Hydro reaches key milestone in development of zero-emission aluminium technology
Hydro has produced aluminium using its new HalZero electrolysis technology for the first time. The milestone marks an important step in Hydro’s work to develop a new primary aluminium production process with the aim of achieving net-zero emissions. Since 2016, Hydro’s technology teams have been working to develop HalZero, an entirely new process for producing primary aluminium, which could replace the technology used globally today, first patented in 1886. The new technology is based on converting alumina into aluminium chloride before electrolysis in a process designed to keep chlorine and carbon in closed loops. The long-term ambition is to eliminate CO2 emissions from both electrolysis and anode production, releasing oxygen instead of CO2. Hydro has now produced metal from aluminium...
Foshan Xinshenghao supports SMM in creating the "2027 SMM national low-carbon cast aluminium alloy enterprise distribution map"
To systematically build a new ecosystem for the green development of the cast aluminium alloy industry and help enterprises precisely connect with high-quality supply chain resources, SMM has officially launched the compilation of the 2027 SMM Low-Carbon Cast Aluminium Alloy Enterprise Distribution Map. This distribution map will provide a panoramic view of China's low-carbon cast aluminium alloy industry layout, focusing on key data such as enterprise regional distribution, core products, low-carbon certification qualifications, and annual capacity scale, creating an authoritative platform for industrial resource matching. Here, SMM joins hands with Foshan Xinshenghao Aluminium Co., Ltd . to invite upstream and downstream entities to jointly participate in the production and promotion of...
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KAS Group bolsters leadership as India’s semiconductor ecosystem gains momentum
Riding the momentum of India's rapidly expanding semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, KAS Group, one of India's leading engineering conglomerates enabling semiconductor, electronics and advanced manufacturing industries, today announced the appointment of Vijayakumar Gobbaka as General Manager – Business Development. The appointment comes as the Group expands its semiconductor infrastructure capabilities, strengthens engagements with leading global semiconductor equipment manufacturers and OEMs, and scales manufacturing through facility in Doddaballapur. In his new role, Vijay will lead business development strategy for its business verticals—UHP Technologies, driving strategic customer partnerships, expanding international business opportunities and supporting the Group's long-term...
Toyo Printing Inks and Toyo Ink Europe met with industry professionals at METPACK 2026!
Toyo Printing Inks participated in METPACK 2026, one of the leading international trade fairs for the metal packaging industry, held in Essen, Germany, from May 5–8. During the exhibition, Toyo Printing Inks introduced its high-performance coating and ink solutions developed specifically for the metal packaging industry to international industry professionals. The company showcased its product portfolio centred on BPA-NI internal coating technologies, which attracted considerable attention from visitors. In addition to its BPANI Gold Lacquer, BPA-NI Pigmented Lacquer and BPA-NI Clear Lacquer product groups, the company's Conventional and UV Metal Packaging Inks also generated significant interest. Throughout the event, Toyo Printing Inks' expert teams addressed technical inquiries and...
More major industrial companies join EGA’s Challenger programme to promote gender diversity
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today announced that Schneider Electric, RAK Ceramics, Veolia, Delta Plus, and Knauf Group have joined the Challenger Programme as new members of EGA’s initiative to promote gender diversity across industry. The new companies join existing members ADNOC, Ducab, Emirates Steel Arkan, ENEC, Strata, TAQA, and TechnipFMC. Founded by EGA in 2023, the Challenger Programme focuses on shared challenges ranging from encouraging more women to work in science, technology engineering and mathematics fields, to promoting inclusivity in industrial workplaces, to mentorship for young women in industry. EGA has championed gender diversity in industry snice the start of this decade, setting itself...
ASI certifies Yunnan Hongyan New Materials Co., Ltd. & Yunnan Zhilv New Materials Co., Ltd. against Performance Standard V3.1
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Yunnan Hongyan New Materials Co., Ltd. & Yunnan Zhilv New Materials Co., Ltd. have been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023). The facilities specialise in the production of aluminium alloy materials for applications including automotive body panels, battery foil and can lid materials, using integrated processes encompassing raw material melting, alloying, casting and hot rolling to produce aluminium alloy flat ingots, sheet and strip products, with an annual production capacity of approximately 250,000 tonnes of flat ingots and 300,000 tonnes of sheet and strip products. The ASI Certification program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process and is the only comprehensive voluntary...
Kimura Group expands aluminium casting capabilities with New HQ Plant in Japan
Kimura Group, a global leader in casting innovation with nearly 100 years of foundry expertise, announced the launch of its Advanced Aluminum HQ Plant at the company's headquarters in Shizuoka, Japan. The new facility, which began operations in February 2026, expands Kimura's capabilities for producing large, thin-wall aluminium castings used in prototype development and small-lot production. Designed to meet the growing demand for increasingly complex aluminium components in the automotive industry, the facility combines low-pressure sand casting (LPSC), V-Process vacuum moulding, and proprietary heat-treatment technology to deliver production-like material properties while preserving the speed and flexibility of sand casting. Unlike conventional prototype processes that often require...
Triveni Power Transmission Limited collaborates with salesforce to accelerate customer-centric growth in industrial manufacturing
Triveni Power Transmission Limited (TPTL/Triveni Power), a leading manufacturer of high-speed gearboxes and engineered power transmission solutions today announced its collaboration with Salesforce, world's #1 AI CRM, as part of its broader digital transformation strategy aimed at strengthening customer engagement, enhancing business visibility, and enabling sustainable growth. The collaboration marks a significant milestone in TPTL’s journey toward becoming a more connected, data driven, and customer centric organisation. By leveraging Agentforce Sales and Agentforce Service, TPTL aims to unify customer information, improve forecasting, and strengthen collaboration across key business functions. Through this implementation, TPTL will establish a single, integrated platform that enables...
Hydro enables Norway’s first closed-loop aluminium façade in Oslo refurbishment
At Sørkedalsveien 6, a 21,000 m² commercial building, the original façade is carefully dismantled and separated on-site before being transported to Stena Recycling in Halmstad, Sweden, for further sorting. It is then returned to Hydro’s recycling facility in Sweden, where the aluminium is transformed into Hydro CIRCAL, which will be used in new façade solutions, delivered by WICONA, Hydro’s building systems brand. “This project is a milestone for circular construction in Norway. It demonstrates that full material traceability and closed-looped aluminium use are possible today,” says Miriam Uria, Senior Vice President Hydro Building Systems. Rather than demolish and rebuild, the refurbishment is designed to retain much of the existing structure, reducing the need for new materials while...
ASI certifies Amcor Flexibles Sélestat against Performance Standard V3.1
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced that Amcor Flexibles Sélestat has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023). The facility transforms aluminium foil for packaging applications, serving the food and pharmaceutical sectors through processes that include lacquering, printing, extrusion coating, cutting and die cutting, with an annual production of approximately 119 million square metres of saleable products. The ASI Certification program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process and is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain. The ASI Performance Standard V3 and ASI CoC Standard V2 were launched in May 2022 following a multi-year revision process. The ASI...
ENVI vote leaves key aluminium loopholes unresolved in CBAM review
European Aluminium regrets that yesterday's vote in the European Parliament's ENVI Committee on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) review and Temporary Decarbonisation Fund failed to close key loopholes that could undermine the effectiveness of the EU's carbon border levy for aluminium. The Committee adopted its position ahead of the September plenary vote but did not include the specific fixes needed for post-consumer scrap and the proposed 50-tonne mass-based threshold for imported CBAM goods. Without correction, CBAM risks turning from a carbon leakage protection tool into a mechanism that actively harms Europe's aluminium industry. Aluminium is a critical and strategic raw material for Europe's clean-tech, mobility, defence, energy and construction value chains. Yet...
VALIS provides carbon performance you can document, report and rely on
“With our new label VALIS, we define a clear and independently verified carbon threshold. Every product carrying the label is backed by an Environmental Product Declaration and confirmed by an external authority. This means carbon performance you can document, report and rely on," explains Cédric Rauhaus, Speira's Head of Marketing. VALIS is designed for markets where transparency defines trust and documentation drives decisions. The label marks products with a CO₂ footprint of less than 4 tonne CO₂e per tonne of aluminium and provides a reliable basis for reporting and enables consistent, v erifiable carbon accounting over time. Transparency creates value when it can be applied. That is why every VALIS product is backed by an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and independently...
Level the field: CAIT, downstream aluminium bodies urge centre to rationalise primary aluminium duty to power MSME growth
India's manufacturing ambitions will remain unrealised unless its MSMEs are allowed to compete on a level playing field, said Mr Praveen Khandelwal, Member of Parliament and Secretary General, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), asserting that the downstream aluminium sector holds significant untapped potential for employment generation, export growth and domestic value addition. Mr Khandelwal said that policy must enable MSMEs to access industrial inputs at globally competitive prices, adding that a fair and rationalised duty structure on primary aluminium is essential to strengthening the entire manufacturing ecosystem from raw material to finished product rather than protecting any single segment of the value chain. Echoing this position, India's leading downstream aluminium...
Viohalco celebrates 25 years of Bridgnorth Aluminium ownership with completion of £180m investment drive
One of Bridgnorth’s largest employers has completed its latest capital equipment installation to take total investment in its Stourbridge Road factory to USD240.11 million (£180m). Bridgnorth Aluminium, which is the UK’s last remaining aluminium rolling mill, revealed the new thin gauge slitting line at a special party held this weekend to mark 25 years of ownership by Viohalco Group, a Greek industrial powerhouse. More than 500 members of staff, local dignitaries and key stakeholders enjoyed live music, games and a guided tour of a site that is now viewed as being critical to the UK’s sovereign manufacturing push. Originally formed in Wolverhampton as Star Aluminium 90 years ago, the company has bounced back from a difficult trading period to return to 24/7 production, creating 35 new...
PHDCCI organises’ Carbon Shift India 2026; calls for stronger carbon markets, MSME support and industrial decarbonisation
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) organised "Carbon Shift India 2026 – CBAM Readiness for Indian Industry: Aligning Policy, Innovation & Competitiveness" at PHD House, New Delhi, bringing together senior government officials, policymakers, industry leaders, financial institutions, sustainability experts and technology providers to deliberate on India's preparedness for the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), industrial decarbonisation, carbon markets and green finance. The conference commenced with the welcome address by Dr Jatinder Singh, Deputy Secretary General, PHDCCI, in the presence of Guest of Honour Mr Satyaki Rastogi, Chief General Manager, SIDBI, and Guest of Honour Mr Saurabh Diddi, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of...
Maison L'Occitane en Provence celebrates 50 years with new travel retail exclusive Shea Hand Cream
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Maison L'Occitane en Provence unveils a new Travel Retail Exclusive Limited Edition of its iconic Shea Hand Cream in a generous 150ml format, available exclusively in global travel retail from Summer 2026. Created as a tribute to five decades of sensorial beauty, craftsmanship and connection to nature, the exclusive edition reimagines one of the Maison's most beloved creations through a distinctive anniversary design inspired by the landscapes, flora and enduring ties of Haute-Provence. For more than 30 years, Shea Hand Cream has remained one of the Maison's signature creations, renowned for its rich texture, comforting sensoriality and highly effective care for dry hands. Enriched with 20 per cent shea butter, the formula intensely moisturises while...
From innovation to industry standard: How Dhanvanti Enginnering’s game-changing revolution is powering the future of non-ferrous metal recycling industry
During the Last Couple of years, Dhanvanti Engineering has successfully executed highest turnkey non-ferrous metal recycling projects by an Indian company across both domestic and international markets. Company's engineering expertise and commitment to quality have enabled to deliver high-performance industrial solutions throughout India as well as in the Middle-east and African region. Each project reflects company's ability to understand diverse operational requirements, deliver customised engineering solutions, and ensure seamless execution from design and manufacturing to installation and commissioning. This expanding global footprint stands as a testament to the trust of their clients place in Dhanvanti Engineering as a reliable partner for advanced metal recycling plant solutions....
INR 3 lakh crore investment pipeline in danger: AAI urges the government to protect India from rising import threats
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has urgently appealed to the Prime Minister’s Office to protect the domestic aluminium industry from a surge of low-quality aluminium scrap. The industry body warns that rising global protectionism has left India highly vulnerable, threatening massive domestic investments and draining the nation's exchequer. AAI noted that the domestic aluminium industry is presently confronting a severe "double-whammy" scenario due to increasing imports and diminishing access to export markets and has sought urgent measures, including imposing enhanced Basic Customs Duty (BCD), to curb the import surge. The United States has hiked Section 232 national security duties to 50 per cent. The EU is introducing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) alongside...
EGA wins the AI Vision and Strategy Award at the 2026 Manufacturing Leadership Awards in the United States
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has received the AI Vision and Strategy Award at the 2026 Manufacturing Leadership Awards in the United States. The award recognises EGA’s innovative implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies and future-focused digital and AI-powered use cases. EGA's ongoing digital transformation leverages advanced digital capabilities to transform operations, processes and systems. Hosted annually by the Manufacturing Leadership Council, part of the US-based National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturing Leadership Awards is an awards platform that recognises organisations driving the future global manufacturing through operational excellence and innovation. EGA’s digital transformation...
Eural Gnutti: why the future of aluminium lies in scrap
International geopolitical tensions are putting pressure on primary aluminium supply chains. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is disrupting trade flows from the Persian Gulf region, which accounts for around 9 per cent of global primary aluminium production. Further complicating the picture are the damages sustained by major Middle Eastern production facilities (Aluminium Bahrain and Emirates Global Aluminium) and the gradual tightening of sanctions against Russia, a long-standing supplier of low-emission aluminium to the European market. The shortfall in this material now exceeds 87 per cent of the continent’s requirements, making it necessary to import around 8 million tonnes of metal annually. Against this backdrop, the limited availability of raw materials, combined with...
