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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U.S. consumers could end up paying more for a six pack of beer or a can of vegetables if President Donald Trump takes actions on U.S. Commerce Department’s tariff recommendations on steel and aluminium imports. Critics are of the view that such protective actions may harm many U.S. end-user industries, including breweries and canned vegetable companies that use imported aluminium for product containers. “Anything that raises our raw material costs will affect the bottom line,” said Henry Schwartz, founder and CEO of MobCraft Beer, a Milwaukee brewery. Switching off again to glass bottles again would cost money on additional equipment and bottles are not as appealing to consumers as cans. According to industry statistics, for every dollar worth of beer produced in the U.S., brewers spend...
Leading business intelligence provider on global metal markets, CRU shared in its latest market insight that aluminium demand from electric vehicles will increase 10-fold from 2017 growing up to 10 million tonnes by 2030. The usage of aluminium automotive body part components made of extrusions and rolled products will be higher in comparison with the present day vehicles with internal combustion engines. On the contrary, secondary aluminium castings used in today’s vehicle parts will witness a gradual decline as more than 90 per cent of the vehicles on road will be battery powered. EVs will specifically boost primary aluminium demand while imposing a limit on aluminium scrap demand, CRU noted. As per forecast global battery-powered electric vehicle (BEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle...
Shares of Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. fell after the U.S. Commerce Department recommended higher tariff on imported aluminium and steel. The possibility of these tariffs raising the prices of raw materials for vehicles has generated concern in the market bringing down the share performances. Both companies reversed gains after Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross proposed a 24% global tariff on steel shipments into the U.S. and a 7.7% duty on aluminium imports. The American Automotive Policy Council, a Washington-based trade group that represents GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, forecasted earlier in 2017 that import restrictions would hurt the car industry and its workers. Ford closed down 1.4 per cent while GM dropped 1.8 per cent in Friday trading. Fiat Chrysler’s U.S....
WernerCo, an international manufacturer and distributor of access products, fall protection equipment, secure storage systems and light duty construction equipment, has acquired ZARGES Group, following receipt of regulatory approvals. Edward Gericke, President of Americas business of WernerCo said: “ZARGES Group is a strong market player in continental Europe and will join WernerCo’s portfolio of industry leading brands. Both companies operate in complementary markets with the same understanding on product quality, design and delivery.” Image Source: ZARGES Germany based ZARGES Group manufactures aluminium products for access, storage solutions and special construction. The company’s aluminium product gives stability and high corrosion-resistance. The company has three production sites in...
Car park areas are no longer going to be the same monochromatic, sci-fi lab like architectures as they used to be. Maple and Morgan Sindall along with architects AHR are working on a façade made of aluminium panels for a new multi-storey car park in Manchester’s Salford. The façade with the kite-shaped aluminium panels will lend the new building a striking 3-D hexagonal look that will be a far cry from other concrete car parks of the city. Source: www.maplesunscreening.co.uk The concept comes from an Abu Dhabi skyscraper where similar aluminium facades have been used. The façade will provide glare and sun protection from all angles while allowing ample sunlight inside the building. Maple technical design team has been working closely with AHR architects since May 2016. The project is...
China is taking sincere steps towards green car by boosting electric vehicle productions and sale. While the government is increasing subsidy on EVs they are also making sure that automakers are encouraged and compelled to make EVs with higher range on a single charge so that more and more people can afford EVs and substitute gas fuel cars with them. Under the new subsidy rules, which took effect Monday 12 Feb, China is increasing subsidies for electric vehicles that can travel with a range of 400 kilometers (249 miles) and more on a single charge, to 50,000 yuan ($7,900) from 44,000 yuan. This was confirmed by a finance ministry statement. Subsequently, the new rules have specified at least 150 kilometers on a single charge as benchmark to be eligible for incentives, which used to be 100...
President Donald Trump is gearing up for a protective trade policy to safeguard the interests of domestic metal producers, especially steel and aluminium industry. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) believes that while trying to achieve a level playing field by imposing tariffs on imported aluminium and steel, Trump may actually hurt the interests of end users like the Recreational Vehicle industry. "That would really slow the momentum down in what is a booming industry in the RV industry, the boating industry, all the manufacturing all of it that uses both steel and aluminum," Walorski said. Trump highlighted how the domestic steel and aluminium industries are being decimated by dumping of metal in the markets by other countries during a meeting with Republicans and Democrats at the White House...
In order to boost revenue by the end of 2018, SGB MY Sdn Bhd, a unit of Germany-based SGB SMIT Group is planning to venture into manufacturing aluminium oval transformers in Malaysia. Managing director of the company Franz Hierz said the company expected the aluminium transformer to grow popular in other countries in the region like the Indian sub-continents, Australia and the Middle East. Due to the cost advantage aluminium is slowly substituting copper in transformers offering customers a more viable option. "The aluminium oval transformer has made a huge impact on the European market and is now ready to make its debut with a big bang in Malaysia and the Asian region," Hierz said during the introduction of the aluminium oval transformer at the Powering Energy Efficiency Conference held...
Chinese electronics and software company Xiaomi has entered Indian television market with a premium brand. The Mi TV- built on an aluminium alloy frame is priced same as its high-end yet affordable counterpart- 4K LED televisions in China. Source: VentureBeat What sets Mi TV 4 apart from other televisions available in the market? – Its design. The TV is built on an aluminium alloy frame and features a stand and brushed metal finishing, which makes it look suave and lightweight at the same time. Xiaomi has done away with the bezels in the frameless panel, and that has made the television 38 per cent slimmer than the Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone! The 4.9-mm thin smart TV from the house of Xiaomi will be launched in a flash sale on February 22 this year. With a host of new-age features and...
Trina Solar announced that its State Key Laboratory (SKL) of PV Science and Technology (PVST) has set a new record of 25.04% total-area efficiency for a large-area (243.18 cm2) n-type mono-crystalline silicon (c-Si) Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) solar cell, with open-circuit voltage up to 715.6 mV. The result was independently certified by Japan Electric Safety and Environmental Technology Laboratory (JET). The IBC solar cell is the most complicated but with the highest cell efficiency for mass production c-Si solar cell today. The record-breaking n-type mono-crystalline silicon solar cell was fabricated on a large-sized industrial phosphorous-doped Cz Silicon substrate with a low-cost industrial IBC process, featuring conventional tube doping technologies and fully screen-printed...
The Aluminum Ford F150 Sales Numbers since 2014 show that over the last three years, sales numbers have skyrocketed and the aluminium trucks outsold the previous steel truck by a huge margin. This was reported in an article in torquenews.com. Ford Motor Company introduced the 2015 F150 in 2014 with a lightweight all-aluminium body and more powerful engine and the pickup truck went on sale at the end of 2014. Since then, the sales numbers continued improving with the current generation of the F150 outselling the 2014 model year by a bigger margin each year. Ford Motor Company does separate the F150 sales from the rest of the F-Series lineup. The article breaks up the numbers with input from industry insiders and provides a rough calculation of the numbers of F150 Ford sells every year....
The Conservatory and Window Company, an architectural installer has taken advantage of REAL Aluminium’s comprehensive aluminium package and boosted aluminium installations orders and turnover by at least 20% in less than two years. Aluminium products now accounts for around 40% of the Bristol-based installer’s supply. The Conservatory and Window Company earlier offered PVCu products and decided to expand its product line by introducing aluminium in its range to cater to the growing demand. After associating with REAL Aluminium, the firm introduced a wide range of aluminium fenestration products including windows, bi-folding doors, sliding doors, French doors, residential doors, flat rooflights and lantern roofs. Kevin Bray, managing director of The Conservatory and Window Company,...
Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will boost production of Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, their two large SUVs by 25% this year to challenge rival General Motor that is outperforming Ford financially in a highly profitable U.S. market segment. It is also expected to boost Ford’s falling profit margins. “We can sell every single vehicle we can produce here,” Ford global operations president Joe Hinrichs said during a visit to Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky where the new generation of Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs went into production. He expects these high-margin vehicles to bring about a change. Production expansion of the Expedition and Navigator at the Kentucky Truck factory comes as investors are concerned over Ford’s shrinking automotive profit margins...
Thanks to the strong economic growth and a sizeable population, beverage can has great potential in Indonesia. From being primarily a consuming country, Indonesia is now spreading its wings as a key exporter of beverage cans in the Asian market. A yearly growth of 9.05 per cent in aluminium cans export in 2017 demonstrates its potential as an exporter. Based on three-year global trade data (includes estimated data for 2018), aluminium can export and aluminium can import trends of Indonesia can be depicted as follows: In December last year, leading beverage can manufacturer Crown Asia Pacific launched their first plant in Indonesia. It caters to the growing demand of aluminium beverage cans in Indonesia and Asia-Pacific region. The single-line facility produces 330 ml two-piece aluminium...
South Korean furniture artist Wonmin Park presents his first solo show, Plain Cuts, at The Carpenter’s Workshop Gallery in Manhattan. The exhibition highlights new iterations from his 2013 Haze resin series marked by its textured and geometric designs. The collection was Park’s first exploration of aluminium that turned into a full-on art collection that expressed aluminium’s elemental qualities. Plain Cuts is his survey of aluminium, a series of arty furniture made of stoic metallic sheets. He explained his work style and material to The Architect’s Newspaper at the onset of the exhibition. The artist reiterated the superb weight to strength ratio of aluminium and its formability that helped him to create light forms and structures with the metal. Once a luxury material, he feels,...
According to the data from China Passenger Car Association, China produced 2.32 million units of passenger cars in January, up 12.7% from January 2017. The volume, however, was 10% lower from output seen in December. Passenger Car Sales in January amounted to 2.25 million units, up 6% year on year but down 19% month on month. New-energy vehicles accounted for 30,000 units. China is the world's largest auto market currently and also the fastest-growing market for New Energy Vehicles (NEV) because of government's preferential policies to boost clean energy use to curb pollution. The CPCA expected passenger vehicles sales to grow by about 4 per cent in 2018. As observes by Forbes, after 15 years of high-growth period, China’s auto industry began to transition in 2017 to a stage where growth...
At a time when India’s foundry sector stands worried at the possible outcome of electric vehicle revolution in the country, Association of Indian Forging Industry President Muralishankar Sambasivam assured that hybrid cars too will make a space in the marketplace; and that would help maintain the automotive industry demand for the forging sector. But it will then have to move to aluminium forgings from the now widely used ferrous and ferro-alloy forgings. Source: www.autocarpro.in Sambasivam said that along with EVs, hybrid cars too will make foray into Indian auto market. In fact, talking in terms of the current infrastructural state, hybrid cars have a fairer chance to click than EVs in India. Yoichiro Ueno, President and CEO of Honda Cars India said a few days back, "... we believe it...
Auto Expo 2018- the biggest automotive industry event in India, witnessed unveiling of a number of new age vehicle on the very first day. Some of the biggest launches showcased aluminium auto parts in various capacities. Here’s a sneak peek at the vehicles donning aluminium auto body accents and aluminium auto parts: 1. Mercedes-Benz Maybach S 650 Mercedes-Maybach S 650 is India's first EU6 Technology vehicle by Mercedes-Benz in a petrol variant. It comes with new V12 M 279 engine with an output of 463 kW (630 hp) and 1000 Nm torque. The car features radar-based driving assistance systems and an interior with a trim part in aluminium-carbon look. 2. YZF-R15 V3.0 Yamaha’s launch YZF-R15 V3.0 is powered by a 155cc, SOHC, four-valve, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected motor which yields a speed of...
