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 specialist Constellium’s new foundry in Issoire, France, is up and running–a key step in a strategy aimed at regaining some of the ground lost to composite materials in aircraft construction. The casting house focuses on a new family of alloys, dubbed Airware, which are lighter than the previous generation made of aluminum-lithium. According to Constellium (Chalet B39), the Issoire foundry is the world’s first large-scale facility producing such alloys, with a planned capacity of 14,000 metric tons per year. Two furnaces have started operating and Constellium considers the facility to be fully operational and ready to follow the ramp-up phase of Airware’s first two customers: Airbus, which uses Airware alloys for its A350 XWB long-haul twinjet, and Bombardier, which has selected...
Boeing Co. (BA) defended the use of traditional aluminum for the fuselage of its upgraded 777 twin-aisle jet as Airbus SAS (EAD)’s A350, a competing model made chiefly of composite plastic, takes the spotlight at the Paris Air Show. Improved engines and wings on the 777X will make up for a heavier metal fuselage than the largest A350, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Officer Ray Conner told reporters in Paris. The A350-1000 is due to enter service in 2017, while Boeing has said the 777X may debut by decade’s end. “It won’t be that bad. I think we’re going to be in decent shape,” Conner said of the planes’ weight differential. “We still believe we have operating economics that will be better.” Boeing decided against replicating the composite-plastic construction of the 787...
The Board of Directors of LB Aluminium Berhad ("LBALUM") announced that Executive Chairman Datuk Leow Chong Howa has resigned as a member of the Nomination Committee of LBALUM and Independent Non-Executive Director Mr. Wong Kang Juat was appointed as a member of the Nomination Committee to fill the aforesaid vacancy with effect from 13 June 2013. The Board of Directors of LBALUM also wishes to announce that Independent Non-Executive Director Mr. Neoh Lay Keong was appointed as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 13 June 2013.
For the second time this week, officials with a major manufacturing business cut the ribbon on a new facility in Mercer County. On Friday morning, officials with Pennex Aluminum officially celebrated taking over part of the old Werner Ladder building in Greenville. The aluminum casting facility has been idled since Signature Aluminum closed up shop in 2008. “And it’s just great to start up an operation that had been idled for nearly four years and to see the renewal to see the relief to add new jobs, to hire new people, and there has been some great people we have hired here and we are excited about it,” said Pennex Aluminum CEO Rick Merluzzi. Twenty-two people have been hired at Pennex to make aluminum billets with at least nine more expected to be hired. The billets made at Pennex will...
Net profit of Maan Aluminium declined 40% to INR 0.06 crore in the quarter ended March 2013 as against INR 0.10 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2012. Sales declined 16.79% to INR 30.63 crore in the quarter ended March 2013 as against INR 36.81 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2012. For the Audited full year, net profit remains constant at INR 0.40 crore in the year ended March 2013 and also during the previous year ended March 2012. Sales declined 20.85% to INR 91.55 crore in the year ended March 2013 as against INR 115.67 crore during the previous year ended March 2012.
Net profit of Ess Dee Aluminium rose 240.09% to INR 36.05 crore in the quarter ended March 2013 as against INR 10.60 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2012. Sales rose 19.13% to INR 193.21 crore in the quarter ended March 2013 as against INR 162.19 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2012. For the Audited full year,net profit rose 26.86% to INR 76.41 crore in the year ended March 2013 as against INR 60.23 crore during the previous year ended March 2012. Sales rose 8.54% to INR 687.88 crore in the year ended March 2013 as against INR 633.74 crore during the previous year ended March 2012.
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) issued a tender in late May regarding the third batch of transmission lines for 2013. These transmission lines involve 35-110 KV regular conductor ground wire, 500/330 KV regular conductor ground wire, special conductor and regular ground wire. Bids are due June 24, 2013. The bid invitation involves 65,616 mt of aluminum wire and cable, including aluminum conductor steel reinforced, aluminum conductor aluminum clad steel reinforced, aluminum conductor steel reinforced with high conductivity and aluminum alloy-cored wire. The SGCC invites tender for transmission lines for six times each year. Enterprises participating in bidding say that the quantity of transmission lines to be bought by the SGCC increased compared with last year and the number of...
The volume of the order stretching over several years, which AMAG agreed to on January 1 2013, comes up to € 100m, as announced by the company. AMAG and EADS have been cooperating since 2005. The current agreements involve the supply of aluminium plates, sheets and foils for the recent Airbus aircraft model. The company’s location Ranshofen is currently being expanded at an investment amount of € 220m to further develop the business in the transport section (air transport and automobile) and lightway construction. The portfolio is expanded too by increased thickness and width even for high-strength products in the aviation industry. AMAG intends to present its product portfolio for high-strength plates and sheets for the aviation industry at the 50th International Paris Air Show in Le...
Analysts believed at the time of Galaxy S4's launch that Samsung’s next flagship smartphone will have radically different design language, that it will not follow the design paradigm it has for quite some time now. A number of manufacturers have moved to metal chassis for their devices, HTC One is the prime example, its design has been praised by many and the device itself is doing very well in the market.It is being forecast that Samsung Galaxy S5 will have a chassis fashioned out of aluminium as the company enters its “Design 3.0? phase. Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones has performed very well in the worldwide smartphone market. The current flagship, Galaxy S4, has become the fastest selling Android smartphone. Surely the company wants to keep this momentum going, switching to...
The North American net new aluminum mill order index increased 1.2% in May compared with April, according to a report released Wednesday by the Aluminum Association. New mill orders decreased 6.3% compared with May 2012's total. Year-to-date, the index is down 4.3%, the report said. May plate orders decreased 7% from April, and were down 5.9% compared with May 2012 levels. May sheet orders were down 2.5% compared with April and declined 10.6% on the year-ago period. May orders of extruded products were down 4.7% from April and down 5.4% from the same month in 2012. May orders of foil increased 14% compared with the previous month, but were down 12.6% from a year earlier. Orders of domestic can stock increased 4.8% from April but were down 5.2% from May 2012. May orders of export can stock...
Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that Austria Metall AG (AMAG) has successfully implemented Quintiq Scheduler in its cold mill facility in Ranshofen, Austria. Contracted for implementation across the facility over three stages, Quintiq Scheduler has enabled AMAG to exceed its goal of increasing productivity at the cold mill by four percent. AMAG is Austria's leading producer of aluminum semi-finished and cast products for the manufacturing industries, and nearly 70 percent of AMAG's total yearly output is produced at the facility. In October 2011, Quintiq consultants started the first phase of optimization in the cold mill's annealing furnaces, and completed the process within seven months. Phase two, optimizing the cut-to-length...
Alcoa has introduced the M-Series line of wheels, designed for medium-duty trucks in Classes 3-6. Each wheel in the series features the same benefits Alcoa forged aluminum wheels provide to heavy duty (Class 7-8) customers customized to fit medium duty applications, Alcoa said. M-Series wheels resist corrosion to virtually eliminate wheel maintenance costs and maintain a clean bright look. At nearly half the weight of a steel wheel, Alcoa M-Series wheels improve fuel economy, reduce carbon emissions and are infinitely recyclable, the company pointed out. “Alcoa is proud to now offer a full range of forged aluminum wheel options to truck Classes 3 through 8,” said Steve Carlson, global sales manager, Alcoa Forged Specialty Wheels. “M-Series aluminum wheels for medium duty applications are...
Bud Light Platinum – the No. 1 new beer of 2012 – is launching a new 11.5 oz. reclosable aluminum bottle in Las Vegas that will be available at nightclubs and pools throughout the city. Bud Light Platinum is the first beer to be made available in Anheuser-Busch's new reclosable aluminum bottle. "We hand-picked Bud Light Platinum to launch our company's first reclosable aluminum bottle because of our confidence in the beer," said Rob McCarthy, vice president of Bud Light. "Platinum has been able to elevate the premium light beer category with its blend of image and flavor, and we believe it will do the same to for the perception of aluminum bottles." The design of the Bud Light Platinum aluminum bottle – which features a twist-off cap – provides for a tool-less opening. The new bottle is...
South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor plans to boost vehicle production in the third quarter to recover production losses resulting from strike action over March-May, industry sources said Tuesday. Workers at Hyundai's Ulsan plant went on strike on weekends from March 9 in a dispute over wages. The plant had been operating on weekends in the first quarter due to strong demand, a company spokeswoman said. Normal operations resumed May 25, but a production loss of 83,000 vehicles was attributed to the strike, the spokeswoman added. The company has since boosted output to meet its goal of producing 1.4 million vehicles at the Ulsan plant in 2013, sources said. "Diecast aluminum requirements by Hyundai for April-June were down 30% from expectations due to the strike. For...
Die casting and extrusions firm P&A International has significantly cut power costs at its China-based facility. As a leading manufacturer, P&A International’s long-term strategy for remaining competitive includes goals for using energy more efficiently. In 2013, P&A International conducted a power factor study at its facility in DongGuan. The facility was paying approximately $9,000USD/month in a power factor penalty and the company wanted to reduce this penalty. P&A International also wanted to improve the efficiency and capacity of the plant’s electrical distribution system and the productivity of the equipment it serves. “We have an experienced team who work on the latest state-of-the-art technology and machines to provide highly reliable products. We needed to improve our power...
There’s no doubt that the South Korea-based company will launch the Samsung Galaxy S5 next year, the follow-up of the already popular Samsung Galaxy S4, a smartphone that was sold in 40 million copies in less than a month after its market debut. Even though the Samsung Galaxy S devices are the best selling Android smartphones in the world, it’s obvious that Sammy still has some work to be done both in terms of design and materials. Fortunately, it was reported that the Samsung Galaxy S5 will be part of the company’s new design direction called “Design 3.0,” but what about the materials used for the next-gen flagship? As you’ve probably noticed, the other big players of the smartphone world are trying to make their terminals look as premium as possible (see HTC One and Sony Xperia Z) using...
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has entered into a technical cooperation agreement with Germany's Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH for aluminum sheet used in automotive body panels. The agreement covers the exchange of technical information regarding the use of aluminum in automobile bodies and structural parts, the licensing of intellectual property and manufacturing know-how, and technical assistance. Demand for aluminum sheet for automotive body panels is anticipated to increase to meet the need for lighter cars, amid stricter fuel economy standards. Kobe Steel's aluminum sheet business is focusing on expanding sales in this area. Kobe Steel currently supplies a large share of the automotive aluminum sheet to Japanese auto makers. In the future, Kobe Steel anticipates expanding...
Moving to halt losses in its mainstream operations, Aluminum Corp of China (2600) is to sell all of its remaining aluminum-fabrication interests to its parent firm, Chinalco, for 3.24 billion yuan (HK$4.10 billion). The eight plants, of which only one was profitable last year, accounted for over 1 billion yuan of losses for Chalco in 2012, China's largest aluminium producer said in an exchange filing. In all, Chalco suffered a loss of 8.3 billion yuan last year. Chalco says it is exiting the fabrication side of the business as it lacks competitive advantages, and it is expected to book a gain of 1 billion yuan from the sale of the eight plants. Yesterday's announcement of the sale came three days after it said it was disposing of a processing plant in the country's northwest for 1.66...
