Alcoa’s 16kg aluminium wheel could change fleet efficiency equation
A truck’s overall weight comes from dozens of components, including the engine, chassis, tyres, etc. Wheels are one area where fleets can explore lightweighting. Traditional steel wheels, widely used across the transport industry, are known for their robustness. Forged Alcoa aluminium wheels offer...
Why aluminium scrap grade matters when buying secondary aluminium in India
India’s aluminium recycling sector has matured significantly over the past decade. Secondary aluminium, produced by remelting and refining scrap, now accounts for a growing share of the country’s total aluminium consumption. Recycling aluminium requires up to 95 per cent less energy than smelting...
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China A356 aluminum alloy operating rate fell to 60.91% in March
The average operating rate at 15 Chinese A356 aluminum alloy producers fell from a month ago to 60.91% in March, SMM’s latest survey showed. Output at those surveyed dropped to 106,600 tonnes, due to maintenance or non-market-driven production cuts, SMM data showed. Processing fees for A356...
General Cable (China) optimistic over aluminum alloy cable applications
Aluminum alloy cable will find wider applications in coming years, inengyuan.com quoted Johnson Xiao, Managing Director at General Cable (China) as saying. Aluminum alloy cable sales in China were estimated at 3-4 billion yuan ($ 490-650 million) in 2013, inengyuan.com reported. Based on experience...
Two new aluminium-intensive Suzukis to hit the Indian market soon
Close on the heels of launching the country’s cheapest fully faired motorcycle, the Gixxer SF, Suzuki has announced that two new liter class bikes will be introduced to Indian motorcyclists this year. Building on the popularity of the Hayabusa and the Intruder would be the GSX-S1000 naked and the...
Videosys uses aluminium alloys to build wireless systems for bikes
Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance, the RF specialist company, has announced that its SOLO7 HD Nano transmitter, the world’s smallest HD transmitter, has been deployed as part of Broadcast RF’s new VeloVue HD system. Designed by Broadcast RF and built by Videosys, the VeloVue HD was...
Import duty on raw material raises cost of products
The imposition of 5 to 15 per cent import regulatory duty on a number of items used as raw material by local manufacturers has increased the cost of finished products. Talking to Dawn, Zeeshan Merchant, former secretary-general Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA), said though the SRO 131(1)/2015...
Aluminum-alloy body Ford F-150s rolling off the Claycomo assembly line
The first new aluminum F-150 rolled off the assembly line at the Ford plant on Friday. The company now has more than 7,000 workers in the metro area. A more than $1-billion investment in the facility is paying off as the latest manufacturing technology is producing new pickup trucks. An...
Materialise releases aluminium 3D printing service
Belgian-based additive manufacturing and 3D printing expert, Materialise, has broadened its manufacturing offering with a new aluminium 3D printing service. AlSi10Mg will become the first metal option to join a portfolio of more than twenty 3D printing polymers currently offered to industrial...
Kobe Steel considers $800 million U.S. aluminium plant for car supplies
Kobe Steel Ltd., supplier of aluminum sheet to half of the nation’s auto industry, is considering building a ¥100 billion plant in the U.S. to expand sales to Japanese carmakers operating in North America. The prize is an expected tenfold increase in demand for aluminum sheet in the U.S., where...
Sapa teams with Ford F-150 to create new aluminium solution
Sapa, the world leader in aluminum extrusions, has announced its partnership with Ford to supply the all-new F-150 with structural aluminum tubing, and provide ongoing development support for future aluminum extrusion applications. The 2015 Ford F-150, which Ford calls its “toughest, smartest, most...
Ford organizing training programs to aid manufacturing of the all-aluminium F-150
Ford is organizing an intensive training program for 8,000 of its workers, to facilitate the production of the new aluminium F-150 at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. The training will help workers make the transition from working on steel to an aluminium alloy body. The program will consist of more...
Metal Shark introduces aluminum 25’ bay boat, announces recreational fishing line
Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has introduced the first model in its new series of recreational fishing boats, a 25-foot bay boat, at the Miami International Boat Show. Metal Shark is best known for the vessels it designs and builds for military, law enforcement, and commercial markets...
Constellium invests €22.5 million to expand casting, extrusion and fabrication capacity in Decin, Czech Republic
Constellium N.V. announced today that it is investing €22.5 million in its site located in Decin, Czech Republic. The investment, expected to be completed by April 2016, will include a new casthouse, a new indirect extrusion press line for production of hard alloy bars and profiles, a new drawing...
Zhejiang Yueling to expand annual automotive aluminum wheel capacity by 1 million pieces
Zhejiang Yueling Co. will expand the annual capacity of its 800,000-piece-per-year automotive aluminum wheel project to 1 million pieces after relocation and technical upgrade, it said in a statement filed to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange yesterday. The expansion will cost a total of 160 million yuan...
Aluminum maker, Golden Triangle developers at odds over $1.2 billion project
The Columbus area economic development organization has put the 826-acres it has set aside for American Speciality Alloys back on the market, alleging that the startup that plans a $1.2 billion aluminum plant has not been acting in good faith recently. Joe Max Higgins, chief executive of Golden...
China Shanxi approves 700,000-tpy aluminum alloy project
Shanxi Development & Reform Commission has approved CPI Shanxi Aluminum Co. to build vertically integrated 700,000-tpy aluminum alloy project, China Power Investment Corporation said on its website yesterday. The project will be supported by 4 million-tpy coal mine, 2*660MW power plants, 2...
University of Sheffield AMRC to lead development of next generation of aerospace alloys
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) will lead a new £6 million European-funded project to develop an advanced lightweight alloy for the aerospace industry. The MMTech project involves manufacturers and research institutions from across Europe, including two...
Midas Holdings secures 1.73b yuan aluminium alloy metro-train contract
MIDAS Holdings' joint venture company, Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport Co (NPRT), together with a consortium partner, has secured a 1.73 billion yuan (S$374 million) metro train contract. The contract is awarded by Shanghai Rail Transit Line 13 Development Co, for the Shanghai Metro Line 13 Phases...
A paradigm of premium aluminium production
Qatalum, led by a precision culture, has a casthouse which produces more than 60% of its alloys for the automotive industry. This is a direct result of the manufacturing proficiency within one of the world’s most efficient aluminium smelters. Over three years into full production and Qatalum’s...
