Ducati has unveiled the Desmo450 SM, a new production supermoto developed from its Desmo450 MX platform, featuring an aluminium twin-spar frame. This is designed to combine low weight, rigidity and strength. The motorcycle made its debut during World Ducati Week and is aimed at competition use. The Desmo450 SM uses the same aluminium frame architecture as the motocross model. Ducati says the frame has also been designed to allow a straighter intake route while maintaining the strength and rigidity needed for high-performance riding. The bike has a fuel capacity of 7.2 litres. The company has also focused on reducing weight in other areas. Its Bartubeless wheel system, for example, removes inner tubes and cuts rotating and unsprung mass by 1.2kg. The motorcycle also features a cast...
China’s aluminum door and window manufacturing sector includes a range of suppliers offering thermal-break systems, customized solutions, OEM/ODM production, and products for international building projects. A recent industry guide highlights Guangdong Dejiyoupin, Guangdong EEHE, Foshan CIVO, Sichuan Yazhixuan, and Sichuan Mingrenju, citing their production capabilities, product portfolios, project experience, customization services, and testing or certification coverage. The companies differ in their areas of focus. Dejiyoupin is highlighted for its production capacity and international certifications, while EEHE is noted for patents and a broad range of project solutions. CIVO focuses on factory-direct customization and climate-oriented systems, while Yazhixuan provides OEM/ODM...
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<p>In response to a petition by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA) the Directorate of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties, India, has initiated an investigation against solar equipment imports from China. The solar cell and equipment imports, the Association claims, are hurting the domestic industry in more than one ways. And that includes aluminium extrusions sector as well.</p> <p>According to the Association, DGAD should impose anti-dumping duty on imported solar equipment and panels that use aluminium frames in the structure.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Aluminium-Frame.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="256" /></p> <p>According to the industry sources, solar cells and panels, with or...
<p>Dudley's Aluminium, Cardiff-based manufacturer of aluminium curtain-walling, windows, shop-fronts, automatic and revolving doors, fire-resistant glazing, louvres and brise soleil, has won a contract worth £1m to build the new International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales) in Newport.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/wales.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="254" /></p> <p>Aluminium fabricator has secured a contract with Sisk Contractors to help in building the new Convention Centre. The work at the centre will start in November this year. The ICC Wales is expected to open in mid-2019</p> <p>Dudley’s engineers will install Kawneer AA110 capped...
<p>The Aluminum Association President Heidi Brock wrote a letter to the secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department urging him not to exempt aluminium cans allegedly dumped by China in the U.S. market from the ongoing Section 232 investigations. Earlier this month, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) had asked the U.S. Commerce Department to exempt <a title="News" href="http://www.alcircle.com/end_user/newscircle/packaging/detail/28182/can-manufacturers-seek-duty-exemption-on-aluminium-can-sheets" target="_blank">aluminium can sheets</a> and other aluminium products, which are used to make beverage cans, from tariff or trade restrictions.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/heidi.jpg" alt="News" width="517"...
<p>One of the world’s top 100 wire and cable producers based in the Middle East, Oman Cable Industry recently announced the financial highlights of the six months period ended June 30, 2017. The Group’s net profit declined 39 per cent year-on-year, and so were the results for its subsidiary Oman Aluminium Processing Industries LLC (OAPIL).</p> <p>In spite of the significant increase in aluminium wire and cable sales volume, the company’s net profit dipped for the period under review in comparison with the corresponding period previous year.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Oman.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="344" /></p> <p>Oman Cable Industry’s net profit for the first half of...
<p class="MsoNormal">A steel giant Liberty House Group, headed by businessman Sanjeev Gupta, has acquired a manufacturer of cast aluminium engine and vehicle components in a rescue deal that helps save the jobs of around 550 workers.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Group has bought the trade and assets of Amtek Aluminium Castings (Witham) Limited and King Automotive Systems Limited (Amtek UK) for an undisclosed sum from administrators PwC.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/amtek-web-large.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="300" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sanjeev Gupta, executive chairman of the Liberty House Group said: “despite current challenges, this...
<p>National Institute of Design (NID), a design school in Ahmedabad, has secured Metro rail’s project for the design of signages on the entire stretch of the railway line. The project also includes stations which will connect Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The signages are expected to be made of aluminium extrusion.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/metro-2809-attach2.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="300" /></p> <p>NID director Pradyumna Vyas said, “It is a very proud moment for us to work for betterment of the city by contributing our designs to projects like metro rail, airport beautification etc.”</p> <p>The signage design project is being led by professor...
<p>Gurgaon-based auto component supplier Sandhar Technologies has been selected to supply two wiper system parts for Tesla Model 3.</p> <p>Recently, Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors twitted that “Production unit 1 of Model 3 is now built and going through final checkout.”</p> <p>The news was confirmed by Vinnie Mehta, director general of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA). Sandhar will supply the aluminium die-casting parts to a Tier I supplier overseas who will assemble the final wiper system and supply them to Tesla, says pne of the sources.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/TeslaModel3-1.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>Sandhar has strong and...
<p>Panasonic Automotive and Industrial Systems Europe (PAISEU), a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, devices and modules up to complete solutions for a wide range of industries, has launched a new FS series of aluminium electrolytic capacitors (radial lead type). The new aluminium electrolytic capacitors are used for applications such as Unit Power Supply Output, Noise Filtering, DC/DC Converter and Back-Up Power.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/panasonic%20capapcitors.jpg" alt="news" width="485" height="280" /></p> <p>Andreas Lapucha, product marketing manager Capacitors at Panasonic stated: “The FS Series provides space reduction and allows for a reduced number of capacitors on the board. Low ESR and high...
<p>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.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/aluminum-sliding-window-250x250.jpg" alt="news" width="336" height="336" /></p> <p>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.</p> <p>The major...
<p>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.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Showa_Denko.jpg" alt="news" width="480" height="340" /></p> <p>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...
<p>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.</p> <p>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’.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Volvo.png" alt="News" width="517" height="267" /></p> <p>Volvo made a difference to the mining...
<p>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.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/1d09632b413ab9c2a870a4c179153a52--vietnam-cable.jpg" alt="news" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p>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.</p>...
<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/aircraft.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>The plane has a 350 horse-power...
<p>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.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/astram.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>The new-type carriages incorporate a series of state-of-the-art...
<p>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.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/alucar.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="345" /></p> <p>Aluminium remains a...
<p>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.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/aluminium%20bridge.jpeg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Each (of the two bridges) are 38...
<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/swing-entry-door-500x500.jpg" alt="news" width="350" height="300" /></p> <p>The contract includes the supply of the scheme’s cladding package, aluminium...
