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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Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review - Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (Kaiser) is a metal production company. It is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of semi-fabricated aluminum products. The company produces rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products, which are broadly classified into aerospace and high strength products, general engineering products, custom automotive and industrial products. Kaiser serves various markets such as aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer durables, electronics, electrical, and machinery and equipment end market segment applications. The company operates through one business segment, namely, Fabricated Products. It also has three R&D centers, through which the company produces value added Kaiser Select products. Kaiser sells products...
Shandong Loften Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd. released the 2011 annual report recently, saying its operating revenues were RMB 179,356,990,000 in 2011, up 75.52% YoY; operating profits were RMB 11.10 million, down 76.66% YoY; and net profits attributable to shareholders of listed company were RMB 11.78 million, down 67.75% YoY. There are three reasons behind the plunge in Loften Aluminum Foil’s net profit in 2011. First, domestic aluminum prices were higher than overseas prices in 4Q 2011 amid European debt crisis and other international and domestic macroeconomic factors, reducing the company’s profit margin. Second, Qingdao Runfeng Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Loften Aluminum Foil, put its 50,000 mt/yr aluminum foil production line into operation, with construction in progress...
Italian plant and equipment supplier Danieli has bought UK technical consulting group Innoval Technology. Danieli will integrate Innoval into its Danieli Aluminium Strip Division group which will also include Danieli Fröhling and Danieli Wean United. Innoval Technology will continue to operate from its offices in Banbury, UK, with the same team and the same customer focus. Existing clients will find that it is very much ‘business as usual’ with the company providing the same confidential, independent service and impartial advice as it always has done. The philosophy of all companies within the Danieli Group is to invest in product development. Therefore, Innoval Technology’s service offering is set to increase and, with the support of the Group’s global network, its expansion into new...
A $20 million investment. At least 500 new jobs. That is what award of the Bay Area Rapid Transit contract could mean for Alstom. A 775-car job for the San Francisco Bay area commuter service would spur the deepest level of investment in Hornell yet by the French transportation giant, with a promise to establish a new aluminum car shell manufacturing facility inside the present main car shop. If built, it would be be the only aluminum car shell manufacturing plant in the United States. Alstom now is awaiting final word on the roughly $3.4 billion contract, which has been initially secured by Montreal-based competitor Bombardier. However, BART has given Bombardier 15 days to submit information necessary for a ‘Buy America’ audit, mandated for all federally-funded transit projects in order...
Hydro has announced that it will demonstrate to the manufacturers on how to use aluminium instead of copper for heat exchange applications in the industries, at Mostra Convegno Expocomfort 2012. This trade show is taking place at Fiera Milano in Milan, held from 27 to 30 March, 2012. Mostra Convegno is conducted every two years and is one of the main trade shows for energy and water, cooling and heating, in Europe. The company is exhibiting its whole product range of heat exchangers, including connecting lines for split units, precision solutions and tubes for solar thermal absorbers and all-aluminium packages that contain tubes, clad strip and headers for fins, this year. Experts will be available in a new and revised stand to answer the queries raised by customers. In 2010, over 2,000...
Bhoruka Aluminium Ltd has informed BSE that pursuant to the approval received from the Registrar of Companies, Bangalore, Karnataka, vide letter dated March 22, 2012, the Company has decided to prepared the financial accounts for a period of 18 months instead of 12 months by extending the financial year from March 31, 2012 to September 30, 2012 (i.e. for the period from April 01, 2011 to September 30, 2012).
Guangdong Dongyangguang Aluminum Co., Ltd. released the 2011 annual report recently, saying its operating revenues were RMB 4.76 billion in 2011, up 26% YoY; total profits were RMB 502 million, up 24% YoY; and net profits attributable to shareholders of listed company were RMB 287 million, up 15.8% YoY. Guangdong Dongyangguang Aluminum said that its operating income in 4Q 2011 fell by 21.67% from 3Q due to domestic and international economic downturn, and its 4Q net profits were down by 58.59% on a quarterly basis, which hurt its annual results in 2011. The company added 8 etched foil production lines and 37 formed foil production lines in 2011, improving its electrode foil production capacity. The proportion of the company’s medium and high pressure etched foil and formed foil increased...
Alnan realized total industrial output value 1.501 billion yuan increased 19.13% in 2011, while Alnan Aluminum Company realized 0.981 billion yuan increased 9.01% yoy, finished value added 0.209 billion yuan also increased 2.6% yoy. They have produced aluminum profiles 39,223 tons compared with 2010 increased 5.71%. Alnan Aluminum Foil Company realized total industrial output value 0.52 billion yuan up 44.44% yoy. The 200 thousand tons large specification and high-performance aluminum alloy plate/strip project was in the last push, the large-scale extrudate production line will put into production in June and realize full production at the end of this year. This production line was mainly provided products for aerospace, high-speed rail, steamer and automobile industry. It is expected...
Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum Co., Ltd released the 2011 annual report recently, saying its production and sales were 93,900 mt and 91,000 mt, respectively, unchanged from 2011; total operating revenues were RMB 2,053,560,000, up 5.35% YoY; total profits were RMB 6,805,700, down 86.44% YoY; and net profits were RMB 5,969,500, down 86.68% YoY. Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum achieved revenue of RMB 1.47 billion from air-conditioner foil in 2011, up 2.6% YoY, but gross profit margin decreased slightly to 9.72%. The growth of air-conditioner slowed in 2011 due to property market control and the withdrawal of the subsidy program for home appliance purchases in rural areas. The company adjusted the product structure timely in 2H 2011 and increased the production of high value-added hydrophilic foil in order...
SMM’s aluminum analyst said on the 7th China Copper & Aluminum Summit that there is still new growth point for China’s aluminum processing industry in 2012 under the context of product structure adjustment. China’s aluminum processing industry develops slower currently. Operating rates at aluminum extrusion producers remained around 70% in 1H 2011 due to strong domestic and overseas demand, while operating rates at aluminum plate, sheet, strip and foil producers were near 80%. Operating rates at aluminum plate, sheet and strip producers dipped to as low as 53% in 2H 2011 due to weakening domestic and overseas demand. Aluminum processors holding high finished product inventories cut processing fees consecutively, with intense price competition spreading from North China to South China and...
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS +0.97% announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Precision Strip, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Worthington Steel Vonore, Tennessee plant, a processing facility owned by Worthington Industries, Inc. WOR +1.78% . Terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to be completed within 30 days, subject to the successful completion of due diligence. Worthington Industries acquired the assets of the Vonore, Tennessee plant in early 2011. Upon completion of the acquisition, the Vonore plant is expected to operate as a Precision Strip, Inc. location that will process and deliver carbon steel, aluminum and stainless steel products on a “toll” basis, processing the metal for a fee without taking ownership...
China is likely to keep giving tax rebates to exporters of semi-finished aluminium products this year to encourage the exports, removing an obstacle that slowed them last year, sources at producers said on Monday. Last year,Beijingwas set to cut tax rebates on some products to 9 percent from 13-15 percent but put the plan on hold after growth in the exports sank in the second half due to expectations of the cuts and lower demand from theUnited StatesandEurope. As with many Chinese products, exporters of semi-finished aluminium products received fewer orders in the first quarter of this year than a year earlier andChinachalked up its largest monthly trade deficit in at least a decade in February as export growth slowed, raising pressure onBeijingto help exporters. "We are sure the rebates...
Targray Technology International announces the availability of Giga Solar Materials Corporation’s next generation of Aluminum Paste for mono and multi-crystalline silicon solar cells. Montreal, Quebec, Canada (PRWEB) March 26, 2012 Targray Technology International announces the availability of Giga Solar Materials Corporation’s next generation of Aluminum Paste for mono and multi-crystalline silicon solar cells. The new line of AI Paste has been optimized for a variety of requirements including higher efficiency, higher peak firing temperatures, hot water test and superior adhesion. With the addition of this advanced family of Aluminum Paste, Targray has further enhanced its full-line of Photovoltaic materials and solutions currently used by leading solar cell and module manufacturers...
Drinks giant Coca Cola plans to double business by 2020 – and aluminium will be vital to this, delegates were told at a conference in Miami. Coca Cola’s Chief Procurement Officer – Bottling Investment Group William Hovis said the beverage group was one of the world’s largest users of aluminium with 150 million aluminium cans and bottles sold every day. He told people at CRU’s recent North American Aluminum Trends Conference that Coca Cola currently has 1.8bn consumers a day and plans to double this by 2020. Aluminium is a key material for this success but it needs to remain affordable, sustainable and needs innovation, Mr Hovis told delegates. It has launched an aluminium bottle built in the same design as its iconic glass bottle, and he believes this is the next big package for the...
Novelis, owned by the Aditya Birla Group flagship company, Hindalco Industries, has been selling its loss-making assets for a while, even if it means selling a smelter in a high-growth market like Brazil. Now, it has gone a step ahead and decided to sell a business that is doing well, but doesn’t fit into its growth strategy. It is selling three aluminium foil manufacturing plants in Europe to American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC). The plants are located in France, Luxembourg and Germany. Philip Martens, president and chief executive officer of Novelis, said, “The foil operations are well-established businesses with strong customer bases. However, they are not aligned with the Novelis growth strategy and, therefore, we believe they will have a better future with AIAC.” He...
Three major trade associations representing the aluminum industry will host Aluminum Week this October in Chicago. The Aluminum Association (AA,) Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC) will co-locate their meetings to increase cooperation and communication among different sectors of the industry. The combined program will include The Aluminum Association's Annual Meeting, the AEC Extrusion Symposium, and the AAC International Anodizing Conference & Exposition. "Co-location with our partner organizations provides value back to our members," said Heidi B. Brock, President of The Aluminum Association. "Leaders can assess the state of the U.S. aluminum industry and determine how best to maximize Association resources and cooperation to support industry growth."...
Aluminium is entering a golden age in automotive use, delegates were told at a North American aluminium conference. Alcoa’s automotive marketing director Randall Scheps told delegates at the CRU North American Aluminum Trends Conference in Miami last week that aluminium use in auto body sheet is the new growth area. He told delegates aluminium was the ideal solution for automotive use because of its light weight. Mr Scheps, who is also chairman of the Aluminum Association’s Transportation Group, said the amount of aluminium in automotive will grow from 7Mt today to 18Mt by 2020. It improves fuel economy, has lower CO2 emissions over its lifecycle, is as safe as steel, brings better driving dynamics and is capital friendly for automakers. Automotive is the best growth story the aluminium...
Aluminum processing research and development group conducted a survey on the operating rate for 21 small and medium sized aluminum profiles enterprises. The survey displayed that 66% of those enterprises stated with 80% or higher operating rate in March, which was increased when compared with former 2 months. At the same time, orders also increased about 20%-30%. Then 24% enterprises said that their operating rate in March was kept at 60%-70%, still there were 10% held passive attitude about current operating rate. The above survey just for your information.
