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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Aluminum wire and cable producers in China are looking to expand marketing outside the power grid as the year-end liquidity crunch draws nearer, Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) has learned. New settlement terms from the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) have exacerbated cash flow problems at China’s aluminum wire and cable producers. Unlike in years past, the SGCC began to pay in installments this year, dragging out its payment terms. One producer confirmed to SMM that the SGCC now pays a full year following the completion of grid construction projects. In most cases, suppliers only receive payment in full one year after SGCC projects enter normal operation. One company indicated that the SGCC is three years in arrears in its payments. This situation has driven many producers to...
Bowers Manufacturing Company in Portage, Michigan, USA was taken over by Erbslöh as of 1 November 2013. Erbslöh is a company with long tradition. It is located in Velbert, Germany and belongs to the WKW automotive group. In future the new production facilities will supply extruded products to their own automotive plant in Alabama and the American market. Over its almost 70 years in operation Bowers Manufacturing Company, which was established in 1946 by the grandfather of the owner until now, Jon Bowers, has become a reputable supplier of extruded and finished aluminium products. In more than 50 years of successful work, Jon Bowers established and expanded Bowers Manufacturing Company as an important supplier of aluminium products with finished surfaces. The company employs more than 300...
Rio Tinto Ltd , one of the world's top mining companies, has sold most of its stake in aluminum products maker Constellium NV for about $330 million, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. Rio which had a 28 percent stake, sold 19,316,355 shares of Constellium on Nov. 14 at a price of $17 per share, less the underwriting discount. It retained a 9.22 percent stake, or some 9,597,570 shares, according to the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Constellium, which makes aluminum products for the aerospace, packaging and automotive industries, was spun out from assets that Rio acquired as part its $38 billion takeover of Alcan Inc in 2007. That deal, made at the peak of the aluminum market, has led to some $30 billion in writedowns, with Rio booking losses as demand...
Qatar-based aluminium extrusion company, Abdulnoor Aluminium has won ISO certification (9001/14001/18001) for environmental, quality, health and occupational safety management standards. These certificates are the industry benchmarks in quality, management, health, safety and environment. They ensure that the company is adhering to regulations and workforce safety. E Qualities did the evaluation of Alunoor whose management is committed to industry best practices in quality, health, occupational safety and environment. Consulting and management company, MS Certification which guided Alunoor to win the coveted certification, expressed its happiness for the success and appreciated the private company’s management and workforce’s efforts in raising standards. Alunoor owner and General Manager...
Nampak has bought Alucan Packaging, a beverage-can operation in Nigeria, funding the deal through existing cash resources and debt facilities. Africa’s largest packaging group also said on Monday it had been granted an option to acquire a leading rigid plastics company in West Africa’s largest economy. The total value of the investments is $301m. The South Africa-based metal, glass, paper and plastic packaging maker’s share price was up 3.48% in mid-morning trade on Monday. Nampak said the Alucan factory was equipped with a new, state-of-the-art aluminium beverage-can line capable of producing up to 1-billion cans a year. It has in the past few years set up a beverage-can production line of similar size in Luanda, Angola’s capital. The Nigerian plant has been designed to accommodate a...
P&A International, a specialist in custom diecasting and aluminum extrusions, is raising the bar in the diecasting and extrusion process thanks to its focus on collaboration. Diecasting is one of the fastest and most cost-effective methods for producing a wide range of components. However, to achieve maximum benefits from this process, P&A International says it is critical that die casters and designers collaborate at an early stage of product design and development. “At P&A International, we put high value on consulting with our clients. This is only way we can offer the highest quality custom extrusions and die casting China can provide, keeping the cost low and delivering high quality part,” said the P&A International spokesperson. Diecasting is a process of casting aluminium, zinc and...
Services commenced on a new 6.1km, six-station metro line in Gurgaon, India, on November 14, which links Gurgaon Cyber City, which is located 30km south of central Delhi, with Delhi metro Line 2 at Sikandepur. The line, which forms a loop north of Sikandepur serving businesses and facilities in Gurgaon Cyber City, is India's first public-private partnership (PPP) metro project. It was built at a cost of Rs 11bn ($US 178.6m) by a consortium of ITNL ENSO Rail Systems, IL&FS Transportation Networks and property developer DLF. Ticketing is integrated with Delhi's existing metro network and services are being operated by Rapid Metro Gurgaon. The line is expected to carry 30,000 passengers per day, operating between 06:05 and 00.20, with 2-minute headways at peak times. Siemens was awarded a...
Midas Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, reported net profit attributable to equity holders of RMB16.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, turning around from a loss of RMB6.1 million for the corresponding financial period in the previous year. Group revenue soared 48.5% from RMB202.7 million in 3Q2012 to RMB301.0 million in 3Q2013, primarily driven by the Group's Aluminium Alloy Extruded Products Division, which recorded a 50.0% jump in revenue to RMB287.5 million. This division accounted for approximately 95.5% of total revenue in 3Q2013. Within the division, the Transport Industry, which also included the supply of aluminium alloy extrusion profiles for freight wagons, was the largest revenue contributor, accounting for 75.6% of its revenue in 3Q2013....
Constellium reported increased earnings year on year in the third quarters of 2013 on the back of good demand from the automotive and aerospace sectors, the France-based aluminum rolled products producer said Thursday. "Constellium's adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2013 (a seasonally low quarter) was Eur64 million ($86 million), which represented an increase of 64% from Q3 2012," the company said in a statement. Adjusted EBITDA for January-September rose 22.1% year on year to Eur221 million. "Our Q3 2013 performance was supported by favorable demand and improving market share in the automotive sector and also in the aerospace sector in which we have low exposure to spot market and prices," it added. The year-on-year comparison in Constellium's adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2013 also reflects in part a...
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI) is rolling out Bud Light in screw-top aluminum bottles as the world’s biggest brewer seeks to stabilize the waning brand in the U.S., where consumers are turning to craft beers and other beverages. AB InBev has invested $150 million to create the new packaging, a 16-ounce (473 milliliters) resealable light metal bottle, Luiz Edmond, the brewer’s North American president, said yesterday at a meeting with journalists in New York. The company will back up the new look with Super Bowl advertising early next year. Consumers think the bottle is “more premium, more refreshing,” Paul Chibe, vice president U.S. marketing for AB InBev, said today at the meeting. “We need to continue to evolve what Bud Light stands for,” he said. “We’re taking our time. It’s not an easy...
The more than 60 year old Rusal smelter in Kandalaksha located in the southern part of the Murmansk Oblast shines bright in the Arctic landscape. The plant buildings look nicely renovated and the lawn separating the production facilities is as well kept as in the finest city park. "We take prestige in our tidiness", company representative Vladimir Ilyusha says to BarentsObserver during a visit this September. "Colleagues from other Rusal units are envious at us, and even think that we exaggerate", he adds. Still, behind the good-looking facade lures a difficult economic reality for the industrial plant. Since the financial crisis in 2008 shook up Russian economy, production has dropped sharply and job cuts have been massive. While the plant before 2008 employed 1500 it today has a staff...
At the SEMA Show in Las Vegas last week, Elektron unveiled a new family of collision repair equipment designed specifically to fix aluminum vehicle components. The new line includes MIG/MAG welders, aluminum stud welders and an aluminum repair station complete with dent puller and dedicated accessories. Once reserved for high-end luxury vehicles, aluminum is increasingly making its way into the bodies of vehicles designed for the general population. Automakers have expanded their use of advanced aluminum alloys to manufacture hoods, trunks and doors in their efforts to reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy to meet stringent CAFE standards. According to The Aluminum Association, nearly two dozen model year 2012 passenger vehicles contain at least 10 percent curb weight of finished...
To alleviate air pollution in China, the Chinese government has implemented various measures, one of which is to control vehicles' tailpipe emissions. Industry professionals, however, point out that tailpipe emissions control fails to touch the core of the problem. Instead, the only way to reduce carbon emission is to shrink the weight of vehicle bodies. Thanks to its lightweight property, aluminium is used heavily from passenger cars to electric vehicles to reduce body weight and hence emissions. The substantial use of aluminium in transportation creates a new round of opportunities for the lightweight metal. Against the backdrop of environmental protection and rising market demand, China Zhongwang is also seizing this opportunity to realize a win-win situation in corporate social...
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminum Association of Canada reported that its “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” increased 1.1 percent year over year in October in US and Canada. Orders for flat roll products (sheet, plate, can stock and foil) declined nine-tenths of one percent while order receipts for extruded products rose 10.0 percent. Orders for drawing stock were off five-tenths of one percent from the previous month. Compared to the previous month, orders were up 11.9 percent over September. On average, year-to-date orders recorded by domestic producers through October 2013 were off 3.5 percent.
Aleris announced today it is now offering 5083-H128, the newly developed aluminum alloy temper for marine applications that meets the new standards for marine plate as specified in ASTM's B928-13 standard. ASTM is an internationally recognized standards organization that develops and publishes specifications for a wide range of materials, products, systems and services. Marine plate is used in applications such as ship and vessel construction. While exposure to elevated temperatures can increase the susceptibility of these types of alloys to corrosion, Aleris' new process for developing marine plate temper demonstrates enhanced corrosion resistance in such conditions. This includes passing the intergranular corrosion test requirements of ASTM's G67 standard, and the exfoliation resistance...
Hindalco Industries Ltd gained as much as 2.5 per cent in a weak market on Tuesday ahead of its results for the quarter ended September 30. The world's largest aluminium rolling company is expected to report a 25 per cent YoY increase in net profit to Rs 450 crore for the second quarter if the fiscal year 2014, as compared to Rs 359 crore reported in the year-ago period, according to an ET Now Poll. Net Sales for the company are likely to come in higher to INR 6,850 crore or 11 per cent for the quarter ended September 30, as compared to Rs 6163 cr reported in the year-ago period. Operating profit margins (OPM) is expected to expand at 9.5 per cent as compared to Rs 8.5 per cent reported in the year-ago period. At 11:40 a.m.; Hindalco was trading 1.8 per cent higher at INR 113.50. It hit a...
Overall Year To Date (YTD) deliveries from Europe’s aluminium foil manufacturers stayed ahead of comparative figures for 2012, despite a weakening in demand through the summer. At 639,100 tonnes the totals are 0.8% higher than for the same 9 month period last year. Demand for thinner foils, used largely for flexible packaging and household foils, has been continuously positive throughout 2013 and once again performed well in a sluggish summer market. Figures were 0.6% ahead in Q3 compared with 2012. But thicker foils, used typically for semi-rigid containers and technical applications, continue to struggle, with deliveries falling by 1.3% against the same three month period a year ago. Total alufoil deliveries in Q3 were 1.6% down at 207,300 tonnes. In addition the figures were affected...
In the engineering hall at Warwick Manufacturing Group, university students are working on a project to see if it is possible to use spot welding on an aluminium car body. “There are currently about 4,000 of these on a car,” says Paul Grimley, workshop supervisor, holding up an aluminium sheet with a steel rivet protruding through it. “What we’re doing is proving out a process for one of the big car companies.” The company in question is Jaguar Land Rover, which is collaborating on a range of projects at WMG, a dedicated engineering and research facility at Warwick University. Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, chairman and founder of WMG and a close friend of the Tata family that owns JLR, says the level of collaboration between business and academia represents a big change in companies attitudes...
