Two recent Tesla stories sit at opposite ends of the range. Tesla Model 3 is set to benefit from cost-focused Cybercab inverter technology, announced on November 1 2026. The flying car, Tesla Roadster, uses aluminum in its battery cells and underbody protection, reinforcing power delivery, thermal management and lightweight construction. The two models reveal how aluminum can serve very different engineering priorities, from making electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable to helping them deliver extraordinary performance. Tesla Model 3: the everyday car gets Cybercab hardware Nick Verzini, Tesla’s Head of Drive Unit Engineering, mentioned on a Munro Live factory tour that a new printed circuit board assembly and power stage from the Cybercab’s inverter will enter Model 3 production in...
Aluminum foil is getting a seasonal makeover as Reynolds Wrap introduces its limited-edition Snowflakes Fun Foil, bringing decorative appeal to everyday kitchen tasks ahead of the holiday season. Featuring an embossed snowflake pattern, the product combines the familiar functionality of aluminum foil with a festive appearance suited to food wrapping, holiday entertaining and homemade gifts. The new design allows consumers to use Reynolds Wrap foil for more than routine food storage, adding a decorative touch to meal preparation and presentation. Its winter-inspired pattern makes it suitable for covering dishes, preserving leftovers, packaging baked treats and creating festive crafts. Despite its seasonal appearance, Snowflakes Fun Foil retains the practical functionality of conventional...
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Publicizing a first of its kind innovation, Riot Labz presents a small version of Oakmist – automatic mist based hand sanitizer dispensers, named “Oakmist Mini”. This was designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The Mini version is being floated to meet the sanitisation needs of Indian households. Oakmist mini is precisely designed for the sanitisation needs of the Indian households during this COVID-19 epidemic and carries a one year warranty. Oakmist mini has been immutably tested for more than 100,000 spray cycles and is encased in an aluminium body. It uses a high clarity ultrasonic sensor to detect the hands to spray a mist of hand sanitizer. Oakmist mini has a capacity of around 1200 ml and works with any liquid sanitizer based on Isopropyl...
New Yorker Electronics, a franchise distributor of Exxelia Sic Safco and carries its full line of electrolytic aluminium capacitors, has expanded its products poryfolio with the launch of new Exxelia Sic Safco Long-Life Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitor. It offers low ESR and high ripple current. It provides high energy loads and great performances in energy density. The company last year showcased it at PCIM Europe. The Felsic HV family of aluminium electrolytic screw terminal capacitors can be used in Medical, Aviation, Military Markets and railway applications. “For instance, 6,800µF @450V fit into a volume of Ø77x220mm and can withstand 200,000 hours between 0 to 70°C under 37Amps, which makes them the perfect choice for use in rolling stock traction systems or the concurrent...
RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, has signed a cooperation agreement with DKS, a leading international electrical company, for the supply of raw materials and the joint development of new products. The project covers the establishment of the production of high-tech import-substituting products in Russia. DKS intends to manufacture cable support systems for the distribution of electricity and communications from aluminium alloy by 2025. “Products will have increased corrosion resistance and strength. RUSAL has already expressed interest in supplying these products to aluminium, alumina enterprises and other facilities,” RUSAL said. RUSAL will deliver about 2,000 tons per annum of aluminium to DKS, including about 700 tons of low-carbon aluminium from the ALLOW brand...
Since 1994, Audi has been plying aluminium in its car bodies, but aluminium production is very energy-intensive. That is the reason Audi has been using a closed circulation of this material. It was introduced in 2017 at the Neckarsulm factory, and at the beginning of this year also at the Ingolstadt plant. This mechanism saves valuable primary raw materials and makes cars enter service with a more favourable ecological balance. In the production process of the Audi A3, A4, A5, A6, A7 and A8 model lines, as well as the Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback components, compressors in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm use recycled aluminium. Marco Philippi, Director, Supply Strategy said: “Efficient and economical resource management is as important to us as the reduction of CO2 we emit. The amount of...
The aluminium utensil producers in some of the districts of the Southern part of India have resumed their factories last month. Insufficiency of raw materials and workers are the crucial challenges they have been facing. Suresh Shankar, CEO, Gomathi Metals said: “For the aluminium utensil manufacturers here, numbering nearly 10, availability of manpower is a major issue.” He said: “As it is labour-intensive work, the units employ a large number of unskilled migrant workers. The skilled workers are mostly from Tamil Nadu. The migrant workers have gone home. A couple of units have not reopened because of a labour shortage.” The aluminium vessel manufacturers’ mostly use recycled aluminium as raw material and it is available locally. Kathiresan, President of Annuparpalayam utensil...
Parkers Beverage Company, based in New Zealand, is now eyeing Singapore’s convenience stores to roll out its aluminium canned water, after first entering the country via e-commerce late last year. Currently, Parkers’ still and sparkling canned water is available only on online platform RedMart in Singapore at SGD27 (US$19) for 24 cans. Receiving positive responses with 30,000 units sold, the company is now planning to expand its sales channels by collaborating with convenience stores in Singapore. Doug Speedy, managing director of Parkers Beverage Company, said: “We feel the best channel will be small retails and convenience shops like 7-Eleven, where people patronage these stores everyday and can buy a small snack with a drink. If they buy a can, they know they can easily recycle in the...
Sagar Aisa, Hyderabad, India based aluminium extrusion maker and supplier for Walmart India, has remodelled its business to produce aluminium disinfection tunnels and testing booths towards the support of COVID-19. The company has repurposed its Hyderabad unit and came out with the new products in just two weeks. The company started its operation in 1977 to create hardware systems in aluminium, the company forayed into aluminium extrusions to supply for both the domestic and export markets, offering a range of products including ladders, extrusions, wind tower internals and aluminium aircraft docking and helicopter maintenance. Sagar Asia rapidly revolved its product offering and developed aluminium testing booths to aid contactless testing since the COVID-19 outbreak. The company has...
Eurofoil has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard for its two rolling operations in France and Luxembourg. The plants manufacture foil for packaging, container foil, household foil, heat transfer and industrial applications for insulation, pipes and cable wrap. The ASI Certification program is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain. The program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process. The independent, third-party audits of the Eurofoil plants were carried out by DNV GL. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said, “We warmly congratulate Eurofoil on their dual ASI Certifications. Packaging sector companies continue to achieve ASI Certification in...
According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the country’s automobile production and sales both achieved double-digit growth in May. As per the data shown by CAAM, around 2.19 million units of automobiles were produced and sold in China last month. The production rose 4 per cent month-on-month and 18.2 per cent year-on-year, much higher than the annual growth of 2.3 per cent in April. The sales increased 5.9 per cent over the month and 14.5 per cent over the year, compared to the year-on-year rise of 4.4 per cent in the previous month, the first growth in 22 months. However, despite the year-on-year growth recorded in May, China’s total car production in the first five months of 2020 stood down by 24.1 per cent from the same period last year totalling 7.79...
Estonia, a country in Northern Europe, formerly part of the Soviet Union, borders the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland. Including more than 1,500 islands, its diverse terrain spans rocky beaches, old-growth forest and many lakes. The economy of Estonia is an advanced economy and the country is a member of the European Union and the Eurozone. Estonia's economy is heavily influenced by developments in the Finnish and Swedish economies. The major industries of the nation are engineering, electronics, wood and articles of wood, textiles, information technology, and telecommunications. The Northern European nation’s export of aluminium structures has been marked with a step fall during 2017-19, as the total volume of export and revenue income during the period remained at 22,246 tonnes and...
Aluminium consumption in China’s automotive industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9 per cent to 10.7 million tonnes by 2030. The news came after Tao Zhimin, auto sheet project manager at Nanshan Aluminium, said this at the China Aluminium Processing Industry Summit 2020. Speaking at the 15th China International Summit in Yantai, Shandong province on Friday, June 12, Tao pointed out that China’s automotive industry in 2018 had consumed 3.8 million tonnes of aluminium, of which 72 per cent was for passenger vehicles. By 2030, electric vehicles, including passenger vehicles, buses and e-bikes, are estimated to account for 34 per cent of China’s aluminium consumption in automobiles, said Tao. Tao also predicted that aluminium consumption per unit is...
The installation of aluminium contact wires through the Severn Tunnel to prevent the corrosion that delayed the project by three years already. The infrastructure manager Network Rail has disclosed that this system has been used in Britain for the first time. The 134 years old tunnel with a stretch of 6.4 km tunnel’s electrification was launched as a part of the Great Western electrification programme in June 2010. The tunnel runs 60 metres beneath the Severn Estuary. Dr Dave Hewings, NR special projects manager said: “Several systems were considered for the tunnel, before an overhead rigid conductor rail system developed by Furrer and Frey, Switzerland, was selected. The system has already been used in many major tunnels in Europe, including the Gotthard Base Tunnel and the Ceneri Base...
TDK Corporation, a leader in electronic solutions for the smart society based in Tokyo, Japan, has extended its product range with the launch of axial hybrid-polymer aluminium electrolytic capacitors. The B40600* / B40700* series has a capacitance range from 780 µF to 2200 µF and is designed for rated voltages of 25 V and 35 V. It offers extremely low ESR values across the wide temperature range. “Capacitors in the 63 V voltage class, with capacitance values from 390 µF to 720 µF, are available with the B40640* / B40740* series,” TDK Corporation said. The aluminium capacitors are manufactured in four can sizes ranging from 14 x 25 mm to 16 x 30 mm (D x H). It is designed for operating temperatures of -55 °C -150 °C and a long service life of 4,000 hours at 125 °C. Both the series of...
Ball has collaborated with inodrinx to launch new range of kombucha drinks in Ball cans. Fairment Kombucha, listed in around 700 Edeka Nord stores since mid-April, is available in four flavours - "Classic", "Hibiscus-Raspberry", "Ginger" and "Lemongrass-Mint". The company worked with inodrinx functional beverages, a company specializing in the support and filling of innovative products and brands such as Fairment. The former niche product is becoming increasingly popular in Germany following the breakthrough in the USA. "More and more manufacturers of innovative, healthy and functional beverages are discovering the can for themselves - not only because of its design potential and price, but above all because it offers perfect product protection," said Uwe Schmolling, Sales Manager Germany...
Fabonest Food and Beverages Pvt Ltd has reportedly launched India's first spring water beverage "Responsible Whatr" in sustainable and endlessly recyclable aluminium cans, canned at the brand’s state-of-the-art plant. The water is rich in naturally balanced essential minerals and is directly sourced from a virgin and a completely natural source in Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The brand aims at working in line with the government’s provisions of the plastic waste management rules and their ambitious target of eliminating single-use plastics by 2022. Ankur Chawla, Co-founder of Responsible Whatr, said: “Currently, the plastic waste generation in India is roughly estimated at 9.46 million tonnes annually, of which 40 percent remains uncollected. Keeping India’s plastic consumption in mind and...
The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product. Colombia has experienced a historic economic boom over the last decade. The South American nation’s import of aluminium wires during 2017-19 has been recorded with 15,500 tonnes and the expenditure stood at $42.52 million. The projected import volume for 2020 has been analysed at 4127 tonnes and the expenditure to remain at $18.16 million. However, when the previous three years import volume and expenditure gets added to the analysed figures of 2020 it stands at 19,627 tonnes and $60.68 million respectively. Columbia’s import of aluminium wires in 2017 has been recorded with the volume of 9340 tonnes and the expenditure stood at $60.68 million, whereas in 2018 there has been a de-growth...
According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), Retail sales of sedans, multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs), sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and mini buses stood at 1.64 million units in May, an increase of 1.9% year on year and 12.3% month on month. China's sales posted the first year-on-year increase over the past 11 months. The country witnessed an increase as the auto market rebounded from the coronavirus crisis. In the first five months of 2020, the sales decreased 26%, or 2.16 million units from the same period last year. Total retail sales stood at 6.05 million units due to the impact of an earlier-than-usual Chinese New Year holiday and the coronavirus outbreak, Shanghai Metals Market reported. Stimulus policies from local governments to prop up demand and support passenger car...
Hydro announced that The Swedish start-up company Elonroad has teamed up with the company to build a road that charges electric vehicles while they drive. Hydro will manufacture the critical aluminium-made electric loops for the project. “Elonroad, in collaboration with Sweden’s Lund University, has been commissioned to build 1,000 meters of road on Getingevägen, in the city center of Lund. EVolution Road is a three-year project that the Swedish Transport Administration intends to use as a demonstration site,” according to Hydro press release. The electric road will charge all types of electric vehicles when parked as well as when driving. The road will be in operation this June. Hydro said it will be the first electric road system to be placed in an urban environment. “It is very...
