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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Aluminum Enterprises realized that traditional technology and profit points were hard to develop and expand enterprise. The author thinks the following aspects can help to improve products competitiveness. Through 20 years of development building profiles field has cultivated a lot of site technicists and industrial workers and accumulated rich practical experiences, but the product technical additional value still with a lower level. The improvement of products competitiveness is a must for breakthrough existing technical obstacles. 1. To develop new products of energy-saving aluminum windows and doors and curtain wall. The tight energy resource supply situation in China can not be eased in short-term, so new products development should focusing on this topic. 2. To improve mould design,...
A California company that acquires old industrial locations has paid $1.5 million for the former Kaiser Mead smelter operation. New Mill Capital, LLC, plans to convert some of the existing buildings on the 183-acre North Spokane site into usable industrial locations for new tenants, said Gregory Schain, executive VP of New Mill. Other buildings will have to be gutted and taken down, he added. New Mill is a subsidiary of Industrial Realty Group LLC, a California company that buys and develops excess commercial and industrial properties across the country. Its website said the firm has a portfolio of over 80 million square feet within 70 projects across the United States. The plan is to turn the site into a north Spokane industrial park, Schain added.
Bedford-based Midas Pattern Company claims particular expertise in the manufacture of cast aluminium rotational mould tools for the manufacture of large, rugged and robust components in many sectors including sports and leisure, marine and retail promotion. Examples of projects are outdoor children's playground equipment and permanent dockside equipment for yachts and pleasure craft. By combining the latest three-dimensional CAD and CNC technologies with the skills of traditional toolmakers, the company looks to deliver “the best of both worlds” to its rotational mould tool clients. In the case of very large tooling, Midas engineers break down the original large configuration (as large as 4m long in some cases), which would be very expensive to cast in one piece (and also challenging in...
New fronts are opening up in Europe and Asia in the battle between banks and trading houses to expand their storage hubs for aluminum, a metal meant for use in manufacturing but increasingly viewed as a store of value. Until recently, the battle was almost exclusively confined to one location, Detroit in the United States, where there is a months-long wait to get aluminum out of warehouses mostly owned by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs [GS 116.99 -0.30 (-0.26%) ]. The warehouses are part of a global network monitored by the London Metal Exchange (LME), the world's leading marketplace for industrial materials such as aluminum, copper and nickel, which aims to ensure metal traded via its contracts can be delivered reliably. But over the past few months, industry players have looked on...
Toyota announced last week it will increase annual production capacity of six-speed automatic transmission from approximately 400,000 to 520,000 at its plant in Buffalo, W.Va. The increase begins November 2012 and will be completed by July 2013. Approximately $45 million in investment will create about 80 new jobs in West Virginia. Bodine Aluminum will provide transmission cases and housing parts to the West Virginia plant. The expansion represents approximately 25 new jobs and more than $10 million investment for the Troy, Mo. plant. Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, Inc. (TMMWV) currently builds six-speed transmissions for the Avalon, Camry, Lexus RX350, Sienna and Venza, all built in North America. The expansion raises total employment to approximately 1,200 and total plant...
New fronts are opening up in Europe and Asia in the battle between banks and trading houses to expand their storage hubs for aluminium, a metal meant for use in manufacturing but increasingly viewed as a store of value. Until recently, the battle was almost exclusively confined to one location, Detroit in the United States, where there is a months-long queue to get aluminium out of warehouses mostly owned by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs. The warehouses are part of a global network monitored by the London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s leading marketplace for industrial materials such as aluminium, copper and nickel, which aims to ensure metal traded via its contracts can be delivered reliably. But over the past few months, industry players have looked on with increasing dismay as...
Amcor Flexibles is proud to announce winning two Alufoil Trophies from the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). The company received the Overall Excellence Award won with Amcor Canny in recognition of high scores in four of five categories - Marketing + Design, Consumer Convenience, Technical Innovation and Resource Efficiency - and the Product Preservation Award won with Amcor Formpack DessiflexTM Plus. Amcor Canny is the fantastic result of over two years of development by Amcor Flexibles to produce the first wrinkle-free aluminium thin wall bowl. Primarily aimed at premium or indulgence food markets, it is designed to meet the needs of customer convenience for products which appeal to all ages. Among the many practical and attractive product features, the bowl is smooth and...
Aluminum alloy doors and Windows has experienced "function, design and color, process" three development course, hereinafter referred to as "three changes". I the change of function The function more humane, also be today autumn the aluminium alloy door an important characteristic. The new aluminum alloy doors and Windows in the traditional casement Windows and common on the basis of push-pull window, but also increased the various forms. Flat open sliding door is in the original sliding door, and on the basis of increased again unilateral flat open function. This kind of door window at the top can be from outside to tilt framework 30 degrees. The biggest advantage of this kind of door and window is to prevent the strong winds and rains caused by an external force such as Windows and...
China has become the world's largest aluminum alloy doors and Windows, the construction curtain wall producers, the related standards system has been established, as these standards of performance, the industry of the survival of the fittest will enter a comprehensive shuffle period. China construction steel structure association of chairman of committee of aluminum window and door curtain wall HuangQi has firmly in said. Of the 12 aluminous door window curtain wall annual meeting and 2006 doors and Windows products exposition has new held in guangzhou, more than from all over the country to expert, entrepreneurs, the more than 200 exhibitors converge show the industry's most advanced products and technology. The organiser of China construction steel structure association aluminum Windows...
Alcan Cable (Atlanta, GA) issued a letter to its customers informing them that, due to rising commodity costs for metals, resins and transportation fuels, the company has increased list prices from 8% to 9% on the following aluminum cable products: -- Residential products: SER, MHFC and SEU -- Non-residential products: XHHW, FeederPlex and USE -- MC Cable and MC Cable with jacketing -- Bare ACSR, AAC, AAAC and ACSS cables -- 600v covered URD and OHSD cables The company said that all quotes and bids will be priced at the new levels effective as of Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Concurrently, as reported by Zacks.com, Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), the world’s largest aluminum producer, also announced that it would raise prices by 5% for certain coil and flat sheet products, with price increases for new...
Kaiser Aluminum filed its 10-K on Feb. 29. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Kaiser Aluminum beat expectations on revenues and whiffed on earnings per share. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue increased significantly, and GAAP earnings per share expanded. Gross margins dropped, operating margins dropped, and net margins expanded. Revenue details Kaiser Aluminum reported revenue of $317.6 million. The five analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ looked for revenue of $309.1 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 19% higher than the prior-year quarter's $265.8 million. Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates. EPS...
China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest manufacturer of aluminum extrusion products by volume, has won a bid for land use rights in Tianjin at a price of some 1.4 billion yuan ($222 million), the company announced Friday. The 50-year lease is for a 5.5 million square meter property located in the Wuqing district in Tianjin, a port city in North China, and will be used for a new facility for the manufacturing of high-end aluminum flat rolled products used in automobiles and cans. The company will reach an annual production capacity of 1.8 million tons by the second half of 2014, said the Lu Changqing, executive director and vice president of the company. He said the ultimate goal is a production capacity of 3 million tons by the end of 2018. Zhongwang Holdings "has been...
The world's second largest industrial aluminium extrusion product developer and manufacturer and the largest in Asia and China, China Zhongwang Holdings Limited, ("China Zhongwang" or "the Company", together with its subsidiaries "the Group"; Stock code: 01333) today announced Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., Ltd. ("Tianjin Zhongwang"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has won the bid for land use rights for industrial purposes in Wuqing District, Tianjin City, PRC, at a consideration of approximately RMB1.4 billion. The land will be used for the construction of a new facility for the manufacturing of high-end aluminium flat rolled products. Lu Changqing, Executive Director and Vice President of China Zhongwang, said, "The aluminium flat rolled business has been earmarked as an...
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA - News) and Ma’aden announced the commencement of work of product mix for their new aluminium complex, which is currently under construction at Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia. The new line will offer automotive heat-treated and non-heat-treated sheet, building and construction sheet, and foil stock sheet. The new product mix will enable the two companies to produce about 100,000 metric tons of a wide range of downstream products favorable for the company’s complex product line. The project includes the best quality standards and ensures cost advantages, thus making Saudi Arabia one of the primary aluminum producers. The project also takes into account the national strategy of developing national resources, thereby creating employment opportunities and national wealth....
According to Reuters, the world's largest producer of aluminum producer, Alcoa Inc. ( AA ) is targeting to hike the prices by 5% for certain coil and flat sheet products. The increased price would be charged for new orders from March 1, 2012. The price hike would encompass the products like 2xxx and 7xxx HT Coil for coil products as well as Flat Sheet. The company hiked the prices of the alloys in response to their soaring demand in the aerospace industry. In the recently reported quarter Alcoa reported an adjusted loss of 3 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate profit of 1 cent. Total revenues increased 6% year over year to $6 billion. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings per share is pegged at a loss per share of 3 cents. The company expects global aluminum demand...
Sapa AB of Sweden and Kobe Steel Ltd. of Japan have signed an agreement under which Kobe Steel will provide Sapa with production technology for aluminum extrusions to be used in Sapa's more than 50 extrusion plants in Europe, North America and Asia, according to information from Sapa. The agreement covers the full range of processes ranging from melting and casting to extrusion, including Kobe Steel's proprietary aluminum alloys. Kobe Steel currently produces aluminum extrusions at its Chofu Works plant in Shimonoseki in western Japan. Major products include bumper material for automobiles, aluminum tubes for OPC (organic photo conductor), drums used in printers and other value-added products. "This is a very positive solution for both companies," says Svein Tore Holsether, president and...
Alcoa has celebrated a ground breaking ceremony to expand its Davenport Works facility located in Iowa in order to fulfill the automotive market’s growing demand for aluminum. Alcoa Davenport Works manufactures aluminum plates and sheets for use in a broad array of industries, including commercial rail and truck transportation, passenger vehicles, aerospace and defense and industrial market. Car manufacturers have informed that they intend to increase aluminum utilization from 343 lbs per car to 550 lbs by the fiscal year 2025 as they shift from steel in order to improve the performance, durability and fuel efficiency of the cars manufactured by them. Once completed, the $300-million expansion will add 150 more permanent jobs, bringing the total number of high-value jobs to over 2,300 in...
J.F. Ahern Co. recently sponsored a joint meeting between the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers and the Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of the Association for Facilities Engineering. Mid-States Aluminum Corporation hosted the meeting at its Fond du Lac facility and presented the results of a Six Sigma project that yielded Mid-States a 10 percent annual utility savings. Ahern has participated on Mid-States’ internal Six Sigma energy efficiency project team by providing energy management expertise and project implementation. Ahern also worked closely with WAEE President and Focus on Energy Senior Adviser Jerry Eaton to obtain $33,500 in financial incentives to help offset Mid-States’ energy efficiency improvement costs. Through combined company and association efforts,...
