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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Boeing, the leading US aerospace and defence supplier has warned about potential damage of the growing US-China trade row. "Aerospace thrives on free and open trade," said chief executive of Boeing Dennis Muilenburg. "The aerospace sector drives economic benefits globally," he added. Like many end-users, he was also of the view that tariffs on steel and aluminium could push up costs for aircraft manufacturers. "We are concerned it could affect supply chain costs - but those supply chains are flowing in both directions [between China and the US], it is an intricate network around the world." Boeing is now looking at finding "alternative solutions" to trade disputes while both the US and China are imposing tariffs on each other's goods, said Mr Muilenburg.Speaking ahead of this week's...
Last week, Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on several products manufactured in the United States, including a 10 percent tariff on aluminum doors, door thresholds and windows. These tariffs were issued in response to the tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by the United States, which were recently expanded to include Canada and Mexico. Canada has stated that these tariffs will remain in effect until the U.S. rescinds its tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. “These actions will only lead to additional price increases in the residential and commercial building markets in both countries, and will hinder progress in the renegotiation of NAFTA and in resolving the softwood lumber dispute,” says Michael O’Brien, CEO, Window and Door Manufacturers Association. According to the Department...
EarthCam, founded in 1996, is a global leader in providing webcam content, technology, and services. An expansion of their current headquarters, located on a 10-acre campus in northern New Jersey, is the result of a recent collaboration between Steven Davis of Davis Brody Bond and Spacesmith. The project, called ‘EarthCampus’, involves an extensive renovation of the 26,000 square-foot cement block building housing technology and manufacturing divisions, the key feature being the addition of a translucent aluminium facade. The architecturally stabilized aluminium foam panels were installed on a subframe and then mechanically attached to the existing block wall of the existing office building. The lightweight panels were manufactured by Alusion by a process in which air is injected into a...
Being the EU’s leading car and car exporter to the United States, Slovakia expressed its deep concern and fear over the knock-out effect of US tariffs on imported cars from the European Union. Slovakia is known to contribute a lion share to the overall car making sector – 44 per cent of total industrial production and 35 per cent of exports. Last year, 1,001,520 cars rolled off assembly lines in Slovakia and exports were worth 3.7 billion euros. “The ratio of overseas car exports to Slovakia’s GDP is significantly the highest among all countries of the EU, at up to 1.7 per cent,” said the Slovak Institute for Financial Policy (IFP) in a study. According to IMF, the automotive tariffs, if come into effect, could hard-hit Slovakia approximately 90 million euros. Martin Vlachynsky, an...
HG Power Transmission Sdn Bhd (HGPT), a 75 per cent-owned subsidiary of Malaysian Rohas Tecnic Berhad, has secured a contract worth RM37.8 million from Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited. The contract involves the supply, installation of aluminium conductor composite core (ACCC). "The scope of work for the contract includes, but not limited to the supply & installation of ACCC conductor by replacing existing conductor of three nos. existing transmission line having a combined route length of 121 kilometres,” according to Rohas Tecnic. “The contract will not have any material impact on RTB’s results for the year ending Dec 31, 2018 but is expected to contribute positively in the future,” it said. The lines are expected to be completed within 15 months. In February, HG Power...
Tesla Inc. has signed a preliminary agreement with Shanghai Government to build its second auto plant other than its U.S. assembly plant, the Shanghai government said in statement. The electric-car maker takes a big step in overseas expansion with a planned capacity of 500,000 vehicles a year for the proposed plant. Bloomberg reported earlier that Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, would be in Shanghai for an event with the government on Tuesday but Tesla made no official statement on the agreement plant. The escalating trade disputes between the U.S. and its trade partners are pushing automakers to expand production facilities outside the country, especially in China, while President Trump has been trying to bolster manufacturing in the U.S. Tesla is looking to expand its capacity and reach global...
Reynaers Aluminium, a European developer of aluminium products for the building sector, has reported a 15 per cent year on year increase in turnover in the first six months of 2018. The residential segment accounted for 70 per cent of sales in the first half of this year. The company will continue to expand its portfolio of projects and maintain its position as the largest Reynaers Aluminium in Eastern Europe. Daniel Popa, Country Manager of Reynaers Aluminium Romania, said: “In recent years, we are enjoying maintaining a steady trend of constant turnover. We continue to expand our portfolio of projects both in residential, office, retail and logistics, and maintain our position as the largest Reynaers Aluminum in Eastern Europe.” “Later, distribution of residential sector systems is the...
As soon as China’s 25 per cent tariff on US-made cars came into effect on Friday, July 6, German luxury automaker BMW said it would not be able to completely absorb the new tariff and thus, would raise prices on the vehicles it makes in Spartanburg, South Carolina. BMW said it is “currently calculating related necessary pricing increases” for U.S.-made models imported into China and will announce them “at a later stage.” Last year, the automaker had shipped more than 100,000 vehicles of high-margin models such X4, X5, and X6 SUV and crossover from the United States to China. China's 25 per cent tariff on imported US vehicles was nothing but a retaliatory act to the Trump’s administration tariffs on US$34 billion of Chinese imports. This posed a tough choice for automakers whether they...
Sonoco Products Co. announced on Monday that it will raise prices on all composite cans and metal ends in the U.S. and Canada by 4%, in response to recent import tariff on steel and aluminium. The price increases will be effective from Aug. 1. Sonoco is a US$5 billion global provider of consumer packaging, industrial products and packaging supply chain services based at Hartsville, South Carolina, United States. "Sonoco's global sourcing power and commitment to supply security have allowed us to effectively mitigate historic inflationary pressures," said Robin Gordon, a division vice president of sales. "However, the recent trade announcements assigning tariffs on the steel and aluminium supply, along with strong regional demand, have placed unprecedented stress on our suppliers'...
33.4 per cent stake in the capital-based pharma packaging firm Svam has been taken over by Japanese packaging giant Toyo Aluminium K.K. for an undisclosed amount. As agreed in the joint venture, Svam Packaging will now be known as Svam Toyal Packaging Industries. This partnership is expected to bring in advanced technology to tackle the menace of spurious drugs by manufacturing aluminium foil packaging solutions such as laminates for the pharma industry. Svam Packaging Industries Managing Director Satish Ailawadi said, “This partnership will help us serve our customers better and provide safer packaging products in healthcare as well as food and beverage industry.” The partners also plan to set up manufacturing units in India and abroad to cater to clients in the pharma and food packaging...
Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has published a corrigendum in its tender to procure vessels for its water metro project including aluminium as an option for the hull of 36 Water Metro ferries and extended its last date. The metro agency had earlier zeroed in on marine-grade steel for the hull and Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) for the deck of the ferries to be operated in Greater Kochi area. However, a large number among the naval architect community has opposed steel as the ‘ideal’ material to be used for the hull of Water Metro ferries. This led towards the modification in the tender proposal and the inclusion of aluminium hulled ferries. The published tender is related to the procurement of vessels that form part of a ₹747-crore project to revive water transport in the region....
Germany, the 3rd largest export economy in the world and the 3rd most complex economy, is the leading exporter of aluminium cans in the world. The country’s aluminium producers and processors produce about 560,000 tonnes of aluminium annually. Germany, the major aluminium market in Europe, exported about 86093 tonnes of aluminium cans globally in 2017 and total revenue from can export amounted to about US$ 373 million. The global aluminium cans production volume stood at around 293 billion in 2017.The beverage sector currently accounts for the majority of the global aluminium cans consumption. Aluminium cans use for beverage and aerosol packaging are the most recycled packaging units globally. In this article, we have listed down the top aluminium can importers from Germany and their...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared yesterday, July 5, that she would back cutting the European Union tariffs on cars imported from the United States. This she announced in response to the US offer to abandon threatened duties on the EU-assembled imported cars in return for concessions. According to a report, the US ambassador to Germany told German car bosses at a meeting on Wednesday, July 4, that Trump would abandon the threatened 20 per cent tariff on EU car exports provided the US gets similar concession in return. Merkel said, "When we want to negotiate tariffs, on cars for example, we need a common European position and we are still working on it." She also said any move to reduce tariffs on US vehicles would require reductions on those imported from other countries to conform...
Ball Corporation, a leading beverage can maker with production facilities around the globe, announced that they will cease production at its beverage packaging plant in Cuiabá, Brazil. The company will supply its products to its customer through other facilities in the country. Carlos Pires, President, Ball Beverage Packaging South America, said: "Absorbing this one line can plant into Ball's remaining network of 13 plants in South America allows us to reduce our cost structure while continuing to effectively and efficiently supply our customers with the most sustainable package in the beverage supply chain." The Cuiabá beverage packaging plant opened in 1998 and employs about 70 people, some of whom will transfer to other Ball locations. Last August, Ball Corporation announced it would...
The United States President Donald Trump would suspend threats to impose tariffs on imported cars from the European Union provided the bloc removes duties on US cars. The US ambassador to Germany conveyed the message to German car bosses, according to a report by a leading German-language newspaper Handelsblatt on Wednesday, July 4. Handelsblatt reported US ambassador Richard Grenell told executives from Daimler, Volkswagen, and BMW during a meeting that in exchange Trump wanted the European Union to withdraw duties on imported cars from the US. The meeting had taken place at the US embassy in Berlin on Wednesday. In June, Donald Trump had threatened to impose a 20-per cent import tariff on all EU-assembled vehicles, which could disturb the industry’s current business model for selling...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, lightweight OEM parts supplier Nemak and Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have collaborated to develop a new aluminium alloy for use in turbocharged engines, which is expected to offer better fuel economy. The aluminium-copper-manganese-zirconium alloy (ACMZ) was developed in just under four years by the laboratory. ACMZ is affordable, lightweight and capable of withstanding temperatures 100 degrees Celsius higher (300 degrees Celsius or 572 F) than commercially available automotive cast alloys. The alloy is highly suitable for the next generation of more fuel-efficient internal combustion engines. Many aluminium heads today are made from 319 or 356 Aluminium, which cannot withstand temperature above 200 degrees Celsius (392 F). The new alloy that FCA...
Bilgin shipyard announced two sister yachts from Bilgin 263 series are under construction at the Istanbul shipyard. Turkey’s largest yachts Bilgin 263-I is expected to launch in the latter half of 2019 and Bilgin 263-II is likely to make a debut in 2020. Bilgin 263-I has achieved 75 per cent of hull number one’s steel hull construction, while Bilgin 263-II has achieved 50 per cent of construction. Aluminium superstructure of hull one has also begun. These 80-metre superyachts are utilising a super eco-friendly approach in compliance with IMO Tier III certification that aims to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions (NOx) by about 70 per cent compared to the current Tier II standards. Both the yachts feature fascinating interiors including bright living areas, extensive saloon and private...
A Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium announced it has invested £200,000 for the expansion of its facilities. The company has invested in a new storage and offtake facility and a second Combilift multidirectional forklift, according to news published by Insider Media. The investment in a new facility will make the company’s operations more efficient. Colin Shorney, Managing Director of Dudley's said: "We are pleased to have made this significant investment in a new facility to help make our operations more efficient. The last 12-months has seen a strong period for Dudley’s Aluminium in terms of contract wins and with the new facility we can ensure the smooth flow of materials on a project-to-project basis." Assistant Production Manager, Geraint Bowden, said: "With the...
