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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The Aluminum Association released today environmental product declarations (EPD) for various types of aluminum products. An EPD is a comprehensive, internationally harmonized report that describes the potential environmental impact of a particular product through its life cycle. EPDs are now being used to help earn LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)® credit points for green building certification under LEED® V4. The Aluminum Association partnered with PE International to develop EPDs for five representative aluminum products through one of the largest industry life cycle assessment (LCA) studies ever completed. A total of 25 aluminum companies participated in the effort and supplied data for almost all of their operational facilities. The EPDs were certified by UL...
To prove the potentiality of the strong, yet light weight aluminium, the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools & Forming Technology has designed a high speed train cab made of aluminium foam components for a demonstration. The material is developed using aluminium foam material in the form of a metal sandwich. The core of comprises of a low-density foam layer that is produced through heat treatment sandwiched by external layers of aluminium. Since all the layers are part of the same metal components, they will not separate. The foam is a self-supporting material and does not require the heavy metal frames unlike GRP at the same time providing the low weight of composite materials. The material has got some additional benefits in terms of fire protection, fatigue strength and weldability...
Superior Industries International, the largest manufacturer of aluminium car and truck rims, has slipped into the red zone according to the Q3 results of 2014. The company reported a net loss of US$ 2.4 million due to expenses worth US$ 6.9 million dollars in the quarter caused largely by the shut down of Superior’s factory in Rogers, Arkansas. The company saw a decline in the net sales by 8% slipping to $176.4 million in the third quarter while the unit shipments fell by 11% as compared to the corresponding period last year, falling from 2.9 million units to 2.6 million units this year. Don Stebbins, who is the company’s president, CEO as well as board member since May 2014, says that the restructuring of the company is the cause of the apparent loss but it should instead be looked at as...
CRL-U.S. Aluminum receives third consecutive honor while continuing North American expansion plans. Glass Magazine, one of the industry's leading commercial, retail, and fabrication publications, recently named CRL-U.S. Aluminum as the #1 Top Metal Company in their 2014 feature on North America's most notable manufacturers. Each year the magazine honors the glass and metal industry's Top Metal Companies who continue to expand their sales reach and manufacturing output, while helping strengthen the industry at large. For the third year in a row, CRL-U.S. Aluminum has been recognized as the leading manufacturer and supplier of metal glazing products in the United States and Canada. CRL attributes their leadership position to an unwavering commitment to designing, engineering, and...
RCKa Architects specified the aluminium glazing systems for De La Rue’s new technology center at Overton Mill in Hampshire. The project also included refurbishment of an existing 1980s office building to house the new research facility. RCKa’s goal was to create a distinctive, world-class building with a modern façade that would reflect De La Rue’s aspirations as a leading global organization, stimulate innovation and interaction, and blend well into its rural surroundings. The building’s contemporary design has a sculptural form which features deep reveals and projecting sills to provide shade from the sun in summer, and to allow high levels of natural daylight during the winter months. And by recycling and converting an existing facility, the client gained a new research center for...
ALUCAST 2014, the biggest exhibition in the Aluminium Die Casting industry, is due to be held between 4th to 6th at BIEC, Bangalore. At this exhibitions stakeholders from the die casting industry will come together bringing with them their display of products and services they offer which include categories like: aluminium die casting, recycling, automation of the casting process, post casting operations, melting practices and metal treatment, heat treatment specialists and the like. The President of ALUCAST 2014, Mr Prasan Firodia said that India has emerged as an important contributor in the global aluminium supply chain while this industry in turn has become important for the Indian economy as well, contributing 7% in the GDP. Since the future of the auto component industry looks...
APEL Extrusions, Inc. is expanding their production capacity in the new Coburg, OR facility by adding a new UBE press and Granco Clark Heating and Handling System (installation in July 2014). The Granco Clark equipment features the best high pressure spray quenching technology available, a cut-on-the fly double puller, high velocity cooling ducts, 100 Ton profile stretcher, a complete belt/convey¬or handling system, and a log furnace with hot billet saw. Once this equipment is installed they will move the current production line (UBE press and Granco heating and handling system) from the old facility (Springfield, OR) to the new facility. Founded in 1947, Granco Clark began manufacturing billet furnaces and has evolved into a worldwide, cutting-edge single-source supplier and leading...
American Specialty Alloys announced today plans to build a $1.2 billion, state-of-the-art, aluminum mini-mill in the Southeastern United States. The planned 1.4 million square foot plant, is an environmentally friendly mill with over $200 million in pollution control systems. The plant will be the world’s first "green" mini mill. It will supply over 600,000 tons per year of aluminum, flat-rolled product to the automotive industry making it very possibly, the largest supplier of auto grade aluminum in the United States. “We are proud to be bringing this new facility to market. We have spent a significant amount of time completing our business strategies, engineering plans, and market analysis and we are now narrowing and finalizing our site selection. Our phase one operations are targeted...
As GCC aluminium production is expected to hit the five million tonnes mark by the end of this year, downstream factories in the GCC countries are racing to acquire the state- -of-the-art machines and latest equipment. Since aluminium production started in the region in 1971, there have been significant developments in the number and variety of downstream aluminium industries, such as extrusion, rolled products, wires and cables that cater for the needs of regional and international markets. The list of major GCC downstream players includes Gulf Extrusions and Al- Hamad Aluminium Extrusions in the UAE, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO) and Midal Cable in Bahrain, Alupco and Al-Taisser in Saudi Arabia and Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) in Oman. Around 70 per cent of all primary...
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting highlights infrastructure construction as the priority of enhancing connectivity and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, which will see high-speed railway construction speed up and boost aluminum extrusion demand, yicai.com reported. China will contribute $ 40 billion to set up a Silk Road Fund aimed at promoting connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced during the Dialogue Meeting on Strengthening Connectivity and Improving Cooperation in China's Neighborhood on November 8. Infrastructure construction, especially railway and road construction, will be the top priority, it added. Usually, about 10 tonnes of aluminum products are used in one high-speed railcar, including 8 tonnes of extruded...
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won yet another energy award in Germany. DENA (the German Energy Agency) has conferred an Energy Efficiency Award 2014 to Alunorf, one of three energy-efficiency projects in the private sector to receive the award. Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf) took the first prize for optimizing energy consumption in the aluminium annealing process. (Alunorf recently won the Energy Award 2014 from the German Energy Academy.) "I am very pleased that our joint-venture Alunorf is recognized for leading the way in energy efficiency in industry," says Oliver Bell, head of Rolled Products in Hydro, which has responsibility for the company's share in Alunorf. "This is a good signal for our company, our customers, and...
Altumet SPA from Algiers, Algeria, receives a pipe end finishing machine from PWS. The new machine will be integrated into the existing line at the company's Algiers site. The machine will finish up to 20 pipe ends per hour in three-shift operation. The diameters of the finished pipes range from eight to 42 inches with wall thickness from five to 20 millimeters and pipe lengths between five and 13 meters. Grades up to X80 can be processed. The finished pipes conform to the API 5L certification. “We expect the new machine to enable us to produce a higher quality of the finished pipes,” says Farid Amrouche, CEO of Altumet in Algiers. “The fact that we will achieve a significantly higher through¬put and lower maintenance costs makes us highly optimistic for our further investment program.”...
EAFA, the European Aluminium Foil Association, announced that entries for the Alufoil Trophy 2015 competition are now extended until 5 December 2014. The Alufoil Trophy recognises and rewards the use of aluminium foil and aluminium closures in all its many forms and uses. From rolls in the kitchen, through sophisticated laminates or as insulation, for use in packaging, construction and automotive products, as well as in many other industrial and decorative applications it is used daily and, in many ways, can be regarded as indispensable. The competition categories are: • Marketing + Design • Consumer Convenience • Resource Efficiency • Product preservation • Technical Innovation Many different practitioners in aluminium foil and aluminium closures may enter, including packaging designers,...
Design agency Pearlfisher impressed the judging panel with the new branding and structural design for this premium Lurpak product. The new structure comes in the form of an innovative, fully recyclable brushed-aluminium butter dish that is inspired by the materials of traditional butter churns. Pearlfisher said the new design brings to life an “everyday premium” food experience and allows better interaction with the product, taking butter out of the fridge and putting it back at the centre of the table. All the judges were impressed with the attractive design as well as the reusability element of the packaging. Lurpak said it worked closely with Pearlfisher to celebrate “the way good butter tastes and is consumed”. This product with its new packaging has the potential to create a new...
By revenue, Rexam Plc is the second-largest beverage can maker in the world but the rising aluminium premiums and high energy costs in Brazil are pushing the company to contemplate raising the price for their customers. On Thursday, Rexam came out as one of the biggest losers in the FTSE-250 Midcap Index slipping as much as 8.5%. The aluminium premium in Europe and North America are at an all time high caused by the strong global demands coupled with restricted supply of the metal. This has caused Rexam to review its cost base while it deals with top names in the beverage industry like Coca-Cola Co, Anheuser-Busch InBey, Heineken and PepsiCo Inc. The aluminium premium which was $300 at the beginning of the year has jumped up to $500 per tonne which will result in additional costs of about...
Ess Dee Aluminum, one of India’s leading aluminium foil manufacturer, has bagged two awards in International Concept On Quality Convention. This international level event, held in Srilanka from 12th to 14th October 2014, witnessed more than 200 Teams participating from 13 Nations which included Korean Giants Samsung, Japan’s Toyota Motor , China’s Aero Space , Universities from Malaysia and Singapore. “We are proud to have won two awards in International Concept On Quality Convention. Inspite of being the first timer, we achieved this feet in the International level. It’s s a big achievement not only for the employees but also for the organisation. We look forward to participating in the International Convention on QC Circles next year too” said Mr. Sudip Datta, Chairman, Ess Dee...
In an interview with Metal Bulletin, Sapa President & CEO Svein Tore Holsether talks about the “huge impact” that aluminium solutions can have in the building industry. Aluminium building systemsIn the interview, Holsether tells Metal Bulletin journalist Jethro Wookey about the tremendous growth opportunities for Sapa going forward, not only in the automotive industry but also in building and construction. "A key mission is to reduce the environmental impact. About 25 percent of the world's energy is consumed in the transport industry, but 40 percent is used in buildings," says Holsether, adding that “we will keep pushing on buildings because there is so much to be gained. Aluminium solutions can have a huge impact." Sapa is the industry’s leading supplier of innovative and energy-saving...
RAMPF Machine Systems has unveiled a bonded lightweight carriage in a highly dynamic, multi-axis moving system at this year's Motek trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany. The company states the carriage features improved rigidity, significantly better damping, and low weight. For the first time, RAMPF Machine Systems claims it has manufactured a carriage for a highly dynamic multi-axis system using aluminium foam sandwich panels that have been cut to size and bonded together. According to RAMPF the carriage weighs 32% less than a comparable version made entirely of steel, while also delivering improved rigidity and significantly better damping. The acceleration of the three axes in this moving system that can be adapted for different applications is 8g on the X-axis, 3g on the Y-axis, and 13g...
