In the trade of aluminium semi-fabricated products such as sheets, plates, foils, extruded profiles, tubes, and wire, the import volume of the US in the January-March or first quarter of 2026 marks a significant year-on-year rise, driven by strong demand and limited domestic smelting capacity....
Who doesn’t enjoy a steaming cup of perfectly brewed coffee from a processor that appears dedicated to making your morning energetic? Jura has given its second-generation Z10 fully automatic coffee machine featuring solid aluminium for its distinctive convex-concave front panel and housing accents,...
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ALUCAST 2020 has been cancelled because of the global concerns over public health & safety due to COVID-19. The event was scheduled to be held from 3-5 December, 2020 in Chennai. ALUCAST 2020, one of the most anticipated events for the aluminium die-casting Industry, was expected to attract more...
On 14 th August’20, aluminium primary foundry alloy premiums in Germany and Eastern Europe swing up, after two long years. The growth has sent a positive note to the industry breaking the downfall trend that initiated in 2018. Premiums for aluminium primary foundry alloy in Europe reflected upward...
Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., Ltd. has been certified against the ASI Chain of Custody Standard for its operations in Tianjin, China. The operations include casting, hot and cold rolling, finishing and annealing with outputs of ingot, thick plate, sheet and coil products. The company...
Italpresse Gauss, a Norican technology, has supplied its first Chinese make die casting machine to Huicheng Foundry Ltd, an aluminium foundry based in Jinan City, Shandong province, China. The TF1850 two-platen, high-pressure die casting machine was produced at Norican Group’s facility in...
On 26 th June’20, representatives of the Lot fire-fighters went to the Diace company in Vayrac, France for the signing of availability agreements. Diace SAS, an aluminium foundry company, has the distinction of having 5 volunteer fire-fighters out of a workforce of around 100 employees. Serge...
Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, has announced the beginning of a new foundry complex, having a production capacity of 120 thousand tonnes of alloys per year, at the Boguchansky aluminium smelter. The new foundry will produce high silicon aluminium alloy with increased strength, which is...
The cast aluminium facility of Wheels India is set to go on stream in September 2020. The INR 120 crore cast aluminium plant will cater to the export demand. Wheels India expects strong demand from the windmill and railways segments. The new unit will have an annual production capacity of 7.50 lakh...
Shanghai Metals Market reveals that China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment has issued the eighth batch of copper and aluminium scrap quotas for 2020 on Tuesday, June 16. The authorities confirmed that the eighth batch of metal scrap quotas would allow additional 5,840 tonnes of high-grade...
At China Aluminium Processing Industry Summit 2020, Racket Hu, Vice President of SMM, said the usage of recycled aluminium in place of primary metal would continue in the long term, given the advantages of recycling in terms of cost and environment-friendliness. Speaking at the summit in Yantai, Hu...
The British Liberty House Group took over Fonderie du Poitou Aluminium and renamed it Liberty Aluminium Poitou a year ago. The Group acquired both the Fonderie du Poitou Fonte and Fonderie du Poitou Aluminium located near Châtellerault in France. Both the companies are in trouble again, though the...
At its Die Casting Technology centre in Germany, toolmaker Heck + Becker carries out casting tests for tool acceptance testing and fine-tuning innovative casting processes. It does this with the help of a fully automated die casting cell with a clamping force of 3,200 tonnes. Around 150 tonnes of...
According to a recent report by Shanghai Metals Market, the construction of a 100,000 tonnes per year secondary aluminium processing project and a 60,000 tonnes per year waste battery treatment project began in Yunxian County in Southwest China’s Yunnan province on Tuesday, May 12. The total...
RUFFINI S.A. resumes switching on the melting tower to re-start its production of casted components, after 30 days of shut-down due to COVID-19 epidemic. The customary die-casting firm based in Barcelona works aligned with the major customers located in Germany, so the supply to Europe has started...
Bridgnorth-based castings specialist Grainger & Worrall has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2020 for its pioneering progress in developing “Next Generation” castings. According to the report, this is the third Queen’s Award received by Grainger and Worrall. The...
According to a recent report, the metal additive producing group Amaero International has inked an agreement with a major global automotive manufacturer to jointly develop 3D printed tooling. According to the Australia-headquartered group, the inclusion of additive-manufactured inserts for tools...
Tianjin Zhongwang Co., Ltd. has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard Certification for its Tianjin operations. The operations include casting, hot and cold rolling, finishing and annealing with outputs of ingot, thick plate, sheets and coil products. The plant has an...
Endurance Technologies announced that its subsidiary Endurance Overseas Srl, Italy, has acquired controlling equity stake of 99% in Adler SpA. The corporate name of Adler is being changed to Endurance Adler SpA. Endurance Technologies is a manufacturer of aluminium casting (including alloy wheels),...
MRT, the die-casting company based in Hampshire is enhancing its production space by around 50% and opening a new foundry with the help of the MTC. A team from the MTC’s manufacturing support services operation worked with managers and operators from Queens Award-winning die-casting supplier MRT...
