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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Fletcher Aluminium is the latest company to sign on as an official sponsor of Ensign Media’s Thailand Property Awards. This will be the third year the international aluminium extrusion manufacturer, which operates as part of the Australia and New Zealand-based Fletcher Building Group, has sponsored the prestigious awards. “We are delighted to return as an official sponsor for this coveted event,” managing director of Door & Window (Asia) Limited, exclusive manufacturers of Fletcher Aluminium Suresh Subramaniam said. “Each year, the Thailand Property Awards garners more prestige throughout the country and we are pleased, once again, to be associated with it.” Fletcher Aluminium will join two of the world’s leading design and equipment specialists Hafele and Gaggenau, in addition to Kingdom...
The Aluminium Extruders' Council (ALEX) is pleased to inform you that the arrangements for the event are progressing as per schedule. ALEXASIA 2013 comprises of 2 Technical Conferences - ALEX 2013 on Aluminium Extrusion Technology, and GDC TECH 2013 on Gravity Die Casting Technology. The response from authors is very encouraging, and the papers confirmed so far are of high quality, and expected to benefit the delegates. Overall, we expect the 2 days to be full of good presentations covering various aspects of technology, processes,materials, quality and overviews of the industry. The 4 concurrent events - CEO Conclave, Buyers-Sellers' Day, HiTek Café, and Business Meets - will further enrich the event, and should be quite rewarding to the participants The large exhibition will cover 2...
The results of the annual election of officers and directors of the Aluminum Extruders Council were announced at the 64th Annual Meeting & Leadership Conference on March 14, 2013 in Orlando, Florida. Richard A. Merluzzi, President and CEO of Pennex Aluminum Company in Wellsville, Pennsylvania, was elected to serve a one-year term as Chairman of the Aluminum Extruders Council. Duncan Crowdis, President of Bonnell Aluminum Company in Newnan, Georgia was elected as Immediate Past Chairman. During the Annual Meeting in Orlando, the ceremonial gavel was officially passed from Duncan Crowdis to Rick Merluzzi. In summing up his tenure as Chairman, Merluzzi said of Crowdis, “Duncan kept us together, created a vision. It’s extraordinary what we came through; he’s an extraordinary leader,”...
Shares of Noranda Aluminum traded at a new 52-week low today of $3.92. Approximately 676,000 shares have changed hands today, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 635,000 shares. Over the past year, Noranda Aluminumhas traded in a range of $3.92 to $10.95 and are now at $3.93. The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 0.56% lower and 1.8% lower over the past week, respectively. Noranda Aluminum has potential upside of 103.6% based on a current price of $3.93 and analysts' consensus price target of $8.00. The stock should find initial resistance at its 50-day moving average of $5.16 and further resistance at its 200-day MA of $6.20.
Yageo’s AHA and AHP Series aluminium housed power resistors are now available from TTI. Designed for direct heatsink mounting with a thermal compound to achieve maximum performance, they are manufactured using a special encapsulation process and materials to provide high insulation levels with minimal thermal resistance at the element. The compact AHA and AHP Series both feature extruded aluminium housing for superior heat conduction with a gold-anodized finish that provides robust resistance to environmental conditions. The aluminium case is corrugated for added strength. They are wound to maximize high pulse capability and provide excellent operational stability (
Land Rover’s next-generation Defender, due in 2015, will be safer, more efficient, easier to drive and potentially a lot lighter thanks to a sophisticated new aluminium platform. However, the next iteration of the iconic British off-roader will also be so distinctive, says Land Rover Design Director and board member Gerry McGovern that the company is unlikely to preview it via a concept version for fear of it being copied. “I'd be very worried about actually showing a concept of this because it's so good everyone will want to copy it,” McGovern told at last week’s New York motor show, where the new Range Rover Sport made it world debut. McGovern said the new Defender line-up would launch with “maybe one or two” variants before being expanded, but stressed the production model would not...
The first hot-rolling aluminum sheet was successfully produced by the hot rolling mill of Aleris Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. in Jiangsu Province on March 29, 2013. This marks that the rolling mill contracted by Shanghai Baoye Construction Group for this company has been put into trial production. Aleris Aluminum Industry is a hot-rolling aviation aluminum plate manufacturer invested by Aleris International. Under this contract, SBC-MCC Group was awarded with contracts for the pillar base of the plant, the manufacturing and installation of the steel structure for the plant (with an area of 100,000 square meters), the base construction and equipment of the hot-rolling mill, the base construction and equipment of the milling machine unit, the base construction and equipment of the casting...
The 4th edition of Zak World of Facades held on the 1st March at the ITC Maratha in Mumbai addressed the complex issues involved in a façade. A record 521 delegates attended which made it the largest ever conference dedicated to façades to have been held in India. The full day event, which ended by 11 pm, was a tribute to this ailing façade industry. The resounding presence of architects, builders, façade consultants, contractors and other representatives from the façade & fenestration industry; present throughout the day, was a true testament on the commitment shown by the industry to discuss, connect, network and engage with the who’s who of the fraternity. The first session on Design & Testing commenced by a presentation on “Designing the façade using 3D modelling & simulation” by Mr...
In many industries, the iPad is taking over mobile computing, complementing, or even replacing laptops. Business users on the go have been searching for a sleek, polished, and high quality iPad case that also functions as a keyboard – like the iPad Ultra-Thin Aluminum Bluetooth Keyboard Case just released by iGearUnlimited. IGearUnlimited.com answers to the market with its iPad Ultra-Thin Aluminum Bluetooth Keyboard Case, a stylish aluminium case with a built-in Bluetooth keyboard that offers all the features users look for. The keyboard follows Apple’s design direction of combining satin finish aluminum with classic white keys for an integrated look. Being a full-size QWERTY keyboard, it allows for fast and accurate typing. A dedicated Home key brings the user back to the home screen...
Alaska-based Bay Welding is building its 100th aluminum boat, celebrating 19 years of boatbuilding and 39 years in the welding business, on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. From a 20-foot skiff to its newest and biggest boat, the 42-foot P/V Churchill, Bay Welding has been building an average of about six Bay Weld boats a year since 1994, but the pace has picked up. In three main boat sheds, workers are building five boats, from a bare keel laid down for a skiff to the towering Churchill, almost ready for its late-April delivery, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. At 42 feet and with a 14-foot beam and quarter-inch thick plating on the bottom and three-sixteenths-inch plating on the sides, the Churchill is the largest Bay Weld boat. Built to sleep four troopers, it has a heated cabin,...
Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced today that General Motors recognized one of the company's subsidiaries, Superior Aluminum Alloys LLC, as one of its best global automotive suppliers on Wednesday, March 13 during its 21st annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony. The event was held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. "We are honored to have received this award from General Motors, Inc., one of our valued customers,” said Denny Luma Vice President of OmniSource and President of Superior Aluminum Alloys. "We appreciate being recognized for our quality products. At our Superior facility, we operate the most advanced technology in every one of our processes. More importantly, our employees have an unyielding passion for producing the highest quality...
Acura has unveiled the 2014 MDX luxury SUV at the 2013 New York International Auto Show. Built on a completely new platform, the seven-passenger MDX offers improved ride comfort, a more versatile cabin, increased fuel efficiency and enhanced performance. The MDX will also be offered for the first time in a more affordable and more fuel-efficient two-wheel-drive configuration. The MDX is powered by a direct-injected 24-valve 3.5-liter i-VTEC V-6 engine with Variable Cylinder Management, producing 290 horsepower and 267 lb.-ft. of torque. The MDX's engine architecture is shared with two racecars that recently finished First and Second in the LMP2 class at the 12 Hours of Sebring. Employing a 6-speed automatic transmission with Sport Mode and Sequential SportShift Paddle Shifters, the new...
It's time for Bugatti Veyron owners to start looking over their shoulders, because here comes the Weber F1 created by a bunch of former BMW and Sauber Formula One engineers, to be the world's fastest and lightest street-legal all-wheel drive supercar. It's powered by a twin-turbo 5.6-litre V10 engine for which these Swiss lunatics claim 882kW at 7000rpm and a tar-wrinkling 1250Nm at 4200rpm, driving via a bought-in six-speed, semi-automatic sequential gearbox with paddle shift, which Weber says will make a full-throttle upshift in 40 milliseconds and their own all-wheel drive system. With a carbon-fibre monocoque that weighs just 65kg and all-carbon fibre body panels, the whole car weighs only 1250kg dry and Weber claims is will accelerate to 100km/h in 2.5 seconds, 200km/h in about 6.6...
Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd has appointed Mr. Rajiv Chandra as Chief Financial Officer w.e.f. April 01, 2013 in place of Mr. Rajaram Shanbhag. Shares of Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd last traded in BSE at INR 346.05, up by INR 2.30 or 0.67%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.351.35 and low of Rs.343. The total traded quantity was 2520 compared to 2 week average of 37674.
Qatalum, Qatar Petroleum’s Aluminium extrusion plant and its Norwegian partner Hydro Aluminium has unveiled a new facility dedicated to developing aluminium-cladding for carbon neutral buildings. The ‘Zero Energy and Emission Building’ lab, located on site at the Qatalum smelter in Mesaieed Industrial City, was opened by Qatalum Vice Chairman Hilde Merete Aasheim, Qatalum CEO Tom Petter Johansen and the Executive VP of Hydro. Aasheim said: “Today, around 40% of the world’s energy consumption is related to operating heating and cooling in buildings, but if the temperature inside a room can be lowered by one degree Celsius, 5-10% of the energy spent on AC can be realised. Hydro has delivered a number of energy-positive buildings.” Dr Chris Devadas, head of the separate Technology Centre set...
Dell will introduce its latest consumer tablet in the Middle East, the XPS 10, during GITEX Shopper from April 3rd - 6th in Dubai. Designed for professionals who require a high level of mobility, the XPS 10 delivers an exceptional tablet experience that enhances work and personal productivity. Built to deliver the best possible Windows 8 experience, Dell's well-crafted devices provide people with the power to do more - in both their personal and professional lives, with enhanced features that deliver entertainment, productivity and manageability. "Dell remains on the forefront of designing the industry's best range of PCs to meet the diverse needs of its customers. Whether that's businesses concerned with security and manageability or tech-savvy consumers interested in a new device for...
Most electric vehicles and hybrids utilize lithium ion, lithium polymer, or nickel metal hydride batteries. There are inefficiencies in all of them. Most EVs have a range of only 100 miles. Hybrids usually can achieve electric only distances of about 30 miles. Those numbers have greatly limited the market for these zero and low emission cars. Phinergy’s metal-air batteries might just change that. Phys.org, an Israeli battery company called Phinergy ,has developed a new type of aluminum-air battery that would be able to fuel an electric vehicle for 1,000 miles. With that range, EVs are looking a lot more attractive especially for people who travel a great deal either for pleasure or business. Cars using these batteries would produce no carbon emissions helping the environment. Most car...
Russian aluminum giant Rusal is considering setting up a separate company on the basis of rolling production at its Ukrainian asset - Zaporizhia Aluminum Smelter which would only produce aluminum rods. A spokesman for the plant said that the idea of setting up a new company on the basis of existing capacity at ZALK, in which the debts of the main company will not be listed, is currently under consideration. "This will enable the new company to work steadily and continue to produce a monthly over 1,500 tons of rod from primary aluminum, settle payments and deductions as well as saving the main shareholder from the headache of the constant threat of nationalization for ZALK as the remaining capacity is almost beyond recovery and in this sense has no value," the spokesman said. However,...
