Bank of America lowered its price target for Airbus from EUR 259 (USD 300.62) to EUR 255 (USD 295.98), while maintaining a ‘Buy’ rating, citing rising aluminium supply costs. The price revision follows supply disruptions linked to strikes by Iran, which damaged aluminium plants in the United Arab...
December 1 witnessed the Airbus AIR market shares dropping 6 per cent due to a quality-control problem in the aluminium fuselage panels on a large number of A320 jets. This resulted in the uncertain conditions currently faced by the affected fleet until the issue is resolved. Image for referential...
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AMAG, a leading Austrian premium supplier of high-quality aluminium cast and flat rolled products for highly varied industries, has been conferred the “Accredited Supplier” award from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus at the Airbus Material & Parts Supplier. AMAG becomes the only aluminium...
Constellium, a global sector leader that develops innovative, value added aluminium products, has been conferred the “Best Performer Award” by Airbus at its annual Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Program (SQIP) ceremony in France. “We are honored to receive this award as it reflects our strong...
HRL Laboratories research center sold its first order of 7A77 aluminium 3D printing powder to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The material was sold by HRL Additive, a newly established 3D printing entity from HRL Laboratories just one week after the commercial...
Airbus has recognised Alerts, a leading aluminium rolled product manufacturer with the accredited supplier award for the second year in a row. Airbus honoured its supplier during its Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Program (SQIP) event at Toulouse, France. Aleris fulfilled the maximum...
According to a recent report, a few scientists from Bremen are involved in a project to further develop aluminium alloys for additive manufacturing, with an intention to exploit the lightweight construction potential of aluminium in the aerospace industry. This one of the start-up projects for the...
Cleveland-based rolled aluminium firm Aleris International Inc. announced on November 1 that it received the prestigious “Industrial Performance” award from Airbus, an international pioneer in the aerospace industry. The award recognises Aleris for continuous accomplishments in the field of...
Aircraft wheels demand greater durability, robust corrosion resistance, low maintenance and lighter weight. But the wheels get affected from multiple corrosive elements like carbon dust and are susceptible to damage from high impact and fatigue loads. Dutch Kipp, engineering director for Landing...
Arconic opened expanded aluminium and titanium aerospace parts facility in Bestwig, Germany. The expansion increases production capacity to meet growing demand from commercial aircraft manufacturers. Bestwig operations employs approximately 900 people in the production of aluminium and titanium...
Vimetco and Conef, which owns Romanian aluminium producer Alro, plan to proceed with the public offering of shares in the company. Vimetco and Conef are controlled by Russian investor Vitaliy Machitski. The company together with its subsidiaries consists of upstream and downstream divisions, from...
Aeromet International, a leading supplier of aluminium and magnesium castings and fully-finished, assembly ready cast parts for the aerospace and defence industries, has secured funding from the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) to further develop the innovative A20X...
This year’s Aluminium China exhibition and conference in July will provide a platform for China’s rapidly changing and expanding aluminium industry and showcase new state-of-the-art processes and products. Since the launch of the ‘Made in China 2025’ strategy more than two years ago, China has made...
Aeromet International, a leading supplier of aluminium and magnesium castings and fully-finished, assembly ready cast parts for the aerospace and defence industries, has acquired Stone Foundries Ltd from Langham Industries. Stone Foundries is a manufacturer of high integrity aluminium and...
A consortium of four European organizations has developed a method for producing self-reinforced fuselage panels by applying aluminium wire to said panels via additive manufacturing. Firms Stelia Aerospace and CT Ingénierie, and École Centrale de Nantes, all of France, and Constellium of the...
The interest of aerospace industries in AM has been continually growing and the adoption rate itself describes a curve looking like a taking-off plane. As announced, the promising German-Russian joint venture “FITNIK” has started operations as of January 2018. Partners are the FIT Additive...
TWI has recently showcased the world’s largest Linear Friction Welded (LFW) component – an aluminium wing rib for commercial aircraft. Comprising 22 rib feet joined to a 2.5 metre long baseplate, the wing rib is designed to strengthen an aircraft’s wings, and TWI’s use of LFW has opened up a new...
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...
LPW Technology Ltd, a supplier of high quality metal powders and software solutions for additive manufacturing industry, announced a partnership with AIRBUS APWORKS GmbH for the supply of Scalmalloy aluminium-magnesium-scandium alloy to the additive manufacturing sector. Ben Ferrar, LPW’s Chief...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan began inspecting Kobe Steel’s Mie aluminium plant in central Japan on Monday amid controversies that the aluminium maker had falsified product data at many plants. The Daian aluminium plant in Mie Prefecture produced aluminium...
