Germany and France share one of Europe’s busiest downstream aluminium corridors, and the metal flows in both directions. In the first seven months of 2026, aluminium flat rolled products (FRP), which cover aluminium plates, sheets and strips (HS code: 7606), as well as aluminium foil (HS code: 7607), crossed the border each way, amounting to a total of around USD 692 million. However, the bilateral trade flow is tilted towards Germany, which remains France’s largest FRP supplier. Nonetheless, the inter-dependence remains as the countries do exchange the same products but engage in cross-border trade of specialised high-value products and alloys, feeding the demand on either side. The trade figures for January–July 2026, as compiled from the International Trade Administration, highlight...
KAP Minerals and Cymat Technologies are exploring a partnership to produce scandium-aluminium master alloy in Ontario, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The partnership would use scandium oxide from KAP’s Kapuskasing critical minerals project and Cymat’s aluminium-processing technology to produce alloys for aerospace, defence and manufacturing applications. To know the global production, demand and consumption forecasts of aluminium extrusions, explore our report " The World of Aluminium Extrusions to 2035 " Scandium-aluminium alloys can improve strength, performance and weldability while reducing weight. The companies aim to use the proposed venture to establish a domestic supply chain, converting Canadian critical minerals into value-added industrial materials....
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Alcoa (AA) was recognized with two awards for aluminum excellence yesterday at the American Metal Market 2nd Annual Aluminum Summit held in New York. Alcoa was the recipient of an Innovation Award for its next-generation of aluminum-lithium alloys for the aerospace industry. The award was accepted by Eric Roegner, President of Alcoa Forgings and Extrusions, and Mark Vrablec, President of Alcoa Aerospace, Transportation and Industrial Products. Together, Roegner and Vrablec oversee Alcoa businesses serving the aerospace structures and propulsion market. "Aluminum-lithium alloys are winning over composites, titanium and legacy alloys in the aerospace industry," said Roegner. "Customer demand for aluminum-lithium alloys has led to the development of a new state-of-the-art facility next to...
The fate of Aluminum Castings’ request to be rezoned to a heavy industrial site will have to wait until July as the council waits on a report from the company regarding its plans to increase production at the existing location. Alderman Peter Schwartzman, Ward 5, had raised concerns during the rezoning ordinance’s first reading over whether an expansion at their facility at 340 S. Kellogg St. would cause harm to local residents and downtown business patrons. He proposed questions to Aluminum Castings President Bret Markum at the council’s June 4 meeting. Because it was only a first reading of the ordinance, Markum was not prepared to respond, so Schwartzman submitted his questions in writing. Among the information Schwartzman is requesting is: emissions reports and information, health...
Recently, Deng Nanfang who is the vice president of Hunan SNTO Group said at ALUMINUM CHINA 2012 that the group was planned to invest 1 billion yuan to build an aluminum industrial park in Hunan in 2013, but not revealed the exact address. This industrial park was expected to produce 50-100 sets of aluminum vans and passenger cars per year, the annual sales revenue was expected to hit 100 billion yuan. SNTO Group now was in the production of 30 thousand tons of industrial profiles, at the end of this year the production may expand to 80 thousand tons.
Senior vice president and chief commercial strategist at Novelis, Erwin Mayr always delivers a thought-provoking and well-put-together presentation, and at this year’s Harbor Aluminum Outlook conference, he focused his sights on light-weighting in the auto industry with aluminum — depending on whom you talk to, a boon for the aluminum’s flat rolled products (FRP) market. Obvious to most, the driver — pun, again, intended — behind light-weighting globally is reducing CO2 emissions. Indeed, Mayr supported his case with some light math — with new CAFE standards to take effect in 2025 of 54.5 mpg, that means CO2 must get reduced to just over 100 grams per mile. He took us through the usual-suspect bullet points on which parts of the automobile are subject to and would benefit from aluminum...
Refrigeration product design and services company United Aluminium has launched its first group website. The site encompasses information about display-system specialist Unibox, innovative LED lighting company Lumenal, expert temperature control division UA Refrigeration & Environmental, and established aluminium extrusion division UA Extrusions, Engineering & Fabrication. Along with contact details, client testimonials, and careers information, the website charts the strategic growth of United Aluminium. The company, which today employs 54 people in a self-contained factory and office space in Manchester, started life as a partnership trading bespoke aluminium extrusions from a shared desk space in Wilmslow in 1990. United Aluminum managing director, Nick Wraith, comments: “Over the past...
Below are the three companies in the Aluminum industry with the lowest price to earnings to growth (PEG) ratios. PEG is valuable in assessing the tradeoff between the price of a stock and expected growth. Generally, the lower the PEG, the better. Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) is lowest with a PEG ratio of 0.77. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation produces alumina, primary aluminum, and fabricated aluminum products. The Company also supplies alumina and primary aluminum in domestic and international markets. There is potential upside of 31.5% for shares of Kaiser Aluminum based on a current price of $47.90 and an average consensus analyst price target of $63.00. The stock should find initial resistance at its 200-day moving average (MA) of $48.02 and further resistance at its 50-day MA of $49.53....
The global push to improve fuel efficiency in vehicle fleets will more than double the demand for aluminum in the auto market by 2025, Alcoa's director of automotive marketing said Wednesday. Car makers from BMW to Audi have already started to react to the so-called Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and are beginning to move away from heavier steel body frames to lighter-weight material in what should be the "next frontier" for the aluminum industry, Randall Scheps told delegates at the American Metal Market's Aluminum Summit in New York. "We have every car maker calling us, wanting to increase their aluminum content, wanting to start new R&D (research and development) projects about how they can convert bodies from steel to aluminum, wanting to convert hoods and doors from...
Today, at Eurosatory 2012, the leading defense trade event, Constellium announced its global 'Armor' offering including a set of targeted innovative solutions building on aluminum exceptional properties. These new products will be used for vehicle and turret hulls, appliqué armor kits for ballistic protection, underbelly armor kits for blast confinement and bridging or pioneering vehicles. This global offering adds to Constellium's innovative and broad portfolio of technologies, from the well-known 2XXX and 7XXX series alloys, to the newest and revolutionary Corevo(TM) aluminum foam. Constellium's defense offerings leverage its global presence, with hubs in Europe and the US and dedicated manufacturing lines allowing for reliable sourcing and optimized fabrication flows. This...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation today announced that the Company's board of directors has appointed the following members of the Company's senior management team as executive officers of the Company. 1. Peter Bunin as Senior Vice President – Operations: Mr. Bunin has responsibility for the Company's operations in addition to Automotive sales and marketing. He joined the Company in 1996 as Vice President and general Manager of Raw Materials for Engineered Products, and served as Vice President and General Manager of Heat Treat Products, having been instrumental in the major expansion at the Company's Trentwood rolling mill facility. 2. Keith Harvey as Senior Vice President -- Sales & Marketing, Aerospace & General Engineering: Mr. Harvey joined the Company in 1981 as an industrial engineer and...
The Board of Directors of Hind Aluminium Industries Ltd at its meeting held on June 08, 2012, have recommended a Final Dividend of 15% on the equity shares of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2012. (Previous year @ 15%). The Hind Aluminium Industries Ltd stock was trading at Rs.36, up by Rs.0.15 or 0.42%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.37.55 and low of Rs.35. The total traded quantity was 1780 compared to 2 week average of 958.
Abu Dhabi wants to create a downstream aluminum hub in its new industrial complex as part of the UAE's efforts to diversify beyond oil and gas, a senior official in charge of the strategy told Reuters in a New York interview. Talks with prospective investors are under way, with automotive parts manufacturers in the United States, India, Japan and Europe interested in setting up shop in the massive Khalifia Industrial Zone (Kizad) in Abu Dhabi, said Khaled Salmeen, executive vice president, industrial zones at Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC). ADPC owns Kizad. The government hopes to woo them with zero taxes and import/export duty exemptions, ample and low-cost power supplies and molten aluminum from the nearby Emirates Aluminum (Emal) smelter, he said. Using liquid aluminum saves downstream...
Despite a statement last week by the president of Aluminum Castings saying the company will move to Peoria before relocating in Galesburg, Alderman Peter Schwartzman, Ward 5, said in a news release Monday afternoon the City Council should help the company find a new location in Galesburg and provide financial support for the move. The first reading of a City Council resolution to allow Aluminum Castings to produce heavy industrial work in its building zoned for light industrial was met with opposition by Schwartzman and a number of citizens. Aluminum Castings President Brett Markum said last week the company has invested too heavily in its current building to consider relocating in Galesburg, including a $1 million piece of equipment to modernize the facility. The company has planned a $2...
Novelis president and CEO Philip Martens recently spoke to Construction Weekly about the role of polyethylene ‘sandwich’ panels in the recent spate of building fires. He highlighted on the architectural products manufactured by Novelis and their safety features. Extracts from the interview: For more than ten years, our European architectural team has delivered Novelis aluminum for building and architectural projects in the Middle East, taking part in construction exhibitions such as Dubai’s Big 5 and Project Qatar. In addition, we have equipped various building landmarks in the region with our painted and anodised façade materials. Novelis supplies solid rolled and surface finished aluminum sheet for roofing, façade and building applications, such as interior decoration and ceilings....
GKN Aerospace has been awarded a contract by Boeing, to supply complex machined titanium and aluminium parts and assemblies for the horizontal stabiliser of the 787-9 Dreamliner. Manufacture and assembly work will be undertaken at GKN Aerospace facilities in Long Island, NY, and St. Louis, MO, USA. Kevin Cummings, CEO - GKN Aerospace, North America comments: "This new package of work extends our significant participation with Boeing on the Dreamliner programme, notably in supplying key titanium and aluminium components. The addition of assembly activity as part of this contract enables us to deliver structure to Boeing for direct installation onto the airframe." GKN Aerospace is a key contributor to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme, providinga range of structural titanium wing to body...
A Bahrain-based building material company has outlined plans to expand its business to the region. Cemena Holding Company, which was set up in 2008 by Gulf Finance House, announced this during it annual general meeting. The meeting focused on Cemena's profitability, returns and plans to diversify its business to become one of the leading building materials companies in the region. Shareholders were updated on Cemena's activities and financial performance for 2011 and the milestones reached during the year. The company also highlighted its new business strategy and hailed efforts of the management in achieving gross revenues of $46.4 million last year. In addition, the shareholders were updated on the progress made on the expansion phase of Bahrain Aluminium Extrusion Company (Balexco), in...
The recent land acquisition trouble gripping Noida Extension has led to a total stoppage of all construction happening in the region. It has not just hurt the real estate companies but a lot of other allied industries here as well. One such industry was aluminium fabrication, which is also one of the hardest hit. In the past decade, there has been a tremendous increase in the usage of aluminium structures in buildings owing to the various advantages that aluminium has over wood or iron. This increase in demand for Noida aluminium fabricators from Noida extension construction, which was one of the fastest developing real estate hubs in NCR, was a big support to the industry here, which was suddenly taken away. "Noida Extension was a big demand generator for us, but for the last six to...
Aluminum Castings Corp. President Bret Markum said his company will be ready to answer to the city’s concerns over the proposed expansion of its manufacturing facilities. And if the city doesn’t decide to allow a conditional use of the light industry zoning clause to allow Aluminum Castings to increase production in its existing warehouse, Markum said the company could relocate. The first reading of a City Council resolution that would allow Aluminum Castings to produce heavy industrial work in its building zoned for light industrial was met with opposition by an alderman and citizens, although it was recommended for approval by City Manager Todd Thompson. Alderman Peter Schwartzman, Ward 5, said increased production could equate to increased emissions that would be harmful to children in...
Bahrain beckons Indian downstream manufacturers in aluminium, steel and petrochemicals said BCCI chief. “Manufacturing companies from India can look at Bahrain as a base for downstream manufacturing industries in aluminium, steel and petrochemicals. Bahrain’s proximity to the raw material source is a huge benefit for such businesses,” said Dr Esam Fakhro, Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry in an exclusive interview for the Bahrain News Agency. “It makes great sense to look at Bahrain. The cost of fuel in Bahrain, when compared with India, is 20 per cent less. The proximity of raw material – including steel aluminium and hydrocarbons is more here. It thus makes great sense to companies looking to venture out of the country to setting up base here. It is important to...
