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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Kustom Cooling Products LLC (KCP) has released a 100% aluminum radiator and air-conditioner condenser line for Freightliner trucks. By mid-2012, KCP will be adding the Volvo VN, International Pro-Star, and Mack Vision model trucks to its cooling products lineup. The firm offers aluminum aftermarket replacement radiators and A/C condensers specifically targeting 2007 and newer platform engines. KCP radiators and A/C condensers were tested and have been successfully operating on select fleets in the southwest for the past three years. Prototyping of those applications has gone so well that the KCP products have more than 400,000 miles traveled in the field. These products are 100% aluminum including the core, side supports, and tanks. The core uses a fully patented wavy-style fin built in a...
Sapa Group has spent $34M on a 14” indirect press for rod and bar production at its Cressona, Pennsylvania, USA plant. Sapa is the only North American soft alloy extruder with indirect press technology. The new indirect press will increase production speed per unit by up to 50% . It will result in better grain structure and overall quality of product, and recover more scrap material than before, resulting in a lower operating cost to produce rod and bar. The indirect extrusion process allows for a more consistent grain structure and better dimensional tolerances, which improves the machinability and finishing of products. Along with the new indirect press, Sapa plans to add automatic packing and ageing to the process, enabling a fully integrated line for customers.
Novelis Korea has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for a tandem cold rolling mill. The plant will produce flat strip for the beverage can industry in Yeongju, South Korea and is due to start production in 2013. Siemens will supply all the electrical engineering and equipment, including the basic automation, the human-machine interface equipment and the associated sensor systems. The technological control systems - with integrated gauge-, strip tension- and flatness control - are an important part of the automation equipment. They are required to achieve the extremely tight manufacturing tolerances demanded for the end product. The scope of supply also includes a Level 2 process computer, which will enable the presetting of the stands to be calculated online in advance...
Charleston Aluminum is proud to announce an increased range of ballistically tested armor plate is now held in warehouses across the country. The new range of alloys, sizes and volumes of aluminum armor plate materials offers solutions for armored vehicles with the highest possible performance properties in extreme dimensions - in particular, with respect to thickness and width. The wider range of Aluminum Armor Plates here in our inventory offer an optimum solution for any kind of structural application - with specific ballistic performance test reports. These aluminum armor alloys allow the design of light-weight, reliable and cost efficient components for light armored civilian and tactical vehicles as well as for heavy constructions like military bridges. They improve strategic and...
Packaging group Ardagh has announced plans to raise money to help fund further acquisitions. Following the recent €85m deal to buy aluminium packaging firm Boxal, Ardagh said today it was in "advanced" talks on the potential acquisition of two other unrelated businesses. The company said it planned to issue a total of $410m in two separate senior bonds. It added that the proceeds would be used to repay debt or for other purposes if one or both of the planned acquisitions did not go ahead. In a trading update, Ardagh also said revenue for the final quarter of last year would be in line with the same period in 2010, while underlying earnings (EBITDA) would fall by a "high single-digit" percentage.
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation KALU -0.04% today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.25 per share on the Company's outstanding common stock, representing a four percent increase over the prior quarter's dividend. The Board's decision to authorize the increase reflects confidence in the Company's financial strength and excellent long-term earnings potential derived from continued growth in aerospace and automotive demand and benefits yet to be fully realized from its organic and acquisition investments. The dividend will be payable on February 15, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 24, 2012. Company Description Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, headquartered in Foothill Ranch, Calif., is a leading producer of...
Aluminum use in each vehicle in North America is expected to grow to 400 lbs in 2015 from 343 lbs in 2012, Brad Soultz, vice president and general manager of Novelis, said Monday at the Platts Aluminum Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on behalf of the Aluminum Transportation Group. It is expected to increase to 550 lbs in 2025. Soultz said that these increases would be driven by the desire for fuel efficiency and new, stringent regulations. "Regulations are going to drive it and consumers require it," Soultz said of the expected rise in aluminum use. Aluminum is significantly lighter than other materials used in the production of vehicles and is therefore desirable for use in the production of vehicles. "Generally, lighter is always better," Soultz said. According to the ATG, 4.5...
Apple has confirmed that explosions last year at Chinese plants of two of its parts suppliers were caused by excessive aluminium dust. In its annual report on its suppliers’ efforts in worker safety, labour rights and environmental impact, Apple said the explosions at facilities operated by Hon Hai Precision Industry -- better known by its trade name, Foxconn -- and Pegatron last year were traced to small airborne particles. The Foxconn plant explosion in May 2011 in Chengdu, China, killed four and injured 18 others. A December explosion at a Shanghai factory run by RiTeng Computer Accessory, a subsidiary of Pegatron, injured 59, Apple said. Other reports had put the injured tally at the latter explosion at 61. According to the Apple report, both explosions involved combustible aluminium...
US aluminum extruder Sapa expects North American aluminum extrusion growth of 5-7% this year, primarily driven by "overall economic conditions," according to Jeffrey Henderson, vice-president of marketing for Sapa North America. Speaking Monday at the Platts Aluminum Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he said in North America, the transport market is expected to grow by 5-10%, while the distribution, industrial, residential building and construction and automotive should see 0-5% growth. The North American commercial building and construction market is expected to be flat to down 5%. But he noted that the 5-10% rate is "comes off of a low base." In Europe, the distribution, industrial transport and automotive markets are expected to be flat to up 5% this year, while the commercial and...
US aluminum sheet maker Novelis is looking to a strong long-term outlook in the aluminum market, with automotive up almost 25%, specialty products up 6% and 4-5% in beverage can through 2015, said Nick Madden, senior vice president and chief procurement officer. Speaking at the Platts Aluminum Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Monday, he said he saw structural global flat-rolled product demand growth of 6% or more from 2011-2015, largely driven by Asia, South America and the Middle East. That would add 6.5 million mt to flat-rolled product demand in the next few years. "Even if the growth then slows to more traditional 4%, the market will be 30 million mt by the end of the decade," Madden said. Madden noted that Novelis' current metal balance is one-third slab, one-third prime and...
Kingle Aluminium’s strategic partnership with Hunan Nonferrous Metals Co., of China Minmetals has brought great opportunity for Kingle Aluminium’s development. With the repaid development of the national economy, industrial aluminium profiles are becoming increasingly important to the industry economy. The newly established industrial profile department of Kingle Aluminium combines advanced manufacturing technology with equipments and aims at electronics, transportation, solar energy and military products market. The broad market field of industrial aluminium profiles creates a new opportunity for its development.
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. KALU -0.04% said it would raise its quarterly dividend 4.2% as the maker of specialty aluminum products looks to return value to shareholders. Kaiser Aluminum said the increased payout reflects the board's confidence in the company's financial strength and long-term earnings potential derived from continued growth in aerospace and automotive demand as well as future benefits from its investments. The company raised its dividend by a penny to 25 cents a share. The increase will cost Kaiser Aluminum approximately an additional $772,000 a year. In October, the company said its third-quarter earnings fell 20%, though revenue increased. Shares closed at $49.40 Thursday and were inactive premarket. The stock is up 7.5% in the past three months.
The trade unionists in Alro say they have been warned by the management that the unit will be closed down in February – March, asking the government, the ministry of economy and the Olt county administration not to stop the activity in this unit, thus avoind lay-offs. “Over the last three months of 2011 there were losses, no employer accepts losses. The situation is very delicate due to the deficit of water from Hidroelectrica. We pay a price for the megawatt twice higher than what Hidroelectrica should take. Hidroelectrica wants to sign off the contract, then to renegociate” Tiberiu Nagy said, as vicechairman of Cartel Alfa Olt. Alro is the most important producer of aluminium of Romania and southern-eastern Europe is the only shareholder of Alum Tulcea, the unit for calcinated aluminum...
Absolute Distribution, Inc. (ADI, www.absolutedist.com) has announced its partnership serving as a key distributor of Solutions Aluminum Railing and Solutions Aluminum Balusters with Fairway Building Products, L.P. Absolute Distribution, Inc. (ADI) located in Minneapolis, MN is a marketer and two step distributor of decking related specialty products to independent lumber dealers, building centers and home improvement centers. ADI's focus is on outdoor living related products that enhance the outdoor living experience for the end user. ADI serves its target markets with a narrow product focus based on a foundation of operational excellence and by developing strong business relationships based on honesty and integrity. With an emphasis on innovative, low maintenance products ADI offers a...
China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., Asia’s largest industrial aluminum extrusion products maker, said orders this year may rise by more than 20 percent as it shifts its focus to the domestic market where demand is steady. China “is still in the stage of fast urbanization and industrialization,” Lu Changqing, executive director and vice president of Liaoning-based China Zhongwang, said in a Beijing interview with Bloomberg News on Jan. 9. Lu did not give an actual forecast for profit or sales. The country is the world’s largest producer and user of the metal. Rising manufacturing in China and India may signal increased buying of consumer appliances and cars, lifting demand for aluminum extrusions, which are also used in aircraft, trucks and wind turbine blades. Aluminum prices may rise to a...
nbd.com citing a company filing reported that Jinlin Liyuan Aluminum a maker of aluminum extrusion products, plans to issue a maximum of 72.8 million shares at CNY 17.50 per share in order to raise up to CNY 1.5 billion. Proceeds raised will be used to diversify the product mix and implement its strategy of improving its high end products. According to the company, the maximum number of shares that can be purchased by a single investor is 20 million shares. The company plans to invest a total of CNY 1.89 billion for the processing of rail car materials, and will invest the total amount raised into this project, which will produce aluminum materials used in the production of automobiles, rail cars and large components. The shortfall will be made up for by the company. The construction...
Queues to take aluminum out of warehouses in Detroit won't vanish overnight once a requirement kicks in for a unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) to increase deliveries, the chief executive of the London Metal Exchange said Thursday. Martin Abbott said delays in taking metal out of Detroit facilities aren't being caused by the LME, warehousing firms or consumers in the first place. "Anyone who thinks the new load-out rate will make queues go away is gravely mistaken," he said. "We as an exchange didn't create the queues. The warehousers didn't create the queues. "What has created the queues is a surplus of material and a surplus of cheap- to-free money," he said. "Until that changes, we aren't going to see a reduction or a disappearance of queues at the warehouses." From April,...
Norsk Hydro ASA is considering curtailing production at its Kurri Kurri aluminium plant in Australia. A consultation process has started with the local employees. "In response to the demanding situation, we are considering reducing aluminium production at Kurri Kurri. We will continue to stay in close dialog with all affected stakeholders, including employees, unions and the local community throughout this process," says Hilde Merete Aasheim, executive vice president of Hydro's Primary Metal business area. This is a response to the weak macro-economic environment, with low metal prices and uncertain market outlook. In addition, Kurri Kurri is suffering from a strong Australian dollar relative to the US dollar. In case of a curtailment at Kurri Kurri, Hydro is confident that customer...
