 42M Aluminium Fast Crew Boat “SHAH 1” to ADNOC group on the 14th January 2015. The contract for construction of the 42M Aluminum Crew Boat for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) was signed on the 31st of December 2013. ADNOC awarded Grandweld after winning an international tendering for the Fast Crew Boat project and enhancing a successful business relationship. The 42M crew Boat is powered by 3 high speeds diesel engines driving 3 fixed pitch propellers and capable of developing a speed in excess of 21knots. The Boat shall be a Fast Crew Boat with diving support capability to provide various Services required in the offshore operations. The vessel has luxury features of 30 person’s crew seating capacity, with 104 sqm loading area for over 90...
Can-Pack, a Polish beverage can manufacturer plans to expand its operations in Dubai, producing an additional 1.75 million cans a day through its Dh200 million factory unveiled in Dubai Investment Park on Monday. The company will now be able to produce 5 million aluminium cans per day catering to big names in the beverage industry including Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co and other beverage makers, and planning to invest another Dh70 million for further expansion. The Managing Director of Can-Pack Middle East, Michal Sloniec says that the European market is saturated but the Middle East holds a lot of promise thanks to the growing population and the large influx of people coming into the land. There are plans of further expansions by the company reaching out to countries as far as the Philippines...
A rare 1966 edition Ferrari 275 GTB has been sold for a whopping $9.405 million at an auction after getting an aluminium makeover, courtesy Bonhams. This Ferrari 275 Competizione Scaglieti was part of the 60th Anniversary celebration of the Italian firm conducted in Beverly Hills. The car was one of the 12 examples of the same ever built and was owned by the Georges Filipinetti who was a race team owner and a racer himself taking part in the 1967 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as the Spa- Francorchamps endurance race in 1969 in this car winning the first position in both the races. After retiring from racing the car became a part of the American collection before getting damaged by fire in 1985. It was restored soon after in Italy using blue leather upholstery and a brand new...
Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co. the two leading brands of aerated drinks in the world are slowly switching over to smaller-sized cans as the world grows more health conscious. The beverage giants who had ruled the market for years are now coming up with smaller 7.5 ounces mini cans and 8.5-ounce aluminium bottles so that they can appeal to calorie-conscious majority and restrict the portion intake. The soda industry has endured a lot of criticism, being blamed for the increased obesity in the world and as a result the people have started cutting back on the their soda consumption consistently in recent years. Some people even demanding special taxes and warning labels on can. As a counter reaction, the beverage companies are pushing smaller cans. The companies will not be facing much losses as a...
The repairing work at Logan Aluminium Inc is running six days ahead of schedule with the repaired reversing motor ready to be installed at the company’s hot mill at Russellville, Kentucky. Novelis, who is a part-owner of the plant, along with Tri-Arrows Aluminium Inc. is happy that the repaired motor has already been delivered to the plant and they have let their customers know about the accelerated timeline, said Novelis spokesperson. Logan Aluminium is a leading manufacturer of primarily beverage-can sheets with two kinds of flat-rolled aluminium alloys, the 5182 alloy sheet for the top and tab of the aluminium can and 3104 alloy for the bodies. The approximate can sheet production capacity of the company is estimated at around 2 billion lb annually making it one of the largest...
