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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According to the latest research report with title 'Global Energy Efficient Windows Market 2017-2021' by ReportsnReports.com, the global energy efficient windows industry is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 8.86 per cent during the period 2017-2021. The research report covers the geographic analysis that includes regions like Americas, APAC, and EMEA. The demand for green building construction will drive energy efficient windows market in this region. The green building material market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.21 per cent by 2019. The major manufacturers in the global energy efficient windows market includes Apogee Enterprises, ASAHI GLASS, Central Glass, Nippon Sheet Glass, Saint-Gobain, Central Glass Aluminium, PELLA CORPORATION and many more. US Demand for green building...
Showa Aluminium Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK), and Carabao Group Public Company Limited (CBG), a leading beverage maker in Bangkok, have established a joint corporation “Asia Pacific Can Company Limited” (APC), and had a foundation stone-laying ceremony. The joint corporation APC will manufacture and sell aluminium cans. In March this year, SAC signed a partnership agreement with CBG with an investment of 700 million bahts to manufacture and sell aluminium cans in Chachoengsao Province, Bangkok. The aluminium can plant will have a production capacity of 1 billion cans per annum. The operations are expected to start in October 2018. According to the company, “APC will mainly manufacture aluminium cans for CBG’s beverages for export from Thailand. CBG...
Ball Corporation, one of the leading can manufacturers in the world, will showcase its latest range of cans at Drinktec, the world's leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry. The event will take place in Munich, Germany from 11th-15th of September this year. The company will display its products including Strawster can, distinctive aluminium bottles and Dynamark variable printing. In addition to this, the company will present its extended range of can sizes, including brand new sizes such as the 90-centiliter King can, 25-centiliter Sleek can and the 45-centiliter Super Sleek can. These new can designs will be displayed at its ‘Can-Shi Bar’. Marketing Director Ana Neale said: “We are very excited about our presence at Drinktec this year. Drinktec gives us the perfect...
Volvo Trucks, one of the world's largest truck brands and user of aluminium for vehicle manufacturing, believes market is finally looking up for them in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segments in India. The company having more than 50 per cent share in the country’s mining segment is hopeful about making a mark in trucks for the construction industry now. In a recent interview, Senior Vice-President, Volvo Trucks International, India, Helene Mellquist said that India, for them is one of the more exciting markets and that it offers enormous scope of growth. Volvo made a difference to the mining industry players in India by the durability of the robotic vehicles which in turn ensured minimum downtime for them. The company now wants to repeat the same success story for the...
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has given contracts to a number of national companies. The contracts worth $25.9m (AED95m) involve the delivery of 1,290km of low-voltage cables for household connections. The deal covers the supply of aluminium and copper cables in order to expand electricity distribution networks across Dubai. The contracts are part of company’s efforts to provide the most reliable and efficient electricity services. The supply of aluminium and copper cables is expected to be completed by April 2018. HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and chief executive officer of DEWA, said: “DEWA is proactively implementing vital development projects, especially infrastructure, to achieve sustainable development and happiness in Dubai, for generations to come.”...
Thrust Aircraft Private Limited is a unique venture was started by a self-motivated entrepreneur Capt. Amol Shivaji Yadav. He is a Deputy Chief Pilot by profession and has been working on building indigenous aircraft for past 17 years. Amol Yadav assembled his first aircraft by himself on the rooftop of his Mumbai house in 2003. After six years and two trials he could procure the right materials and machinery to build a six-seater plane named TAC003. He sourced aluminium alloy from a domestic supplier to make his aircraft and also another fabricator to make the parts. The plane has a 350 horse-power engine, can reach heights of up to 13,000 feet at 1500 feet per hour. It can cover a distance of 2000 kilometres at a top speed of 185 nautical miles (342.6 km) per hour. The plane can carry a...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. for 66 all-aluminium-alloy carriages (11 trains) that will be used on the Hiroshima New Transit Line 1. Known as the "Astram Line," this Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) system connects different parts of the Hiroshima City. The newly ordered AGT vehicles will replace carriages that have been in service since the Astram Line was inaugurated in 1994. Deliveries are expected to commence in the 2019 fiscal year and will be completed by FY 2025. The new-type carriages incorporate a series of state-of-the-art technologies to achieve benefits for operator as well as passenger. MHI will continue to promote its Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) offerings for new urban transit systems and airports...
The Automotive Monthly Metals Index for European market rebounded from a dip in May to move up in June this year, revealed a recent analysis by MetalMiner analyst Fouad Egbaria. This is in contrast with the total car sales number that witnessed a drop in some European markets, including in the UK. Due to negative sentiment after Dieselgate, sales of diesel vehicles have dived in some parts of Europe in the past few months over concerns that “authorities will raise costs or otherwise make living with diesel engines a less attractive proposition for owners,” MetalMiner noted. Aluminium remains a significant material for car body and parts manufacturing. According to an earlier directive, the amount of light, recyclable aluminium in European cars will have to be raised to 180 kg on average...
Rusal, the leading global aluminium producer, and the Russian Aluminium Association, a union of producers, suppliers and consumers of aluminium, announce the completion of the pedestrian bridge using aluminium alloys in its construction. This is the second bridge of this kind in Russia. The second bridge is based in the Afonino village of the Kstovski district in the region of Nizhny Novgorod and the construction works completed overnight on July 13-14, 2017. In June, earlier this year , the first bridge built of aluminum alloys was built in the same location. Each (of the two bridges) are 38 meters in length and have a width of 6.5 meters. The construction weight is 22 tonnes and this is three times lighter than steel-made equivalents. Partners of the project are the ‘GS-Reserve’...
McMullen Facades, part of the Lakesmere Group, secured a contract for the delivery of bespoke unitised façade system to the New District residential development in London’s Isle of Dogs. The multimillion pound contract has been given by Canary Wharf Contractors. The company is the UK's leading specialist facade contractor offering full design, fabrication and installation of aluminium curtain wall and window systems for medium and large scale building projects. The contract includes the supply of the scheme’s cladding package, aluminium swing doors, lift and slide doors, window systems, structural glass balustrades, aluminium soffits and aluminium privacy screens between apartments. Also, the company has been awarded to design, manufacture and installation of the facades for buildings....
The construction of the world’s largest aluminium yacht Project RH400 that will measure 81 metres LOA, has started at Royal Huisman’s facilities in Vollenhove. This project is a joint venture by Royal Huisman, Dykstra Naval Architects, designer Mark Whiteley and Bart Kimman of Northrop & Johnson Asia. The design and construction planning phase for the yacht, which is done by Royal Huisman is complete and so is the large part of the engineering. Construction Work has also begun on the aluminium frame for the main deck in a construction hall that has been upgraded to suit this monumental project. Project RH400 will be built in aluminium to LY3 standards, with accommodation for 12 guests and 13 crews. The exterior design of the yacht is done by Dykstra Naval Architects and Mark Whiteley...
Constellium N.V announces today that it has delivered its 10 millionth part to Ford Motor Company. A provider of aluminum structural components for the Ford F-150 and Super Duty trucks, Constellium will also supply the all-new Ford Expedition starting in Fall 2017. Constellium provides several aluminium parts for the Ford F-150 and Super Duty, including the windshield header, a complex component that reduces weight as well as the number of parts required in comparison with the steel version it replaced. “It’s an honour to supply the iconic Ford F-150 and Super Duty trucks,” said Eric Krepps, Constellium’s Vice President and General Manager of Automotive Structures for North America. “Our Van Buren, Michigan, plant has an excellent record of quality and delivery to Ford and I am very proud...
According to data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the apex lobby body for the country, India beats Germany and the UK to emerge as the world’s fourth largest vehicle market. The country registered sales of 1.64 million units from January to May 2017 to seal the fourth position beating European auto major Germany which saw sales of 1.60 million units during the same period. China, US and Japan continue to hold the top three spots, selling 11.18 million, 5.43 million and 2.30 million cars, respectively. Despite the so-called economic slowdown in China the country remains the top consumer of automobiles. India has also registered the highest growth amongst the top nine countries in passenger vehicle (PV) sales. India’s PV sales grew by 11.3%during the review...
Open Water Power has started to develop the newest aluminium-based battery that “drinks” seawater for power generation. It would provide autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) a tenfold increase in range over traditional lithium-ion batteries. Open Water Power, based in Massachusetts, was founded in 2013 to develop undersea power using a patented technology. Recently, the company has been acquired by major tech firm L3 Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Open Water Power has already developed a novel aluminium-water power system used for unpiloted underwater vehicles. The system consists of an “alloyed aluminium anode, an alloyed cathode, and an alkaline electrolyte positioned between the electrodes. Components are only activated when flooded with water. Once the aluminium anode...
The Transair® business unit of The Fluid System Connectors Division Europe of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, presented its latest Transair aluminium pipework products for compressed air, vacuum and inert gas applications in plant technical rooms. The lightweight aluminium pipework offers space and cost savings advantage as well as minimizing the time required for installations in technical room environments. “The new Transair range includes a choice of pipe diameters and shapes such as end caps with outlet flanges from DN65 to DN200, equal and reducer Ys, increaser tees, equal crosses, flanged crosses and flanged tees,” it said. The new Transair aluminium pipework product comes with minimal mechanical resistance, zero corrosion and a...
Cost reduction is one of the major challenges for Network Rail, the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales. Engineers are working on a range of ways in which costs can be reduced, and the electrical fraternity is playing its part. One of the best cost reduction measures is to remove copper from power cables altogether and substitute them with another conductive metal, aluminium, which is cheaper at around £1.50 a kilo. “We can’t get rid of copper by just replacing it with aluminium,” said Nigel Edwards, professional head of power distribution HV/LV at Network Rail. “That’s what’s different about this work stream. It’s a complete system overhaul that allows us to look at the wider implications of the removal of copper.” The proposed...
The leading insulbar insulating profiles manufacturer Ensinger has announced the receipt of a major order from Western Windows Systems for North America. The company which equips the Series 7000 aluminium-framed moving glass walls, doors and windows from Western Window Systems with insulbar has developed as many as twelve new product lines using this thermal barrier technology. The aluminium-framed moving glass walls, windows and doors that are equipped with Ensinger insulbar are found to achieve the lowest U-values. They are particularly designed for the North American market but have all the qualities it takes to make a solid headway into any matured or emerging market. The newly launched thermally broken aluminium products of Western Window Systems greatly simplify how architects and...
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in the UK has asked the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to design a series of screening tests to determine the type of aluminium cladding to be used in the country’s upcoming housing projects. The tests will ensure whether the core of the aluminium composite material sample provided has fire retardant properties. The UK civic and building authorities have upped their vigilance on the use of aluminium composite materials in cladding ever since the Grenfell Tower fire incident happened. They are simultaneously trying to educate people on aluminium composite panels which they say are otherwise a versatile building material provided the core has approved fire retardant properties. To ensure a building with aluminium cladding is...
