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 Sural Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of pure aluminium and aluminium alloy rod, has chosen Danieli for the supply of a new State of the Art Aluminium and Alloys Rod Melting, Continuous Casting and Rolling Mill line. Sural Group, established in 1978 is the largest aluminum rod, wire and cable company in South America and one of the largest producers of aluminum overhead electrical transmission cable in the world. It is specialized in pure aluminium and alloy rod, aluminium cable, wire for electrical, mechanical and welding applications and other niche products such as the high density cast aluminium car wheels and other automotive car products. The combination of the most advanced technologies, from liquid metal through conticasting and rolling in a single compact...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation will begin trading ex-dividend on April 23, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.3 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 15, 2013. Shareholders who purchased KALU stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents a 20% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $58.75, the dividend yield is 2.04%. The previous trading day's last sale of KALU was $58.75, representing a -9.86% decrease from the 52 week high of $65.18 and a 28.7% increase over the 52 week low of $45.65. KALU is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as National Oilwel Varcol, Inc. and Precision Castparts Corporation. KALU's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability,...
The company ELCOM has taken control of his distributor in Germany. With this acquisition, the Isère company which, through its two poles Elcom Elcom Transitique profiles and designs and manufactures modular solutions for the aluminum industry, workstations, conveyors and transfer systems, secures its position on the German market, Europe's leading industrial market. Elcom Deutschland represents a turnover of € 1.4 million for a staff of six.
ANDRITZ Bricmont, a member of international technology Group ANDRITZ since 2012, has received the order to supply 14 melting and holding furnaces for four direct-chill casting cells to Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd., one of China's leading aluminum producers. The new melting and casting lines will have an annual capacity of 500.000 tons per year. Start-up for the first cell is scheduled for October 2014. The scope of supply contains engineering, equipment, and field services for the furnaces, including regenerative burners with advanced controls, electromagnetic stirring, and in-bath rotary metal refining systems. In addition to cells that complement Shandong Nanshan Aluminum's existing soft alloy production facility from ANDRITZ Bricmont, the new installation comprises casting cells...
China Zhongwang Holdings Limited together with its subsidiaries "the Group", the second largest industrial aluminium extrusion product developer and manufacturer in the world, today announced unaudited consolidated results for the quarter ended 31 March 2013. The Group reported quarterly revenue and net profit of RMB3.2 billion and RMB495 million respectively, flat versus the same period of last year. Effective cost control and management measures yielded a 2.6 percentage-point increase in gross profit margin, to 28.4% for the review period. Sales volume of aluminium extrusion products was 141,000 tonnes, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year, as the Group continued to expand its customer base in both domestic and overseas markets. "The Group continues to ramp up its production capacity of...
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that the second-phase expansion of the aluminum forging plant at subsidiary Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (China) Co., Ltd. has been completed and the new equipment has begun mass production. Construction of the second-phase expansion began in December 2011. A joint venture of Kobe Steel, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation, KAAP China produces and sells aluminum forgings for automotive suspensions in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. KAAP China has doubled the production capacity of its aluminum forgings to 250,000 pieces per month. The addition of a melting furnace and casting line has enabled KAAP China to establish an integrated production system that ranges from melting to forging. Total capital investment for the second-phase expansion...
Gulf Extrusions, a leading global manufacturer of extruded aluminum products, has announced that its participation at the upcoming Aluminium Middle East 2013, the leading exhibition for aluminium products, technologies and investments in the Middle East, will be headlined by a comprehensive showcase of its automotive, industrial and architectural profiles. The automotive section of Gulf Extrusions' exhibition stand will feature a demonstration of a complete car roof top whereas the industrial section will demonstrate a high precision profiles, trailers profiles and helideck (landing deck for helicopters on ships and oil platforms) industry. The three-day exhibition, running from April 23 to 25 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, will be an ideal platform for Gulf...
Following the agreement between Norsk Hydro ASA and Orkla ASA to combine their respective aluminium extrusion businesses, the European Commission has expressed preliminary concerns regarding the possible competitive effects of the intended merger in certain markets. The concerns relate to multi-port extrusions in Europe and soft-alloy extrusions in the Nordic region, in this context defined as Norway and Sweden. In response to the concerns expressed by the European Commission, Orkla and Hydro propose, if required, to divest Sapa's MPE business at Harderwijk in the Netherlands and Hydro's extrusion plant at Raufoss in Norway, including Hydro's affiliated fabrication plant in Vetlanda, Sweden. The European Commission's initial review period will be extended until 14 May 2013. Provided that...
Henkel Corporation's automotive group today announced the North American production debut of its BONDERITE Flex Process on the 2013 Ford F-150. The Flex Process, used on the body of the 2013 F-150, enables a significant increase in aluminum content on vehicles by replacing the traditional zinc phosphating process with a zirconium oxide pretreatment. The 2013 F-150 features an all-aluminum hood. Once aluminum content on vehicles reaches approximately 30 percent, the use of zinc phosphate becomes more difficult to control and leads to an increase in sludge generation. Zirconium oxide offers a solution to the limitations zinc phosphate presents. "Treating aluminum with zirconium oxide gives vehicle manufacturers the flexibility of processing up to 85 percent aluminum on vehicles, versus 25...
A new study released today shows that an all-aluminum vehicle can shed more than 40 percent body mass, boosting fuel economy by 18 percent when combined with secondary mass savings and other design changes. The study helps explain why car and truck makers are shifting away from steel to aluminum, and supports projections that aluminum-intensive vehicles will become more common in the marketplace with continued demand for more fuel efficient vehicles. The research, conducted by EDAG Group and commissioned by the Aluminum in Transportation Group of the U.S. Aluminum Association, was presented today at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress during a panel discussion on advances in lower weight materials. It comes at a time when automotive aluminum use is at an all-time...
Nokia showed off its codename ‘Catwalk’ Lumia device at MWC 2013, which has supposedly been fashioned out of aluminium, to a select few at an invite only briefing. Apparently this device is the successor of Lumia 920, Nokia’s current flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone. Its internal specs are said to be the same as Lumia 920 though it have a thinner version of the 920's PureView Phase 2 camera. Due to the aluminium body this Lumia 920 successor is believed to be 50 grams lighter and 2.3 millimeters thinner. Nokia is expected to announce this device on the 15th of May and make it available towards the end of June. In the U.S. it is expected that T-Mobile will be carrying this device. Speaker placement on the device in these leaked images is similar to what we’ve seen on leaked Verizon...
Sapa Profiles' extrusion facility in China, located North West of Shanghai, which represents a strategic step for the company in establishing the group's first aluminium extrusion plant in China, has recently benefitted from the Sapa Group's capital improvement plan. The plant, known as Sapa Profiles Jiangyin Co, comprises 16 presses with a total capacity of 95kt. Canada-based Nitrex Metal recently received an order from the plant for a turnkey nitrocarburizing system comprising furnace, racking, control system and process technology tailored for aluminium extrusion dies. The new order, claims Nitrex, is part of the Sapa Group's plan to enhance the plant's heat treat operations, raise output capacity and bring new solutions to local customers.
The Aluminum Extruders Council has released an important new resource for designers, engineers, specifiers, academics and other aluminum extrusion enthusiasts with the new Aluminum Extrusion Manual, Fourth Edition. The Manual is a comprehensive one-stop reference to help product designers and engineers better understand aluminum extrusion applications, design considerations, alloys, finishing and more. The updated Aluminum Extrusion Manual offers a wealth of information with more than 150 pages of material, including an overview of the extrusion process, plus a brief overview of typical applications and aluminum extrusion attributes; important extrusion design considerations—from alloy performance and selection to optimizing profile designs, to finishing, fabrication and assembly; more...
Oman Aluminium Processing Company, manufacturers of aluminium rod and overhead line conductors, is planning to expand its production capacity by 75,000 metric tonnes per annum. “The expansion will result in the company more than doubling its existing production capacity. The existing and future market base of OAPIL, coupled with OAPIL’s technological advantage indicates a significant opportunity to be tapped. The expansion project envisages to generate a number of job opportunities for locals and will contribute to the non-oil exports of the Sultanate,” said CEO Frederic Rouyer.
Alcoa expects to more than triple its sales of aluminium sheet to automakers by 2015 as they reduce car weight by substituting it for steel in car bodies, an Alcoa executive said. Revenue from auto sheet - mainly used in car bodies - is expected to surge to $580 million by 2015 from $160 million last year, Randall Scheps, global automotive marketing director, said in a telephone interview. "It is moving from the very expensive, luxury vehicles into the mass market vehicles. That's what so exciting about what's going to happen in the next two or three years," Scheps said. Car makers are being forced to cut weights of cars to meet tough emission standards. Aluminium is a third of the weight of conventional steel but more expensive. The steel and aluminium industries are in a high stakes...
Midas Holdings Limited was pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd has been awarded orders totaling S$17.3 million (approximately RMB86.5 million) from Alstom Transport S.A. to supply train car body module components for new trains on the Singapore North East Line and Circle Line on 9 April 2013. Mr Patrick Chew, Chief Executive Officer of Midas, said, "Since 2004, we have successfully secured contracts to supply large section aluminium alloy profiles to manufacture body frames for the Singapore Downtown Line Project and Circle Line Project amongst others. We are pleased to have been awarded these orders from our long-standing major customer Alstom, testament to Jilin Midas' technical capabilities both at home and abroad." In February 2013,...
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, today announced that Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi's Centre d'Entrepreneuriat et d'Essaimage has been granted funding for the establishment of the Centre de transfert en extrusion, an extrusion technology transfer centre, in Alma. "Our government remains focused on jobs, economic growth and sustainable prosperity. This is evident in our ongoing support of organizations that, like the Centre d'Entrepreneuriat et d'Essaimage of Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, accompany enterprises in their efforts to become more competitive, which is a catalyst of economic growth," said Minister...
Samsung could be changing the build design for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, potentially opting to use an aluminium body akin to that of the HTC One. When Samsung saw the success of the HTC One, the South Korean company is said to be “worried” about the design and build quality of their smart devices and plans to adjust the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. According to SamMobile sources, “Samsung is planning to switch build quality for the next flagship device”, especially after the company received criticism for the Samsung Galaxy S4’s plastic finish. The source could not reveal the material choice for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but did say it will not be using the design guidelines of the Samsung Galaxy S4. An aluminium design has been tipped due to the fact Samsung were so impressed by the HTC One....
