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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FAWER Visteon Climate Control Systems (FVCC), a joint venture of Visteon and FAWER Automotive Parts, has opened a new plant in Chengdu in southwest China to manufacture aluminum radiators for vehicle manufacturers. The new Chengdu plant is a subsidiary of FVCC and will support the FAW-Volkswagen manufacturing base in Chengdu, as well as other automakers in southwest China. Visteon product group president Joy Greenway said the opening marks the company's first climate manufacturing facility in Chengdu. "This strategic location reinforces our ability to support domestic and global automakers in China, the largest automotive market," Greenway said. The new 3,700sq m plant specializes in manufacturing mechanically assembled aluminum radiators and is expected to have an annual production...
CHANDIGARH: On Tuesday morning, residents of the Durga Garden colony, Jagadhari in Yamunangar district, woke up to a powerful blast, which took place in a factory running from a two-room house, leaving one worker dead, his co workers and three members of a family living next door, injured. Enquiries revealed that the incident took place at around 7.30pm when Mohammad Shehzad and Mohammad Aftab were working in the factory. Shehzaad died on the spot while Aftab, who suffered burn injuries, was rushed to the civil hospital. Meanwhile, the district police has sealed the premises which had a gas and diesel furnace used in melting the Aluminium for the molding purpose. Blast was so powerful that temporary sheds of room could be seen lying at some distance. While cracks appeared in the house...
Alcoa Inc N> has raised its forecast for aerospace demand growth this year by 3 percentage points, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Klaus Kleinfeld said in an interview on Tuesday. Speaking with CNBC, Kleinfeld also reiterated the U.S. aluminum producer's 2012 demand growth forecast for the automotive and transportation sectors, with automotive demand expected to be back at pre-recession levels this year. The interview was broadcast after the company released its first-quarter financial results. Overall global demand will rise by 7 percent, he said, although the picture is mixed with improving economic data in the United States, a worsening European economy and Chinese economic growth seen at around 7.5-8 percent. "Europe is hovering along, muddling through," he said. Kleinfeld played...
Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW), a leading supplier of components to the commercial vehicle industry, today announced plans to expand aluminum wheel production capacity at its Kershaw County plant. The company will invest at least $8.73 million to add two machine lines as part of the expansion, which will generate at least 25 new jobs. The Kershaw County Council is expected today to vote in favor of a Fee in Lieu of Taxes (FILOT) agreement for the project; and the company is utilizing South Carolina's readySC worker training program for new hires. “We are pleased to move forward with plans to expand our Kershaw County operations. Our investment helps to ensure we have the right production capacity in place where and when our customers need it, at a higher standard of quality and...
Aluminium demand is expected to grow at an annual rate of 7-8 percent in China and 4-5 percent globally, for an indefinite number of years, the chief executive of Novelis Inc said on Wednesday. Phil Martens, CEO of the world's top maker of aluminium rolled products and aluminium can recycling, was speaking in an interview before a news conference to announce the company's construction of its first aluminium rolled facility in China. The new factory is slated for completion in 2014 and will specifically target the local automotive sector, where the company already have a list of clients including Audi, BMW, Chrysler Ford, GM and Hyundai. The company had earlier announced that it was selling three foil-manufacturing plants in Europe to focus on premium product markets such as beverage cans...
Teamsters Local 371 has ended its strike at Nichols Aluminum but is awaiting the Davenport company’s next move as to whether the employees will return to work, the union president said this morning. Local 371 president Howard Spoon said the union ended its strike Friday afternoon and sent a letter to Nichols informing the company about its decision. “We are returning all of our strikers so the company has to make a decision — are they going to lock our people out, take them back or what are they going to do?” Spoon said, adding that he had not heard any news yet this morning. The strike was ended after Spoon said Nichols made “a pretty strange move with making its replacement workers permanent.” Last week, Nichols Aluminum President Tom Brackmann said the company had offered full-time...
Last June, in an aluminum market analysis during HARBOR Aluminum Outlook conference in Chicago, Lloyd O’Carroll gave attendees an overview of the aluminum beer can market. He showed a slide containing a graph that depicted US beer consumption. “I try to do my part in this, and I’m going to keep trying,” said O’Carroll, who is senior vice president and metals equity analyst for Richmond, Va.-based Davenport & Company. “The rest of you — do your part.” What O’Carroll was promoting, of course, was not indiscriminate alcoholic consumption (necessarily), but increased domestic aluminum sheet usage in the beverage industry. The 2008 recession took its toll on beer consumption, which showed a 2 percent decrease in total domestic consumption from 2008 to 2009, the biggest drop in over a decade....
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Regional Development Verica Kalanovic presented today in Doljevac the Contract on support to investment of Turkish company Boral Aluminyum, which will invest €55 million in this city and employ 300 workers. Kalanovic said on this occasion that today conditions have been met for 300 citizens of Doljevac to have a secure job and salary, which will provide to their families a foreseeable future, security and human dignity. She recalled that the Memorandum on investments with the Turkish company Boral Aluminyum was signed on 19 January this year and the contracts for the beginning of realisation of the investment worth €55 million were awarded today. This investment is yet another proof that the Programme of support to direct investment is the best...
Striking workers in Davenport are calling it quits. On Friday we spoke with Nichols Aluminum temp workers, just hired on full-time, to see what they have to say about it. Workers said they're hoping folks who were on strike, will have a chance to get their jobs back. But because Nichols just hired about 100 people earlier this week, president Tom Brackman said they're trying to figure out what the next step is. Thursday afternoon Nichols Aluminum had several picketers outside the gates. Since January, more than 200 strikers have told us they'd refuse to back down. But on Friday, they put the signs away. Brackman tells us he got a letter today from union leaders, calling the strike off. Some said it's quite a change. "Well I'm just glad it's all over for them, you know and they can get...
Industry and Commerce Minister Dr. Hassan Fakhro received Bahrain Aluminium Extrusion Company (Balexco) Chief Executive Officer Jassim Mohammed Seyadi and discussed company’s aspirations for the coming period especially in light of large facilities provided by government to stimulate the industrial sector and stimulate to increase its contribution to the GDP. The Minister stressed the importance of coordination and joint action between the private sector and public to achieve advanced levels of economic growth. Dr. Fakhro also praised in this regard the positive steps and initiatives undertaken by the company that supports economic development.
Romania Insider reported that Romanian aluminum producer Alro owned by Vimetco plans to add a new mill to increase capacity for aluminum wire production in response to higher demand on the US market. Even so, Alro expects a drop in the total aluminum production in 2012 due to a shortage in energy supply and foresees lower operational revenues down 11% to some USD 639 million. Its profit expectations are also lower down 5% on 2011 to some USD 71.4 million. Alro’s wire production should be up 17.8% to some 87,000 tonnes this year. The company said that estimations for 2012 are based on the entry into production of a Properzi mill to increase wire production, given the higher demand from Europe and the US as the wire is the most profitable product made by the Primary Aluminum Division....
The US aluminum market is expected to see strong demand across most segments and even the long-suffering building and construction sector should pick up this year, according to Tom Brackmann, chairman and president of sheet maker Nichols Aluminum, said Wednesday. "There's got to be a pent-up demand for housing units," Brackmann said late Tuesday at a press roundtable at the Aluminum Association's spring meeting in Napa, California. The event was made available by teleconference. He said the US has seen real economic growth and it is only a matter of time before the construction industry comes back. Once there is confidence in the housing market and confidence that people will be able to find jobs and keep them, the market will see some pick up, he said. "I don't know that we are ready to...
SAF (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., Inc.) announces a full line of panel extrusions commonly used to hang, join and secure rainscreen panels for curtainwall applications. SAF Panel extrusions work with the company’s panel wall systems, or may be ordered stock length and finished to meet customer specifications. Detailed drawings for SAF’s panel systems, including extrusions can be viewed at http://www.saf.com/panels The company’s panel extrusions are part of the more than 200 other extrusions SAF stocks for ready availability. SAF has no minimum order requirement, and small orders are normally shipped next day. Free shipping applies to any extrusion order over 100 lbs. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, SAF (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., Inc.) is a nation-wide aluminum extrusions and sheet...
Cubitek has announced a new ICE Series of aluminum chassis that will feature five different models ranging from Mini ICE for mini ITX motherboards all the way to HPTX ICE chassis that supports HPTX form factor motherboards. The entire new ICE Series features an anti-vibration design with sturdy aluminum frame, thick rubber rings for HDD mounting and vibration reducing side panels with rubber strips. In addition to the 200mm front (available on every model), 140mm top and 120mm back fans, the all aluminum design also helps with efficient thermal cooling. To make things even sweeter, Cubitek also threw in a large MB tray cut-out for easier CPU cooler mounting as well as 19mm wide space behind motherboard tray with U-shaped clips for easy cable management. All five models also feature the...
Aluminium specialists have been invited to submit papers for presentation at the 8th edition of the Aluminium Two Thousand World Congress will be held in Milano, Italy. The event, from May 14 to 18, 2013, is organized by Interall Srl (Aluminium Publications) and promoted by important European aluminium associations, industries and universities. The last date for submission of a title is May 31, 2012 and an abstract of 200 words should be submitted before June 30, a notification said. The submission are to be sent to aluminium2000@interall.it or info@interall.it Many experts in aluminium technologies from all over the world have already confirmed their participation as speakers at Milano congress, said a statement. The event will focus on: Innovative technologies for aluminium extrusion...
In China, aluminum wheel hub manufacturers can be divided into two categories, aftermarket-oriented, mainly referring to small- and medium-sized producers, and OEM market-oriented, chiefly large-sized ones. Aftermarket consists of domestic and foreign types, there are numerous small-sized manufacturers targeting the former, about 80-100, each with annual output of less than 10,000 units; while manufacturers aimed at foreign aftermarket are mainly concentrated in Zhejiang, Guangdong and Jiangsu, numbering up to 3,000, including 700-900 active ones. 2011 is a year of harvest for Chinese aluminum wheel hub industry manufacturers, whose main export destinations were United States, Russia, Germany and the UAE, of which, the U.S. market occupied around half of total shares. The U.S. automobile...
The 8th China International Aluminium Industry Summit 2012 was opened in Shanghai on March 30. More than 700 guests from home and abroad got together to discuss the nonferrous metals market. President of CBI Group Zhang Ye, Secretary of Shanghai Aluminium Industry Association Yuan Yongda made opening speeches in the opening ceremony. After the opening ceremony, it was time for keynote speech. Six scholars and senior industry experts made speeches in turn. The guests were deeply attracted by the experts’ speeches.
Under the circumstance of sluggish growth, China encourage companies to export semi-finished aluminum products, thus the export rebates will not reduced this year. Last year was planned to reduce the export rebates from 13-15% to 9% for some products, but never put into practice while considering the decline in demand may caused sluggish export. At the first two months in 2012 export volume was increased 7% compared with last year, which was obviously lower than the amount of increase(33%) that realized in 2011.
