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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Aluminum Association of Florida has been honouring construction companies specializing in aluminium with AAF’s Aluminum Construction Industry Awards for many years. Recently, Mullet's Aluminum Products, Inc. received the Aluminum Association of Florida's 2017 Awards of Excellence at the association's annual board meeting held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Reseort in Orlando, FL. Notably; it is for the 11th consecutive year that the company has won this prestigious award. Mullet's Aluminum received the excellence awards in two categories: Railings for fabrication and installation of aluminium stairs installed at Fruitville Elementary in Sarasota, FL. The company had collaborated with architect Sweet Sparkman and the contractor Jon F. Swift, Inc. for this project. Miscellaneous Metals for the...
A team of researchers at the University of Leicester has won funding from the European Union for their work into a novel battery type based on aluminium and sulphur. Professor Karl Ryder and Professor Andy Abbott from the Materials Centre in the Department of Chemistry who are heading the team aim to position these batteries as alternatives to the conventional batteries. A consortium of the EU universities and a top battery testing company, Project SAlBAGE- Sulfur-Aluminium Battery with Advanced Polymeric Gel Electrolytes - is funded under the EU (Horizon 2020) Future Emerging Technologies scheme. The total value of the funding awarded is €3 million of which €545,000 will be forwarded to Leicester. This award is the first of its kind for the University. The Leicester team of scientists...
SPIROL is pleased to introduce a high performance line of Molded-in Inserts for Plastics manufactured from aluminum. The robust design of the Series 60 Blind-End and Series 61 Through-Hole Inserts consists of axial grooves to maximize torque resistance, balanced with radial undercuts to achieve high-pull out force. These Molded-in Inserts are designed to be placed in the mold cavity prior to plastic injection, and offer exceptional performance due to unrestricted plastic flow into the retention features on the outside diameter of the Inserts. These lightweight Threaded Inserts for Plastics are manufactured from 2024 grade aluminum which provides the best combination of strength, corrosion resistance, machineability and cost. The Series 60 and Series 61 Molded-In Inserts are lead free, 40%...
Aluminium can export from UK is slated to witness a significant drop in 2017, after a gradual year-on-year decline since 2015. The largest beverage can market in Europe- UK reached 70 per cent aluminium beverage can recycling rate milestone in 2016. At a time when the country is endeavouring to make the European metal packaging sector's ambition of reaching and exceeding an average 80 per cent metal rate by 2025, this drop in export volume is somewhat baffling. Global export-import data shows, UK’s aluminium can export took a huge leap from 9565 tonnes in 2014 to 38,742 tonnes in 2015. Since then, export volume has been dropping. Last year, aluminium can export totalled 36629 tonnes, down 5.45 per cent year-on-year. It is estimated that UK will export 27508 tonnes of aluminium cans in...
AB Glass, one of the UK’s leading architectural aluminium manufacturers and installers, has secured a contract for the installation of aluminium systems for Welsh school project in Neath Port Talbot. Nigel Harvey, Operations Director of AB Glass, said: “We are thrilled to be working with Dawnus on this innovative project at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera. The redevelopment of the school is very positive for the community and we are proud to be a part of this. We look forward to seeing the completed project during September next year.” AB Glass manufactures aluminium products at its head office and production facility. The company utilises state of the art machinery which includes CNCs, automated mitre saws, bead saws, crimping machines and end millers. AB Glass has been appointed by Dawnus, an...
Keeping the tradition alive, the Wisconsin Historical Museum once again presented “Ever Gleaming: The Enduring Love Affair with the Aluminum Christmas Tree” exhibition starting on Black Friday, Nov. 24 and Jan. 13, 2018. “These aluminum trees appealed to a space-age notion of modern living,” notes Mike Hollander, interim director of the Wisconsin Historical Museum. “No need to travel out to the tree lot or worry about needles falling onto the carpet; these shiny trees were an expression of the new age of modern living where life was clean, automated and easy.” The guests in the exhibition could actually relive history and experience nostalgia with the aluminium Christmas trees, which were popular in the 1960s. The exhibit includes over two dozen different aluminium Christmas trees in...
Australian automotive manufacturing sector is betting big on Nissan’s electric vehicle dream. At a time when automobile honchos like Holden, Ford, and Toyota have pulled out from Australia’s manufacturing domain, Nissan still continues to win contracts for its automotive aluminium die-casting parts manufacturing business based in Dandenong, Melbourne. Currently, the Nissan Casting Australia Plant (NCAP) which has been operating for here more than three decades now produces aluminium parts for the Nissan Leaf. Apart from aluminium water jacket, inverter case, and stator housing for the electric vehicle, Nissan is also manufacturing aluminium parts for the hybrid powertrains employed by Serena e-Power and the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) Note. “Our aim is to be the preferred...
Arconic announced a multi-year cooperative research agreement with Airbus to advance metal 3D printing for aircraft manufacturing. Together, the companies will develop customized processes and parameters to produce and qualify large, structural 3D printed components, such as pylon spars and rib structures, up to approximately 1 meter (3 feet) in length. The deal combines Arconic’s expertise in metal additive manufacturing and metallurgy with Airbus’s design and qualification capabilities, building on its experience with regulatory agencies for certification. “This agreement combines the expertise of two of the world’s top aerospace additive manufacturing companies to push the boundaries of 3D printing for aircraft production,” said Eric Roegner, Executive Vice President and Group...
Rusal announced that aluminium alloys 8030 and 8176 have received approval from the Russian authorities for the use in electrical wiring applications. The company's technical specialists have launched the production of 8030 and 8176 alloys at the Kandalaksha and Irkutsk aluminium smelters. The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation has permitted the use of aluminium wiring in buildings and structures. These alloys are used in electrical wiring production in the United States and China. “In 2000, due to the outdated technical specification of electrical wiring, the market regulator imposed a ban on the use of aluminium wiring in the construction of residential and public buildings,” according to company’s press release. “The aluminium wiring, manufactured by Irkutskkabel and Kamskiye...
Google Pixel 2 XL smartphone that was launched by the company in San Francisco hit Indian shelves on November 15. The phone features an aluminium body with a hybrid coating, and comes at a starting price of INR 73,000. Pixel 2 XL runs on an Android Oreo, and comes with a 6-inch pOLED display. The phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor. With an IP67 rating, the phone is water, and dust resistant. The device has 12MP f/1.8 rear camera with optical plus electronic stabilisation and 8MP f/2.4 front camera. Google Pixel 2 XL is available both online as well offline, and has two colour options- - Just Black, and Black and White.
The Centre d’expertise sur l’aluminium (CeAl) and Alcoa Innovation have jointly announced a competition with the theme Community-Focused Architecture Starts with Aluminum . Aimed at fostering innovative use of the sustainable light metal in modern building designs, the competition will get the Association des Architectes en pratique privée du Québec (AAPPQ) as a co-organizer. Financial support for the event will come from the Ministère de l’Économie, de la Science et de l’Innovation (MESI). The earlier editions of the competition were primarily dedicated to industrial design projects for a consumer product. Next year’s edition, for the first time, will invite Québec architects to participate and showcase their designs using aluminium for sustainable building projects. The unique...
India’s overseas trade entered “the negative terrain” after more than a year shrinking 1.12 per cent in October as exporters faced a shortage of funds after GST implementation. The knee-jerk effect on the economy is expected to fade away but not before early next year. In tandem with the declining exports, aluminium stranded wire export is also inching towards a drop for the fiscal year 2017-2018, global trade data reveals. India’s aluminium stranded wire export reached a peak in 2015 when it shipped 78476 tonnes of the product valued at US$218 million. Last year, the volume dropped to 77898 tonnes. The earnings from the export were estimated at US$204 million. The figures showed a significant surge from that in 2014, when aluminium stranded wire export by India lagged at 31015 tonnes...
Vader Systems, Buffalo, New York, USA, an innovator in liquid metal 3D printing that builds 3D metal printing machines for manufacturers and researchers, has announced the first commercial sale of its signature Mk1 3D printer to BECKER CAD-CAM-CAST. BECKER is a tier one supplier of engineered aluminium automotive components from Germany. Vader’s Mk1 Additive Manufacturing system Vader’s patented MagnetoJet technology melts metal wire and produces on-demand, precision droplets of molten aluminium. The company claims that the process will produce 3D printed parts faster and with reduced operational costs in comparison to process that uses metal powder. The process is also claimed to be safer and it offers easier material sourcing. Since, Vader’s technology uses standard aluminium wire, the...
In a historical display at the ongoing Dubai Air Show, UAE unveiled its first ever spacecraft ‘Hope’ that will orbit Mars. The spacecraft made up of aluminium frame with lightweight aluminium honeycomb panels will be launched as a part of the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) in July 2020. In July 2014, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates had announced Project Hope. Thanks to its aluminium built, the spacecraft will weigh 1,500kg with fuel. As a part of the EMM, Hope spacecraft will gather climate and atmosphere related data from Mars which will be shared for free with the public. Made using aluminium frames, the spacecraft measures 2.37 metres in width and 2.90 metres in height excluding the solar panels. In space it will charge its batteries using...
The increase in spending in building and construction sector is driving the demand for aluminium tubes and pipes globally. It is projected that the demand for this commodity will continue to increase in the years ahead. {newsStudioGallery} Italy, the 8th largest exporter in the world, exported EUR 29.38 billion worth of goods in August 2017, up 8.4 percent year-on-year. The export of aluminium tubes and pipes by the country is expected to go up in 2017. According to recent statistics, Italy exported 24742 tonnes of aluminium tubes and pipes in 2016, down from 26584 tonnes in 2015. In 2017, the country’s aluminium tubes and pipes export is estimated to rise to 24745 tonnes. The estimated value of aluminium tubes and pipes export was USD 113 million and USD 106 million respectively for 2015...
The Aluminum Association recently released the 2017 version of Aluminum in Green Buildings – A Guide to Environmental Declarations for the building and construction market. The new guidelines describe how life cycle assessments (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPD) are awarded for green building credits in major rating systems, says the Association. Heidi Brock, President & CEO of the Aluminum Association said: “Our industry is committed to utilizing aluminum’s many benefits to advance sustainability efforts in the building and construction sector. The guide’s updates will help stakeholders in every stage of the process make informed decisions regarding environmental declarations as well as what aluminum can bring to the process.” The new guide features information including...
The European aluminium industry regrets that the Commission missed the opportunity to stop penalising lightweighting while it is essential for decarbonising mobility. The proposed regulation for post-2020 CO2 emission standards for cars and vans unfortunately still bases the targets on the mass of the vehicles. Lighter cars and vans use less fuel and emit fewer emissions. Lightweighting vehicles using light materials like aluminium can therefore help to decouple growth in transport demand from an increase in CO2 emissions. European legislation, however, still penalises the use of lightweighting by using a flawed methodology in its proposed revision of the regulation on CO2 emission targets for cars and vans. Under the proposed regulation, heavier cars would still be allowed to emit more...
Can-Pack, the only aluminium beverage can producer in Romania, is planning a major investment in order to modernize its manufacturing facility in Romania. The fund will come from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The company will introduce innovative products and resource efficient technologies. EBRD said in a press release that the bank has subscribed to 40 million euro ($46 million) in 325 million euro unsecured seven-year corporate bonds issued by the company in 2016, reports seenews.com. Earlier reports indicated that the company decided to invest EUR 50 million in its second production line. The new line will start operating in February next year. Can-Pack Romania is owned by Can-Pack Group. Can-Pack Group is one of the most technologically advanced...
