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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Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from the Southwire Company, Carrollton, Georgia, USA, to supply an aluminum rod system for wire and cable producer Dubai Cable Co. (Ducab) of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The new mill will be located in Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, with commissioning expected in summer 2015. Siemens is responsible for the engineering, manufacturing and commissioning of the rolling mill and coiler equipment for a Southwire SCR AL 3650 rolling mill to produce EC and 6201 electrical alloy. The contract scope includes a 500 mm entry shear with crop discharge table, a three-stand roughing mill, a seven-stand finishing mill, dual reel coiler, automatic strapping and coil unloading equipment. The new mill will run 8 metric tons per hour, and is rated to produce annually...
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. EVP Pete Bunin sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.66, for a total value of $181,650.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 59,844 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,348,265. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Separately, analysts at Cowen and Company raised their price target on shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corp. from $73.00 to $76.00 in a research note on Friday, April 25th. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a...
Poland's Alumetal said on Friday it would sell shares at 35 zlotys each in its initial public offering (IPO), which would raise 293 million zlotys ($96.21 million) for the majority owner of the aluminium parts maker. Alumetal's main shareholder, Poland-based private equity fund Abris, set the maximum IPO price in June at 44 zlotys, but then decided to sell the company 20 percent cheaper. The Warsaw bourse underperformed relative to its Western peers this year, with main index WIG losing 0.7 percent since January. That has made it harder for new companies to raise cash in IPOs. Abris plans to sell its entire 56 percent stake when Alumetal makes its debut on the Warsaw bourse in July. Alumetal, which has an annual capacity of 165,000 tonnes, produces components mostly for the automobile...
Solid Apollo LED Lighting has just released a new line of 11 unique aluminum LED lighting profiles. With a large variety of profiles to suit almost every LED project. Do-it-yourselfers, architects, lighting designers, and contractors now have even more options in creating the perfect LED Lighting installation. This is the second generation of LED aluminum channels created by Solid Apollo and their experience and knowledge from the first generation has gone into making this new generation the best yet. One of the largest issues lighting designers, contractors and architects face when developing linear lighting solutions, is to create clean, bright and functional systems. This requires the light to appear smooth and continuous. Previously, there were only three basic solutions to create...
Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Hindalco plans to raise $500 million (around INR 3,000 crore) through the qualified institutional placement of shares to raise funds primarily to repay part of its debt, said three people in the know. The floor price of the QIP that may hit the market next week could be INR 168 a share, the three people said. Hindalco has mandated CLSA to manage the issue. On June 30, CLSA upgraded its rating on Hindalco to a 'buy' from 'sell', and raised its share price target by 31% to INR 215. CLSA said that Hindalco's subsidiary Novelis would be a big beneficiary of the accelerating shift of global automakers from steel to aluminium given its strong franchise and upcoming capacities. "We believe that stock could double in four years once Novelis' new units, India smelters and...
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. CEO Jack A. Hockema unloaded 5,000 shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corp. stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.51, for a total transaction of $367,550.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 23,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,704,697. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corp. traded up 0.63% on Thursday, hitting $73.16. 71,031 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Kaiser Aluminum Corp. has a one year low of $62.09 and a one year high of $74.27. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $70.34 and a 200-day moving average of...
Now that the Quarter Finals of the 2014 Fifa World Cup have been decided, the Coca-Cola Company is offering fans of the remaining eight teams and the millions of collectors who are still following the competition 20 different designs on Ardagh's 25cl aluminium bottles. Designs include action shots of players from the competing nations in high definition print. The bottles were manufactured at Ardagh's technically advanced aluminium manufacturing facility in Beaurepaire, France and shipped all over the world. "We are very proud to see our packaging at such a high-profile, world-class event," said Ardagh's David Wall, CEO metal division. "Our award-winning aluminium bottles and the unique quality of our printing technology promotes the premium packaging needs of this iconic brand so well."
Patrick Industries, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Goshen, Indiana-based Foremost Fabricators, LLC . Foremost is a fabricator and distributor of fabricated aluminum products, fiber reinforced polyester sheet and coil, and custom laminated products primarily used in the recreational vehicle ("RV") market. The Company estimates Foremost's 2014 annual revenues to be approximately $75 million and expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to 2014 net income per share. "The acquisition of Foremost, which is recognized as the industry leader in the laminated and fabricated roll formed aluminum product lines primarily used for exterior sidewalls in the RV market, will help us to bring new value added product lines to our...
Japan’s Kobe Steel will build an aluminum sheet rolling plant in the US with around 100,000 million tons per year capacity together with trading firm Toyota Tsusho, as it focuses on producing 6000-series aluminum-magnesium-silicon alloy sheets for the US car market, Chief Executive Officer Hiroya Kawasaki said Wednesday. In a media briefing in Tokyo, Kawasaki said the aluminum sheet rolling plant is expected to go on-stream in 2017 and details will be finalized with Toyota Tsusho by September. “We will start expansion in the area we do well, and once that is stabilized, we will look around us for further opportunities,” Kawasaki said.
The state government’s land acquisition agency, Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) has allotted 12 acres land to Bahrain-based investor Midal Cables at the aluminium downstream park coming up at Angul. The aluminium park is being developed jointly by National Aluminium Company (Nalco) and Idco. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) called Angul Aluminium Park Private Ltd (AAPPL) was formed by Idco and Nalco for the purpose. “Idco has leased out 12 acres land to Midal Cables for setting up its facility at the aluminium park,” said an industries department official. Midal Cables has announced an investment of Rs 300 crore to set up an aluminium conductor and rod manufacturing unit. The company intends to use molten aluminium to manufacture its products. Molten metal...
Shipments of Aluminum Extruded Products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled an estimated 388.0 million pounds during May 2014, an increase of 5.2 percent over the May 2013 total of 368.9 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments rose 1.3 percent over the April 2014 revised total of 383.2 million pounds. Year-to-date shipments through May 2014 totaled 1,865.1 million pounds, up 6.0 percent over the 2013 year-to-date total of 1,759.6 million pounds. Aluminum net shipments (including exports) by domestic U.S. and Canadian facilities totaled an estimated 1,950 million pounds during May, up 3.6 percent from the May 2013 total of 1,883 million pounds. Shipments of aluminum mill products increased 2.0 percent over the previous year...
The geographical shift in steelmaking capacity to emerging economies since the 70s has now picked up greater force in the automobile sector. In the global steel production of 1.607 billion tonnes (bt) in 2013, the share of Asia (1.08 bt) was 67.3 per cent, thanks largely to China, with output of 779 million tonnes (mt). As in steel, in the global automobile segment, too, China dominates. Last year, it accounted for production of 22.17 million units out of the global output of 87.3 million units. The geographical shift is best illustrated by a study that says in the expected global market growth of 33 million cars between 2007 and 2020, as many as 32 million units are to come from developing economies. That China will have the largest share in that growth is a given. Through the past...
China’s aluminum semis exports fell 6.90% to 270,000 tons in May from a year ago due to falling exports of plate/sheet, strip and flake, Shanghai Metals Market learned. The exports in May, virtually unchanged on a monthly basis, registered a 17.15% year-on-year drop of exports in aluminum plate/sheet, strip and flake, the major reason behind the total decline, SMM understood. China Customs showed China’s exports of aluminum plate/sheet, strip and flake fell to 129,400 tons in May due mainly to waning demand and no price advantages. World’s demand has shifted to high-end aluminum plate/sheet and strip, reducing demand for low-end products. Outbound shipments of extrusion, foil and pipe/tube remained on an upward track in May, though.
Hindalco Industries Ltd surges after CLSA upgrades the stock to "buy" from "sell" and raises its target price to 215 rupees from 110 rupees. CLSA says Hindalco's subsidiary Novelis Corp "will be a big beneficiary of the accelerating shift of global automakers from steel to aluminium given its strong franchise and upcoming capacities". Hindalco shares could double in four years, benefiting also from "a multi-year deleveraging cycle", it says, while noting that the cost structure at Indian smelters "is not as bad as we thought." Shares in Hindalco were trading up 6.4 percent to 174.70 rupees as of 11:19 a.m.
Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced that it has completed the sale of its North American consumer foil products business to Reynolds Consumer Products LLC for $33.75 million. The transaction includes foil manufacturing plants in Toronto, ON, and Vancouver, BC, in addition to sales offices and distribution facilities located in Montreal, QC; Mississauga, ON; and LaGrange, Ga. "Our growth plan at Novelis is focused on expanding our recycling leadership and providing premium rolled aluminum products in the automotive, beverage cans, light gauge and specialties markets," said Marco Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Novelis and President of Novelis North America. "The consumer foil products business, while successful, is not aligned with this...
Visitors to Rail+Metro China 2014 got a good look at the product offer from SCAP, Sapa's joint venture with Chalco. The exhibition was busy and the time well spent. Sapa Chalco Aluminium Products (SCAP) invited visitors to its stand at the Shanghai New International Expo Center to give them a good look at the product range and the potential of aluminium, as well as to continue developing business relationships. SCAP staff also was joined at the stand by sales and technicians from Sapa’s plants in Shanghai and Jiangyin. The exhibition was concentrated on 10 categories of railway systems, including subway, light rail, monorail, tram, maglev, suburban railway, intercity rail, regional railway, heavy-haul railway and high-speed railway systems. More than 40,000 visitors attended the three-day...
A Bristol-based building that features extensive use of Technal’s aluminium curtain walling, has won an award for its outstanding design and contribution to the local community. Designed by LA Architects and operated by Parkwood Leisure for Bristol City Council, the £35m Hengrove Park Leisure Center was built by Kier Construction on the site of a former airport. The privately financed project achieved a BREEAM “excellent” rating. The architectural design of the scheme features large areas of Technal-brand aluminium curtain walling to give the impression of “invisible walls” – allowing unobstructed views from the interior looking out on to the landscaped central plaza, and greater visibility from the outside of the pool and activities inside the center. The glazed façades also provide high...
Sapa is doubling production capacity at its joint venture in Vietnam to support the growing local demand of high-value extruded aluminium products and solutions. The investment by Sapa Ben Thanh Aluminum Profiles Co., Ltd. (Sapa BTG) in Ho Chi Minh City covers a second extrusion press, including installation, building and construction, and auxiliary equipment. The new press will be larger than the current press in operation at the plant, thereby broadening the range of products that the company can deliver. The joint venture expects to begin work on the expansion in mid-2015, with press operations scheduled to start one year later. The new facility will be built adjacent to the current plant. Sapa BTG delivers aluminium solutions to customers in Vietnam and in other markets in Southeast...
