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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Inspired by the most marvel cinematic universe’s film Avengers, Taiwan-based computer hardware manufacturer Acer has unveiled three limited-editions laptops made from aluminium. The series includes the Aspire 6 Captain America Edition, the Nitro 5 Thanos Edition, and the Swift 3 Iron Man Edition. Following the existing Acer models, these new editions are specially customised to fit the Avengers theme which offers decent specifications and competitive pricing. Decked in striking blue with aluminium cover that embodies the spirit of Captain America, Acer Aspire 6 Captain America Edition is powered by an 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U CPU and NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU. It houses 8GB of DDR4 RAM and 1TB of SATA HDD storage and is equipped with an HD camera with HDR while Dolby Audio Premium. For...
Aluminium can export from UK is expected to witness an increase in 2018. The country has been following an upward pattern for the export of aluminium cans. The largest beverage can market in Europe- UK reached 72 per cent aluminium drinks cans recycling rate in 2017.The recycling rate for aluminium drinks cans continued to increase from 70 per cent in 2016 to hitting 72 per cent in 2017. The national recycling rate for all aluminium packaging reached 51 per cent last year. Global export-import data shows, UK exported 36529 tonnes of aluminium cans in 2016. Last year, aluminium cans volume was up at 45424 tonnes. In 2018, aluminium cans export by UK is estimated to reach 48374 tonnes by December end. Value-wise, from US$173 million in 2016, the value of aluminium cans export by UK...
Winel BV announced a new addition to its product range CMO aluminium overflow tank vent check valve with a mighty pride last week. The product is manufactured from a seawater resistant ALMG4.5 aluminium alloy and available in a wide range of sizes right from DN40 to DN400. It is lightweight and has a slimline design but rigid with high flow capacity. This new development compliments Winel’s ‘standard’ type CM aluminium tank vent check valve launched in Autumn 2016. Tank vent check valves or vent heads as they are commonly known are meant to use on any type of commercial ship or yacht, navy vessel and offshore platform for ventilating ballast and voiding tanks on ships, while preventing any contamination of the contents of the tank with water during rough seas. The previous version of the...
News on aluminium-bodied train sets ‘Train 20’ is strolling on the internet since long while apprising us with all the latest updates that the train sets, estimated to cost INR 2,500 crore would start rolling out of the Railways’ Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) near Chennai by 2020, followed by Integral Coach Factory General Manager S. Mani’s announcement on the same. To move a step forward, now Odisha, being one of the largest aluminium producing states, is keen to establish an integrated coach factory for aluminium-bodied train sets. Stating about this interest, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote a letter to Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday. Patnaik mentioned in the letter that the state government is keen to establish this project and wish to roll it out by 2020....
Ball Corporation is distinguishing six of its metal packaging manufacturing plants with the R. David Hoover Sustainability Award for significant progress toward the company's sustainability and business goals, which include making the can the most sustainable package in the supply chain. The annual award recognizes one plant in each division of Ball's Global Beverage Packaging and Food & Aerosol Packaging businesses for year-over-year and longer-term operational improvements, as well as the plant team's commitment to acting as product stewards, community ambassadors and team players. The most sustainable plants of 2017 and their achievement highlights include: Global Beverage Packaging Brasília, Brazil (Beverage Packaging South America): The Brasília plant, which is receiving the award...
More aerosols were manufactured in the UK last year than ever before according to latest industry figures. The statistics were announced by the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) which revealed a record 1.562 billion cans were filled in 2017. The personal care sector accounted for the largest volume of products (1.13 billion aerosols filled). Anti-perspirants were the biggest seller in this sector and across the industry overall with BAMA data showing that 470m anti-perspirants were manufactured in 2017 – 13m more than the previous year, representing 3% growth.Patrick Heskins, BAMA chief executive, said: “This year’s filling figures are welcome news and proof that UK aerosol manufacturing is thriving. We believe the record numbers are thanks to a combination of organic...
Shanghai Metal Market reports that according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), China’s new-energy vehicles sales ascended more than double this quarter. This is a year-on-year growth as the country has been facing an overall growing demand for new-energy vehicles. In the period January to March, China witnessed around 154 per cent of growth in new-energy vehicle sales, totalling 143,000 units compared to the corresponding period last year. On the other hand, output closed at 150,000 units, up 157 per cent year-on-year. To say the truth, sales of new-energy passenger vehicles surged as well by 102 per cent to close at 55,723 units in March and 116,918 units, up 136 per cent in the entire Q1 compared to the same period of previous year, according to the data revealed...
Italy exported USD506.3 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. The country exports substantial amount of aluminium household articles from the global market. The exports of aluminium household articles declined last year. Three-year trend analysis suggests that aluminium household articles export will increase marginally this year. As shown by the data, Italy exported about 41658 tonnes of aluminium household articles in 2016. In 2017, the amount dropped to stand at about 38435 tonnes. Considering the data for the last two year, Italy is estimated to export 39135 tonnes of aluminium household articles in 2018. The export of aluminium household articles delivered USD 310 million revenue to the exporters in 2016. In 2017, the export generated revenue of USD 51 million. For 2018,...
After prolonged attempts to bring down the incessant rise of carbon dioxide discharge in the European transport sector, Patrik Ragnarsson of European Aluminium trade body expects the lighter aluminium-built cars to curb the emissions, said himself. While other European Industrial sectors have been significantly reducing CO2 discharge, transport sector kept failing to curb the emissions, said the EA's Senior Manager of Automotive and Transport division at the S&P Global Platts European Aluminum conference in Dusseldorf, Germany. According to EA data, transport sector in Europe leads in CO2 discharge, with emissions 25 per cent higher than 1990 levels. Ragnarsson held the mileage surge on roads and shift from diesel to petrol responsible for the continued rise of emissions. Now, the action...
New technologies or techniques bring out the best in aluminium foil, offering high impact shelf presence, environmental advantages and improved consumer convenience The Alufoil Trophy 2018 lived up to its reputation as one of the most highly valued awards competitions in the materials sector. This year’s winning entries display excellence in aluminium foil across a wide range of applications including pharmaceutical, food and snack packaging and one which literally does make it much easier to shine LED lighting. A panel of leading industry experts from all areas of the aluminium foil industry announced ten winners across the five competition categories. “We were impressed by the great originality of many entries, which took existing products further or added a new dimension to the use of...
Builder John Holland has ended an issue over aluminium cladding on its $100 million AutoHaus Newstead project in Brisbane by using a solid aluminium sheet that avoids flammability. AutoHaus project was getting delayed by a disagreement between its cladding fabricator and supplier over the fire testing of the specified Vitracore G2 cladding. The builder opted for a different aluminium product to avoid questions about fire safety. "As this is still under way, the project team has chosen a product which is undeniably non-combustible – solid aluminium sheets. The solid aluminium product will give our customer the same quality of finish and can be delivered in time to meet the project schedule." The bulder however, has not confirmed on the timeline for the project. The decision temporarily...
American manufacturers across multiple sectors use both foreign and domestic steel and aluminum in their production processes. According to US Geological Survey, in 2017, imports made up 61 per cent of aluminium consumption in the U.S. and total crude and semi-finished aluminium import stood at 6.3 million tonnes. The tariffs are creating worries among the US automakers, can makers and construction industries and construction material suppliers. US automakers buy much of their raw steel and aluminium domestically, but they import some of the auto components from other countries. Duties have created a great deal of supply chain uncertainty for automotive-sector companies. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced procedures whereby U.S. consumers of steel and aluminium can...
According to a Bloomberg report, Trump administration’s 25 per cent duty on about $50 billion worth of imported goods will hamper growing export of Chinese-assembled cars to the U.S. auto market. A small number of Chinese-made cars make way to the U.S. market, but the number has been on the rise. Volvo Cars started importing S60 sedans from China in 2015. General Motors Co. also imported Buick Envision SUV and Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid in small numbers. According to Autodata Corp, about 4,367 Envisions were sold in the U.S. last month, less than 1.5 per cent of GM’s total sales, plus only 17 plug-in Cadillac CT6s. “At this point, the decision would put on hold any plans to import cars,” said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting for LMC Automotive, adding that “it’s really...
Business tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance, which has been on an acquisitions spree since 2013 including deals in Europe, the U.S. and Australia for steel mills, aluminium smelters, energy producers and auto- components manufacturers, will build EV plants as part of his venture into the auto supply chain worldwide. According to the press statement, the group has committed more than $3 billion to the investments. GFG Alliance plans to start building Formula 1-inspired electric vehicles in India and Australia early next decade. GFG aims to design the budget, lightweight city cars based on a car model developed by former McLaren Racing and Brabham technical director Gordon Murray. "We are talking about city cars, about small, light, very, very economic cars," he said in an interview in...
Finland based leading manufacturer of energy-efficient and fire-proof insulation solutions, Paroc introduces new lightweight solutions for A60 aluminium constructions under Paroc Light Marine launch series. This is expected to reduce considerable weight, as well as cost in the shipbuilding industry. Paroc's A60 solutions for 70mm aluminium bulkheads and 60mm decks based only on one new technology product Paroc Marine Navis Mat 90, a non-combustible stone wool mat used for fire protection on ships in A-class constructions of aluminium decks and bulkheads. The design and installation of this product are easy as the same product is used on stiffeners. Since the 4mm thick aluminium decks and bulkheads, tested and approved by the new A60 solutions are expected to decrease the weight more than...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final determination finding current fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles model years 2022-2025 are not appropriate. US environmental regulators decided that the emissions standards for cars and trucks set by Obama administration were “too high”. They announced on Monday that they would ease emissions standards for cars and trucks and set up new standards. The agency believed the regulations “presents challenges for auto manufacturers due to feasibility and practicability, raises potential concerns related to automobile safety, and results in significant additional costs on consumers, especially low-income consumers”. Automakers, environmentalists and metal producers and associations...
General Manager of Integral Coach Factory S. Mani declared on Saturday 31st March, 2018 that the company will start manufacturing aluminium coaches from 2020. This is going to be a significant step towards crafting light-weight rail coaches, at par with international standards. At an event to mark the achievement of 2,500 coaches in 2017-18, Mani made an announcement that ICF rolled out a total of 2,503 coaches of various capacities on March 31, 2018, adding that the company will export the coaches to Sri Lanka. According to ICF higher officials, the manufacturing unit of Indian Railways crossed 2,500th-mark for the first time. “We had manufactured 2,277 coaches in 2016-17. That feat remained as our top performance until we crossed 2,500 today (Saturday). Our 2500th coach with 102 seats...
U.S. President Donald Trump is girding for a trade war with China. After slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports this month, he announced plans last week to levy tariffs on up to $60 billion (374 billion yuan) of Chinese goods. In retaliation, Beijing said it will impose tariffs on $3 billion of American goods, most of which are fruits. Both sides hope to settle the disputes through negotiation. It remains unknown where the talks will lead. Yet regardless of the outcome, the impact on foreign automakers operating in China will be limited. For global automakers, the Trump administration is likely to obtain two concessions from Beijing. One is looser restrictions on the stake foreign automakers are allowed to hold in local joint ventures. Under existing rules, foreign automakers must...
