China’s exports of aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar container products (HS 7612) increased in the first half of 2026, with shipments rising in both quarters. Among the destinations listed, import trends varied, with some markets recording strong growth while others saw declines. Exports at a glance China exported 49,000 tonnes of aluminium products (HS 7612) in the first half of 2026, up 36.1 per cent from 36,000 tonnes in H1 2025 and 63.3 per cent from 30,000 tonnes in H1 2024. Exports increased in both quarters, with shipments reaching 27,000 tonnes in Q2, compared with 22,000 tonnes in Q1, a quarter-on-quarter rise of 22.7 per cent. China’s quarterly exports rise The country’s exports rose by 29.4 per cent year-on-year, from 17,000 tonnes in Q1 2025 to 22,000 tonnes in...
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,...
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The ideators of the LEED green building rating system - the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) - have announced this year's Greenbuild- the world's biggest conference and expo on greenbuilding industry trends will be held in Mumbai, India, on November 2-4. Last year, the Aluminum Association released Aluminum in Green Buildings – A Guide to Environmental Declarations - at the conference in Los Angeles. While the Guide still remains the preferred reference point for aluminium stakeholders for understanding the appropriate process of conducting environmental assessments for aluminium building products, this year's Greenbuild stands to promote India and the other Asian countries as the next biggest growth engine of the greenbuilding movement. The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo...
Jaguar Land Rover India has launched its second-generation Jaguar XF sedan in the Indian showrooms today at a starting price of INR 47.50 lakh. The new Jaguar XF gets a slew of advanced technology features including InControl Touch Pro with the all-new 25.9 cm (10.2) touchscreen infotainment system and a Meridian Sound System. Jaguar Land Rover India Ltd Managing Director and President Rohit Suri said, "The introduction of the all-new Jaguar XF into our locally manufactured portfolio reiterates our commitment to the Indian market." The Jaguar XF is available in two options: a 2.0-litre Ingenium diesel engine with a power output of 132 kW and a 2.0-litre petrol engine with a power output of 177 kW. The use of aluminium for XF’s chassis has helped to diminish the car’s weight while...
BMW Motorrad, the German luxury motorcycle manufacturer, shows-off machined parts produced in high-quality aluminium for the R nine T range. BMW Motorrad offers machined parts for their R nineT, Pure, Scrambler, Racer and Urban G/S. The customizer based California Company Roland Sands Design has created these customised aluminium machined parts for BMW Motorrad. The company has employed special manufacturing technique offering a surface quality with black aluminium contrast. BMW Motorrad further added, "The parts are initially made from an aluminium forging blank using a CNC-controlled machine tool, after they undergo elaborate hand-polishing before application of a black coating. Selected areas are then milled once more so that the original distinctive aluminium surface becomes visible...
Italian shipyard Benetti has unveiled the new Benetti Now Fast designs to their existing fleet of Now superyachts. The company had already announced yachts at the recent Yachts Miami Beach boat show. The superyachts runs at a top speeds in excess of 20 knots. The Benetti Now Fast offers three different yachts: the 50 metre BF164, the 56 metre BF184 and the 68 metre BF224. BF164 would be built entirely from aluminium, while BF184 and BF224 would use a steel hull and aluminium superstructure. Omega Architects created the yacht’s exterior lines, Team 4 Design – Enrico Gobbi designed the interior and naval architecture by Mulder Design. The all-aluminium BF164 have been chosen smooth, rounded lines with very few angles that contrast with various geometric elements like tables and nightstands....
Aqualuma, the world’s leading LED lighting manufacturer in Australia, has introduced LED highbay light called Lite-bay for the marine industry. The Lite-bay is a cost- effective solution and is best suited for small businesses for restraining them from buying cheaper imported products. The new LED lighting features a marine-grade epoxy powder-coated aluminium housing and heat sink with IP66 water ingress rating. The Lite-bay offers energy efficient LED lights that can minimize energy costs by over 70 per cent. Aqualuma director Carl Amor stated that the price of this lighting is very competitive so that the buyers don’t need to buy Chinese imported products. This could lead to support the growth of the market for Australia-made products. He said, “The new Lite-bay allows us to compete in...
Skoda Auto, a Czech automobile manufacturer, said in a press statement that the company has begun production of its new 1.0 TSI engine at its Mlada Boleslav engine plant. The three cylinder turbo petrol engine belongs to Skoda’s EA 211 family of engines which the company builds in four displacement volumes. According to the company, the four-valve unit with aluminium engine block is characterised by its compact dimensions and exemplary running smoothness. Skoda said, "The new 1.0 TSI once again extends the range of the engine family. The modern three-cylinder has weight-optimized, forged connecting rods and aluminium pistons.” "Compared to comparatively powerful four-cylinder engines, it is more compact, lighter and generates less friction, and thus operates much more efficiently." In...
The Taiwanese based smartphone maker HTC is ready to launch its U Ultra smartphone in India today. The launch event is going to take place in New Delhi. The company had already unvailed U Ultra at CES 2017 in January. Now, the device is going to hit the shelves in Indian maeket. The U Ultra smartphone bears an aluminium chassis with glass body. The device is the company’s U series phone and it is the top of the line smartphone in the U-series. The smartphone sports 5.7-inch Quad-HD Super LCD panel and powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor with 4GB RAM. The highlight of the U Ultra is its secondary 2-inch 520 PPI display. HTC U Ultra has a 12-megapixel rear camera and a 16-megapixel front camera. The device gets a hybrid SIM card tray and runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with HTC’s...
Scientists at Disney’s Research Lab has constructed an aluminium room for charging several electronic devices present in the room without using electrical cords or charging cradles. With the help of this technology, numerous gadgets mobiles, fans, lights, Laptop, tablets are chargeable at the same time. The Disney’s researchers constructed a 16×16-foot room with aluminium walls, ceiling and floor bolted to an aluminium frame. Alanson Sample, associate lab director and principal research scientist at Disney Research in the US, said, “This new innovative method will make it possible for electrical power to become as ubiquitous as WiFi.” Alanson further stated that they have demonstrated room-scale wireless power and this wireless power transmission is a long-standing technological dream. At...
Vishay Intertechnology, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors, has introduced a new series of 400V and 450V snap-in, four-terminal aluminium electrolytic capacitors.The capacitors provide a high ripple current capability at a temperature of 105C in 15 large case sizes. Aluminium electrolytic capacitors can be used in home appliance inverters, power supplies and industrial sectors. An Improved capacitor features four-terminal configuration which enhances mechanical stability and end-product lifetimes. The device comes with a cylindrical aluminium case with pressure relief, insulated with a blue sleeve. The capacitors are a substitute for banks of large screw terminal devices connected by a bus-bar with smaller parts connected by a PCB. The aluminium capacitors...
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Customade, a company with expertise in manufacturing of high quality aluminium windows, doors and conservatory roofs has been acquired by and merged with Polyframe Group Limited (Polyframe). The company operates under the REAL, Atlas and Fineline aluminium brands. Polyframe is the UK’S leading manufacturer of trade windows and doors. This is Polyframe’s third acquisition since July 2016. A specialist investment firm Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP has supported this acquisition. The two companies’ merger will expand their product range and boost growth by increasing manufacturing capability. According to Polyframe, Customade’s specialization in manufacturing aluminium windows, doors and roof lanterns will complement their PVCu windows and composite door products portfolio. The company will...
UK based JCF Engineering has designed a new aluminium case attached with a key ring for the Raspberry Pi Zero phones for damage protection and easy portability. The CNC machined sleek aluminium case is designed with precision with a number of finishes including bare aluminium, black and red. JCF Engineering gives details about the design and construction of the Raspberry Pi Zero aluminium case in a statement. The company says that they have designed and developed an aluminium keychain case for the Pi Zero, machined from 6082T6 grade aluminium billets. The case comes with all parts required to complete the assembly. “JCF Engineering is a company I started nine years ago. We are a small precision engineering business that provides machining services for high tech engineering clients. We...
The Aluminium Closures – Turn 360° campaign, which promotes the advantages of aluminium closures for winemakers, will again host a daily competition at ProWein, the leading trade fair for wine professionals, in Düsseldorf 19-21 March. The campaign team can be found in the dedicated “Packaging & Design” sector adjacent to the ProWein Forum, Hall 13, Stand F16. The daily on-stand competition to find the ‘Turn 360° Champion 2017’ is designed with a fun focus on the convenience that aluminium closures bring. It challenges visitors to demonstrate their fastest opening & closing times! The competition takes place daily, on the hour, from 12pm with the last opportunity to participate at 6pm. Each contestant will be asked to open, re-close and turn five bottles of wine upside down as fast as they...
Ardagh Group, a Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal packaging products will invest in its Rugby manufacturing plant in the UK in order to convert its beverage can production capabilities from steel to aluminium. It is noteworthy that the Rugby plant was first established as a two-line aluminium plant in 1989, and converted to steel in 1996. Its current re-conversion emphasises the fact that demand for aluminium beverage cans is slowly taking away the market of steel cans due to its finer quality, lightweight and infinite recyclability. According to the manufacturer the conversion move would help to strengthen its customer relationship with some of the most well-established beverage brands in the world. The conversion project will commence in the fourth quarter of 2017 and is...
Nokia, the once undisputed king of the global mobile handset market is planning to bring back its classic model Nokia 3310 in a brand new aluminium-body avatar. An update representing a distinctly turn of the millennium flavour, Nokia 6 will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) to be held in Barcelona from February 27-March 2, 2017. The news of the Finnish company planning a launch of its new handset with the same name- Nokia 3310- has stirred up a lot of nostalgia among today’s mobile phone users who once have had a humble start with the sturdy model back in 2000. It is this nostalgia that HMD Global Oy is looking to cash on. The new Nokia 3310, just like its much loved predecessor, is reportedly going to be a feature phone focusing on the absolute basics. With sturdy yet...
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has opened up a new era in the history of space exploration today with the successful launch of a record 104 satellites in a single mission through its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The vehicle was shot up at 9.28am with 104 satellites from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The rocket started placing the satellites into orbit after 17 minutes of its launch and finished it by 11 minutes. Out of the total 104 satellites, 101 satellites belonged to six foreign countries including 96 from the US and one each from Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Kazakhstan. The Cartosat- 2 series, INS-1A and INS-1B are the indigenously built earth observation satellite by ISRO. Till now, the highest record of...
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC), a subsidiary of Showa Denko Tokyo, will establish its second can production facility in Vietnam in order to expand its business in the country. This new facility would be located in Quang Nam Province of Vietnam. In May 2014, SAC acquired majority of shares in Hanacans, a manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans in Vietnam and made Hanacans its consolidated subsidiary. The acquisition has helped Hanacans boost its sales of beverage cans around Vietnam, mostly in the northern part of the country. SAC has been looking at expanding the production capacity of Hanacans because the operating performance of Hanacans' production lines has been steadily high since 2016. A number of Vietnamese and foreign beverage manufacturers have already decided to establish,...
Austal USA, the American branch of Australian shipbuilding company and defence contractor Austal, proclaimed that the company has christened its new USS Tulsa (LCS 16), the sixteenth aluminium Independence-class trimaran littoral combat ship (LCS). An aluminium trimaran hull combat ship is a 419 foot and worth $3.5 billion. The vessel constructed from aluminium makes it much lighter in weight and more agile. Craig Perciavalle, Austal USA President, said, “We are proud to provide an awesome combat ship to our nation’s incredible sailors. One that will honor the great city of Tulsa as she defends our nation around the globe.” The ships run at a speed of 40 knots, a 28,000 square foot mission bay, and has sufficient space on its flight deck to hold two Sikorsky MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters....
India is all set to join the league of CAFE (corporate average fuel efficiency) countries from April 1 and take the first constructive step towards making its cars fuel-efficient as per global standards. Once adopted, the norms will mandate all car makers and OEM manufacturers in the country to make their products 30 per cent or more fuel efficient from 2022 and 10 per cent or more between 2017 and 2021. The move aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of the automobile industry is expected to boost consumption of aluminium and its alloys in the domestic automotive industry as it is known to possess a number of lightweighting and energy-saving properties. Aluminium, apart from being lightweight, strong, and durable, helps in saving the equivalent of 108 million barrels of crude oil in...
