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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APEL Extrusions, which is based in Calgary, Canada, plans to expand its West Coast operations by moving them to Coburg from Springfield in July 2014, President Mike Flynn said this week. To serve a growing number of West Coast customers, APEL plans in the next two years to add 25 to 30 people to its 55-person Lane County work force and to spend $12 million on its move. Part of that investment is in renovating and equipping a 112,000-square-foot building at what is now called CoburgNorth. CoburgNorth is the name developer Steve Lee gave the 850,000-square-foot complex of industrial and office buildings on 69 acres at the Interstate 5/Coburg interchange. In addition to APEL, the reborn industrial park also has attracted other companies, including JAJ Enterprises, the parent company for...
Artweld Australia offers customised aluminium louvre screens designed to offer privacy as well as protection from the elements. Fabricated, supplied and installed by Artweld, these custom aluminium louvre screens incorporate ‘aerofoil’ elliptical fixed or manually adjustable blades, and are also ideal for sun control, balustrading or as fence infills in horizontal or vertical configurations. Artweld also provides aluminium slat systems for privacy, shading or fencing applications. Artweld’s factory capabilities include tool making, welding, fitting and turning, and the manufacture of metal works such as aluminium, steel and stainless steel, mesh and perforated metal, glass, front fencing, pool fencing and balcony balustrading, decorative screens and utilities screens among others.
Logan Aluminum in Russellville is saving electricity and money on its power bills at its production facility, through energy efficiency efforts in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority. The energy saving effort also earned the company a cash incentive of about $182,400 from TVA, which was formally announced during a recent Earth Day celebration at the plant. Logan refitted its lighting systems and upgraded equipment, including pumps and air dryers, through the EnergyRight Solutions for Industry Program, offered by TVA and Russellville Electric Plant Board. The projects reduced the mill’s annual power consumption by more than 2 million kilowatt-hours, enough energy to supply about 150 homes in the Russellville district for a year. “We take our commitment to the environment very...
PANASIALUM announced that PanAsia Aluminium Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, entered into a non-binding letter of intent with the People’s Government of Shuangliu County of Chengdu City, pursuant to which the group intended to invest by phases RMB1,800 million (approximately HK$2,275 million) to set up aluminium alloy production base. The proposed plan comprises existing production lines and new capital over the next several years at Southwest Airport Economic Development Zone to establish an aluminium alloy production base for electronics products. The company will conduct feasibility study on the proposed project and it is expected that formal investment agreement in relation to the proposed project will be entered into within three months from the date of the Letter...
A BLACK Country castings firm is targeting growth after being sold in an undisclosed deal. Truscanian Foundries, based in Oldbury, has been purchased by W Lucy & Co, of Oxford. Truscanian, which was founded in 1982, will continue to trade from its site on St Martin’s Industrial Estate with the existing management team remaining in place. W Lucy’s existing iron foundry business – Sandawana Casting Limited – is based in Oxford and the acquisition of Truscanian, a specialist aluminium foundry, will complement the company’s existing operations. Truscanian supplies a range of castings for various engineering sectors, specialising in heat exchanges, electrical switchgear and similar products. Law firm Hawkins Hatton acted as lead adviser to the principle shareholders of Truscanian Foundries,...
Aluminium sheet producer Novelis and steel auto products producer ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement for the development of tailored aluminum blanks for the car industry. "Individual aluminum sheets of different grades, thicknesses and coatings can be joined to produce customized stamping blanks used by car makers for the production of lightweight body parts such as doors and hoods, and structural components including cross members and longitudinal members," according to a statement. The products will eliminate reinforcements and overlapping of joints that would otherwise be required, "thus saving material, reducing total weight and cutting cost. The gains in process efficiency and the reduction in vehicle weight will further contribute to reduced CO2...
British manufacturer of rainscreen and bespoke architectural fabrications, Sotech, has designed diamond-shaped aluminium shingles for the façade of a new-build office building in the UK. The building, which will be the workplace for hundreds of people, has incorporated bespoke, Sotech-Optima IPC anodised aluminium shingles. Sotech was commissioned to design and manufacture over 8,000 of the bespoke diamond shaped aluminium shingles which have been installed on the facades of two adjoining office buildings. The anodised rainscreen panels incorporate a transparent anodic layer which claims to preserve the natural metallic appearance of the aluminium substrate to provide a durable finish and is not subject to maintenance or wash down regimes. Installed by McMullen Architectural, over 2,000...
After spending more than 60 years in downtown Somerville, Somerville Aluminum has just opened its new 15,000 square foot facility just seven miles away in Branchburg. The park-like campus sits on over 6 acres and includes the company’s impressive showroom and design center, corporate office and warehouse. The new location has been a long-time dream of owners David Gropper and Gary Shiman, who together run the family owned business that started as an aluminum storm window company and has grown into the largest home remodeling and design company in central New Jersey. “For David and myself to be lucky enough to continue a third generation business- to take it from its roots and build our dream home for our employees and customers is somewhat overwhelming to me,” explains Gary Shiman. “We...
Aleris International, a US rolled products manufacturer, is warning that planned power rate increases by Big Rivers Electric will make it more difficult for Aleris' aluminum rolling mill in Hancock County, Kentucky, to compete in a challenging economy. Big Rivers, a Henderson, Kentucky-based generation and transmission co-op, is proposing a series of rate hikes over the next year or so to offset the impending loss of almost 70% of its load represented by Century Aluminum and Rio Tinto Alcan, operators of 244,000 mt/year and 216,000 mt/year aluminum smelters in Hawesville and Sebree, respectively. Century, which recently announced plans to purchase the Sebree smelter, is seeking to bypass Big Rivers and buy its electricity from the less expensive wholesale power market. Century is believed...
India's appetite for aluminum drinks cans could increase five-fold over the next seven to eight years, playing an important role in increasing the country's stake in global aluminum demand, the chief marketing officer of Indian aluminum producer Hindalco Industrial Ltd. (500440.BY) said Thursday. "The aluminum can has only just arrived in India," Sachin Satpute told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview at CRU's World Aluminum Conference in London. Currently, less than 5% of India's drinks market uses aluminum cans, compared with over 50% of the U.S. drinks market, said Mr. Satpute. India's beverage market is currently dominated by plastic PET bottles and glass, he said. Things are changing, however. While the Indian drinks market currently uses around 1 billion aluminum cans each year--or...
Indital USA, a leading supplier of high-quality and affordable staircase components, announced the launch of its new aluminum railing line this week. Indital offers customers an existing variety of wrought iron and stainless steel railing parts, which allows for greater design flexibility for remodel projects. The company’s new aluminum line expands this flexibility. Aluminum railing projects make great additions to any urban and commercial space. The new aluminum parts also work well in balcony, gate and fencing projects. For those who wish to create a design with a little bit of a “wow factor,” the line also includes items like aluminum panels, scrolls, and rosettes. Each of these parts has its own intricate design and can serve as the focal point when incorporated into various design...
Governor Steve Beshear yesterday joined company and local officials at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC (KAAP) in Bowling Green to break ground on the company’s second expansion in recent months. Kobe Aluminum plans to add an 87,000-square-foot building, resulting in 100 new, full-time jobs and a capital investment of up to $66 million. The news comes on the heels of another expansion announcement at the plant. In November 2012, Gov. Beshear and company officials announced Kobe Aluminum would invest $11 million in Bowling Green for the construction of a new 39,000-square-foot building on One Kobe Way in Bowling Green, creating 15 new, full-time jobs. “I was fortunate to be here in November to announce a significant expansion for Kobe Aluminum, but this one is even better, with 100...
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear today joined company and local officials to break ground on an 87,000 square foot addition to Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), LLC advanced manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, representing $66 million of new capital investment and the addition of 100 new full-time employees. At today's groundbreaking ceremony at KAAP's facilities in the South Central Kentucky Industrial Park, Gov. Beshear noted, "Today's groundbreaking marks Kobe's second major expansion in as many years tells me the global economic recovery has deep roots in Bowling Green. Kentucky once again leads the way in advanced manufacturing industry and high-skill job creation." The 87,000 square-foot addition makes room for new furnaces and casting machines, forging presses and...
US aluminum sheet maker Novelis expects to produce around 3 million mt globally in its 2014 fiscal year, around a 6% rise compared with its current output, with the majority of the growth coming from existing South American and Korean expansions CEO Phil Martens said in an interview Tuesday. However, he said the company was not looking for any acquisitions currently. "We are very happy with our organic growth. We are not, at this point, looking at acquisitions," he said. All of this organic growth, he said, was being driven by an increase in the amount of recycled content being used in Novelis' automotive, beverage can and specialties products. The automotive segment is poised for growth, and Martens said Novelis, along with competitor Alcoa, is investing heavily in the market because of...
The European Commission, under the EU Merger Regulation, approved the creation of a joint venture between two Norwegian aluminium companies, Norsk Hydro ASA and Orkla ASA's wholly-owned subsidiary Sapa Holding AB. The new entity will be named Sapa. The new merger has already been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice and relevant competition authorities in several other jurisdictions. The parties are waiting now the approval from the Chinese competition authorities (MOFCOM). The Chinese authorities are currently evaluating the new acquisition which is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2013. The European Commission’s approval is conditional on the sale of Sapa’s multiport extrusions (MPE) business in the Netherlands and Hydro's largest soft-alloy extrusions plant in...
Apollo-backed Dutch aluminum products maker Constellium Holdco BV said it expects to raise as much as $422 million from its initial public offering. The company plans to price the offering of 22.2 million class A ordinary shares at between $17 and $19 per share, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Constellium will sell half the shares in the IPO and shareholders, including Apollo and Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, will sell the rest. The company, previously known as Omega Holdco BV, makes aluminum products for the aerospace, packaging and automotive industries and operates 26 production facilities in the United States, Europe and China. The filing said Constellium is one of the only two suppliers of aluminum products to the aerospace...
Norsk Hydro ASA Monday said it has received approval from the EU Commission for a joint transaction with branded consumer goods group Orkla ASA to form a joint venture within aluminium solutions to be named Sapa. The transaction has already been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice and relevant competition authorities in several other jurisdictions. The parties are now looking forward to approval from Chinese competition authorities, which is currently evaluating the transaction, which is expected to be completed during the third quarter. Approval from the EU Commission is conditioned on the sale of Hydro's aluminium prozfile operations at Raufoss in Norway and its affiliated fabrication plant in Vetlanda in Sweden, as well as Sapa's multi-port extrusion operations in Harderwijk in...
Japan's consumption of high-purity aluminum ingot above 99.9%, used for condenser production, has doubled since the end of 2012 due to end-user restocking, market sources said on Monday. Japan's shipment of capacitor-grade aluminum foil used for electronic devices stood at 2,122 mt in March, according to data from the Japan Aluminium Association. April shipments remained at the March level, said sources at two rolling mills. In December, capacitor-grade aluminum foil shipments were 979 mt, the association's data showed. Shipments increased as end-users particularly in areas around Osaka restocked ahead of the regional power utility raising power rates starting in May, rolling mill sources said. Restocking also accelerated last month because of end-users trimming inventories before the...
