For decades, aluminium windows and doors were largely viewed as functional elements of construction. Today, advances in extrusion technology, precision engineering and architectural design have transformed their possibilities. What once required bulky frames and conventional openings can now be achieved through remarkably slender profiles, expansive glass surfaces and sophisticated systems that bring together structural strength, durability and understated luxury. As Indian architecture becomes increasingly ambitious, aluminium is no longer simply framing spaces; it is helping redefine how they are designed, experienced and connected. Market data According to ALUMEX India 2025: Extruding the Future, India is the world’s second-largest primary aluminium producer and third-largest consumer,...
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...
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A new mixed-use development in the heart of a historic part of Leicester in the recent time has reportedly received a modern makeover. Thanks to the range of aluminium fenestration solutions that have been used for the remodelling from Senior Architectural Systems. The building, located in the New Walk area of the city on the site of the former council offices, is designed by Franklin Ellis Architects and features office space, residential apartments, and ground floor retail units. Besides Senior Architectural Systems, John Sisk, with whom Senior has an established supplier agreement, and specialist contractor Elite Aluminium Systems have also worked for the makeover of the building. To maximise the benefits of supply chain collaboration and value engineering, Senior’s experienced team of...
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK) and Carabao Group PCL (CBG), a leading beverage maker headquartered in Bangkok, jointly held a completion ceremony for new aluminium can plant owned and operated by Asia Can Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ACM). As a result of the completion of the new aluminium plant, Showa Denko Group's capacity to manufacture aluminium cans in Southeast Asia has been expanded to 3 billion cans a year, including that of Hanacans Joint Stock Company of Vietnam, it said in its press release. ACM will supply high-quality aluminium cans manufactured by leading-edge technologies and quality management system built up by SAC over many years. ACM will support CBG’s overseas sales, centering on Southeast Asian countries, China and the...
An European Aluminium Foil Association report says over 150 million Santa Clauses are produced annually for the holiday season in Europe. They are produced in Germany and also in other countries like Austria. Based on an average size of 0.025 square meters per figure, this is more than 3,750,000 square meters. Almost all of the chocolate hollow figures are wrapped in shiny and colourful aluminium foils to add the festive iconic look. According to EAFA, the aluminium foil offers complete protection to the chocolate Santas from the light and other external influences. “The deadfold effect of the aluminum foil allows the foil to be wrapped tightly around the chocolate product during packaging and remains so in the supermarket or other points of sale until it arrives at the consumer for the...
Alstom India is reportedly aiming to roll out trains made of aluminium, while at the same time, reading to double its metro coach building capacity at a plant in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh in a bid to meet Montreal Metro and Mumbai Metro orders for trains. The news came when Alain Spohr, Managing Director for India and South Asia, Alstom, told reporters today, December 6, "We will be doubling our capacity by setting up a new line that could manufacture 22 cars per month. We are also studying the feasibility for rolling out trains made of aluminium." Alain Spohr also intimidated reporters about receiving orders for 10 more metro trains from Chennai Metro. According to Spohr, the Montreal Metro and Mumbai Metro orders will be executed from 2019 onwards. Both the orders involved supplying...
On December 4, 2018, Australian ship-building company Austal Limited confirmed that it bagged a contract of almost half a million TT dollars for designing and constructing a high-speed vehicle and passenger catamaran for Trinidad and Tobago. Contracted by the National Development Company (NIDCO), Austal will build the 94-metre high-speed vessel worth TT$ 486 million (approx.) and expectedly deliver by mid-2020. The ship, named the AutoExpress, will provide high-speed passenger and vehicle operations on the key sea bridge between the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The designing of the ship has already begun in Australia and is already well-advanced with initial construction being undertaken. The design of the ship underscores its capability to carry 250 cars and 926 passengers at speeds...
UNSW Sydney’s Dr Dong Jun Kim and his team of researchers found that aluminium-ion batteries could offer improved renewable energy storage and have much more potential in the field of renewable energy storage. Dr Dong Jun Kim has completed a study at Northwestern University in Illinois which led a team of researchers including Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart to demonstrate a strategy for designing active materials for rechargeable aluminium batteries. This has taken aluminium-ion batteries one step closer to reality. “We found a novel way to design rechargeable aluminium batteries by employing a redox-active macrocyclic compound as the active material,” Dr Kim said. So far, one of the key challenges in making aluminium ion batteries is to find appropriate host electrodes for insertion...
Constellium announced it supplied aluminium automotive body sheets for the new Audi A6. The company delivered Surfalex® with high surface quality and particular hemming and roping properties for the doors as well as for the trunk. It also supplied Securalex® P6, a high-tech crash absorption alloy, for the hood of the Audi A6. This highly formable alloy has been designed to fulfil the most demanding pedestrian safety requirements. Dieter Höll, Vice President of Global Automotive at Constellium said: “Constellium is proud to extend its long-term partnership with Audi and to accompany them in their mission to build high quality automobiles. To do so, Constellium supports Audi in solutions not only for closures but also for body-in-white parts requiring specific crash and mechanical...
As the U.S. and China have entered a 90-day truce in the current trade war, White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow expected that China could immediately slash its vehicle tariffs on cars imported from the U.S. He believed the immediate after action could be a rolling back of 40 per cent tariffs on U.S.-produced vehicles followed by new retaliatory tariffs it had imposed on agricultural imports. "We expect those tariffs to fall to zero," he said in reference to the auto tariffs. Though the 90-day clock for negotiations would start on Jan1, China had pledged to start lifting both tariff and non-tariff barriers at earliest disposal. Other than tariffs another agreement is expected on intellectual property theft. “They are pretty close to some agreements on the IP (intellectual property)...
The Schüco Group’s FireStop aluminium fire and smoke protection range of doors and window system has received the prestigious German Design Award 2019 out of the total, 5400 entries. The Schüco Group develops and sells system solutions for windows, doors, façades, sliding systems, security technology and sun shading. German Design Award aims to discover, present, and honour unique trends in design, both in product as well as in communication. Commenting on the fenestration product, German Design Award 2019 jury said: "This system is notable for its outstanding versatility, even while in use. The fact that the technical elements are invisibly integrated into the frame endows the door with a spiffy look. A superb product, which, with consummate artistry, combines functionality, safety and...
Flair Windows, leading fabricators of UPVC windows, doors, roofs and sealed units, is now producing aluminium range following the expansion of its current facility. The company is manufacturing Smarts Visofold 1000 Bi-Folding doors and Alitherm 300 Window Range. “With our recent extension of our current factory to 50,000 sq ft we are now capable of producing our Aluminium range alongside our UPVC without lead times being effected. Combine this with the appointment of Factory Manager, Ben Fewtrell, and the addition of more staff to our manufacturing team the aluminium cogs at Flair are moving smoother than ever!,” according to the company’s website. “Even though these aluminium products are just breaking there way into the market the feedback we are getting is outstanding with customers...
A Hawke’s Bay drinks company Parkers Beverage Company Ltd. reportedly becomes the first in New Zealand to scrap plastic water bottles and adopt recyclable cans instead to hold still water products. Parkers Beverage Company manufactures and distributes brands such as Parkers water, Ō Pure Artesian Water, Deco City Beer, DeVine Wine, and 1835 Coffee. According to Parkers managing director Doug Speedy, there are a few reasons why the company has made this move to implement a complex approach to canning still water. He feels a low-cost business can succeed in producing huge volumes, and Parkers was not comfortable producing huge amounts of single-use plastic bottles. Plastic bottles in New Zealand go to landfill while aluminium cans can be recycled and repurposed. So, even from an...
As forecasted by Sinomach Automobile Co., China’s largest dealer of imported cars and light trucks, China’s light-vehicle imports are likely to drop by more than 5 per cent in 2019. This decline is attributed to an economy that is steadily losing steam and China’s continued trade disputes with the United States. If the situations do not improve, the dealer said at a forum organized in Beijing, the import will plunge next year. According to Sinomach, in the first three quarters of 2018, China’s light-vehicle imports dropped 4.2 per cent to about 847,000 vehicles in comparison with the same period of 2017. Roughly 622,000 imported vehicles were delivered to customers during the period while the rest were stockpiled at dealerships. This is in stark contrast to the 1.2 million vehicle imports...
European automakers shares reportedly dropped on Thursday, November 29 followed by a warning of fresh US imported auto tariffs application before the end of the year. The warning came from one of the key European lawmakers. According to a report by Germany's Wirtschaftwoche, a business and economics focused newspaper, European Union Budget Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said he expected the new tariffs before Christmas. By this, he only meant his concern about the tariffs application and did not indicate that anything had been decided in Washington, the Commission clarified. New tariffs if imposed would mark a stark reversal to a July agreement between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker to freeze auto levies. Juncker that time had even praised...
Rising aluminium prices driven by aluminium import tariffs have affected Colorado’s craft beer industry, industry sources said. “It’s disruptive for sure and (it’s) increasing our costs,” said Dave Cole, owner of Epic Brewing. He said that the price of aluminium cans have jumped six to ten per cent. Since 40 per cent of the beer they produce is packaged and sold in aluminium cans, the price rise has affected their business. “It sounds small if it’s a six or 10 percent increase, in terms of our cans, but the packaging material of any beer, at least for a small, independent craft brewery, is the majority of cost. That can is actually more expensive than most of the liquid that goes into it.” According to him, the cost of aluminium cans account for up to 70 per cent of the cost of a beer and...
Ardagh Group, a leading global supplier of value-added, infinitely-recyclable, metal and glass packaging solutions, announced that its rectangular aluminium can has been selected for Bonduelle’s premium Cassegrain range. Bonduelle has chosen Ardagh’s aluminium cans to present its asparagus and artichoke in a variety of delicious dressings. Laurent Cordier, Sales Director at Ardagh’s metal food sector said: “Bonduelle choose a rectangular can for the majority of its premium Cassegrain products, with a slightly conical shape allowing easy stacking. The horizontal storage in the can allows the aromatic herbs and marinade to remain with the product ensuring a premium taste sensation.” “It satisfies so many consumer requirements: 100 percent recyclable, total barrier protection, long shelf...
Africa’s biggest producer of beverage packaging Nampak is reportedly ramping up the production of aluminium cans as a response to customers’ global retreat from plastic. “Consumer sentiment against plastic packaging that cannot be recycled is very clear,” Chief Executive Officer Andre de Ruyter said. “Aluminum is a valuable metal and so people have the incentive to recycle it.” Andre de Ruyter also mentioned that the company had been putting greater emphasis on cardboard cartons and developing a type of renewable plastic lid made from sugarcane. That’s due to a growing concern about the impact of plastic on the environment, particularly on items such as single-use straws. Nampak and other container markers are able to boost aluminium can production alongside expanding into fast-growing...
The Christchurch Central Library in New Zealand, which was closed to the public in 2011 after it was destroyed by Christchurch earthquake and demolished later, has been re-constructed with a new design and architecture. The new Central Library, completed in October, titled Turanga, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects features a luminous perforated aluminium cover that wraps a series of seismically engineered unitized curtain wall. The 102,000-square-foot five stories library rests on top of a rectangular stone-clad podium detailed with expansive representations of Māori artwork. The principal facade element is a wedge-shaped aluminium perforated panel system that is modelled on the native evergreen species used for traditional Māori textiles. Each panel is approximately a...
Joel Rawlins and crew at Beercan Boards in the United States have reportedly designed to create customisable aluminium longboard skateboards from recycled aluminium. Not only so, Rawlins and crew have also added a finishing touch to their creativity with vivid powder coated colours together with laser cut grip designs. Available in different lengths and widths, the aluminium skateboards are offered depending on specific need and style. Reportedly, the starting price of the product is US$ 199. “Beercan Boards are as unique as you are. They’re strong but lightweight, made from recycled aluminum right here in the USA. And they’re super customizable: Pick any of our 9 shapes, make it any of our 10 colors. Pick from our 20 different wheel colors – you can even have all your wheels match or...
