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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Alcoa has announced completion of the second-phase expansion of aluminium/lithium alloy capacity at its Kitts Green facility, in the UK, to better serve the growing demand for the company’s third-generation aluminium/lithium alloys. The company on Tuesday said it expected aluminium/lithium revenues...
For the second time this week, officials with a major manufacturing business cut the ribbon on a new facility in Mercer County. On Friday morning, officials with Pennex Aluminum officially celebrated taking over part of the old Werner Ladder building in Greenville. The aluminum casting facility has...
Constellium announced that it is exploring the sale of its Ussel, France plant, which specializes in precision castings. Constellium informed the employee representative bodies for the plant during a meeting with the Works Council in France of the potential divestiture. The Ussel plant has...
As part its long term strategy FinnvedenBulten AB's long-term strategy and improve profitability for die cast components, the Finnveden Metal Structures division intends to streamline its factory in Sweden to be earmarked for aluminum die casting and by concentrating its European magnesium die...
Intensive use of aluminum in vehicles is growing more than 25% a year, signalling "a gigantic and permanent change" in the automotive industry, spurred on by new regulations on fuel economy and carbon emissions, the chief executive officer of a major aluminum sheet producer said. While aluminum...
A BLACK Country castings firm is targeting growth after being sold in an undisclosed deal. Truscanian Foundries, based in Oldbury, has been purchased by W Lucy & Co, of Oxford. Truscanian, which was founded in 1982, will continue to trade from its site on St Martin’s Industrial Estate with the...
Aluminium rolling and recycling company Novelis has announced the opening of a new aluminium recycling and continuous casting line at its Pieve Emanuele facility in Milan, Italy. The €12 million (£10.1 million) expansion marks the company’s ‘largest single investment in Italy in the past decade’...
CRU, independent commodity industry analysts and management consultants in the global metals, mining and fertilizer industries, has launched their Aluminium Casthouse Shapes Market Outlook, a resource for forthcoming developments in the industry. CRU's Aluminium Casthouse Shapes Market Outlook...
Palmer Foundry, the leader in providing dimensionally stable and vacuum tight aluminum castings for complex applications, has just announced the launch of a new highly ductile aluminum alloy called HyDuct5 and also that the company has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification for the manufacture...
ANDRITZ Bricmont, a member of international technology Group ANDRITZ since 2012, has received the order to supply 14 melting and holding furnaces for four direct-chill casting cells to Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd., one of China's leading aluminum producers. The new melting and casting lines...
Alupress AG, an aluminum casting company based in Italy, said it will establish its new production facility in Laurens County. The $19.9 million investment is expected to generate 57 new jobs. “We are pleased with the opportunity to move forward with plans to locate our new production facility in...
RUALR/RUALRS, a leading, global aluminium producer, announces the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Israeli company Omen High Pressure Die Casting, which specializes in the production of automotive components from non-ferrous metals. Together the companies intend to create a joint...
The Aluminium Extruders' Council (ALEX) is pleased to inform you that the arrangements for the event are progressing as per schedule. ALEXASIA 2013 comprises of 2 Technical Conferences - ALEX 2013 on Aluminium Extrusion Technology, and GDC TECH 2013 on Gravity Die Casting Technology. The response...
Renault Argentina invested 50,000,000 pesos ($4.02 million) to increase its production capacity of aluminum die casting parts with innovative technology in its Cordoba Aluminum foundry plant. IDRA has been selected among all producers of High Pressure die Casting machines. Two Idra 2.200 ton full...
The aluminum smelting equipment and the workshop, which are designed by BERIS Engineering & Research Corp. for Ningxia Jinning Juke New Materials Co., Ltd., has been proved to be of perfect performance. On February 23, 2013, five large flat ingots (660mm×1350mm×7213mm) of 1100 alloy were produced...
The near-term demand picture for the US secondary aluminium industry looks relatively bright while the transport end-markets continue to show strength beyond expectations, Scott Beck, president of Beck Aluminum, said. Still, the sector faces numerous challenges, including smelter overcapacity,...
The State Labor Department announced Monday that the Oberdorfer Aluminum Castings plant in Syracuse will close. All 86 of the plant’s employees will lose their job due to the closure. The plant is scheduled to close on May 3. The reason for the closure, according to the Labor Department is economic...
ILSCO Extrusions Inc. and Pennex Aluminum said Friday the two companies reached a long term agreement for Pennex to lease the aluminum billeting operation at ILSCO’s Sugar Grove Township plant. Terms of the deal, including the length of the agreement or the financial arrangements, were not...
