The government has declined provisional protection against surging aluminium extrusion imports, leaving local producers waiting for the outcome of a wider safeguard investigation. New Zealand's aluminium extrusion industry faces several more weeks of uncertainty after the government decided not to...
ALENZ is calling for provisional trade protection as rising low-cost aluminium extrusion imports put pressure on domestic producers during an ongoing safeguard investigation. New Zealand's aluminium extrusion industry is urging the government to introduce temporary trade protection as imports surge...
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The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has certified Metra Holding S.p.A against the Performance Standard certification for re-melting primary and secondary aluminium and manufacturing aluminium alloy extruded sections at its Foall S.r.l. (foundry) and Metra S.p.A. (extrusion) production facilities...
The year 2022 heralds a ray of fresh desire and optimism for the downstream aluminium industry, with a lot of upcoming projects, investments, and changes in line. So, the team AlCircle has launched its latest research report, “The World of Aluminium Extrusions - An industry analysis with forecasts...
The downstream sector is the most productive sector of all as its profiles travel down to the retail market for the manufacturers to make products for consumers to utilise. This week has been quite exciting for the downstream zone as many important names made a headline with their noble...
Hydro has announced strong financial performance for the second quarter of 2022 with a 39 per cent quarter-on-quarter hike in revenue from NOK 46,616 million to NOK 64,793 million. On a year-on-year basis, the revenue has reported a significant rise of 87 per cent from NOK 34,559 million. The...
As part of an alliance, Aequs Pvt Ltd., a leading aerospace components manufacturer and Hindalco Industries, the world's largest integrated aluminium company, have sealed long-term collaborations and joint business development to strengthen the aerospace sector. For the development, manufacture,...
The global metal and mining giant, Rio Tinto has announced that the group has decided in investing US$188 million (CA$240 million) to augment the production capacity for low-carbon, high-value aluminium billets at its Alma smelter in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec by 202,000 tonnes. The current casting...
AKFA is planning to expand its exports due to augmented demand for construction materials, industrial components and products of the transport sector following the regrowth of the worldwide economy after suffering the pangs of Covid-19. It plans to export US$110 million worth of products in 2022...
On Friday, July 8, Hydro announced that it broke ground this week to mark the start of the expansion work of its aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany. The project will require around EUR 40 million of investment to produce 25,000 tonnes of HyForge per year, increasing the use of...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the average operating rate at China’s major aluminium processing enterprises has slipped by 0.2 percentage point this week ending on July 8, to stand at 66.5 per cent. Aluminium wire and cable was the only sector that recorded a growth in operating rate as...
Hydro is reportedly investing NOK 300 million (EUR 29 million) in a new 12-inch, state-of-the-art extrusion press at its Tønder plant in Denmark to boost production capacity and capability to make extrusions with large cross-sections for automotive Tier-1 suppliers and automotive OEMs. Hydro’s...
Headquartered in Rochdale, UK, Precision Technologies Group (PTG) is yet to launch its series of Powerstir dual weld-head friction stir welding (FSW) machines after the success of their dual-head FSW machines released about two years ago. Designated especially for applications in mass manufacturing...
One of the biggest integrated aluminium companies in Romania and Europe ALRO S.A. publicized that its downstream in charge with the extrusion business subsidiary, Vimetco Extrusion, accomplished the installation of a new state-of-the-art 7" press extrusion line, following an investment of...
AlCircle has come up with its latest sector focus report 2022, titled "The World of Aluminium Extrusions - An industry analysis with forecasts to 2027," which focuses on the expected production capacity, output and consumption across regions, applications across end-user industries and trade...
Etem Gestamp aluminium extrusions and Gestamp Etem Automotive Bulgaria S.A., both of them joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as its new Industrial Users member. Etem Group and Gestamp Group have been working together to form a joint venture focusing on the extrusion and processing of...
Egypt Aluminum Company, more popularly known as Egyptalum, the largest aluminium producer in Egypt and one of the largest in Africa, is contemplating revamping its current plant in a bid to enhance production efficiency of equipment and maintain the output capacity at 320,000 tonnes per annum. The...
On June 2, the ASI Performance Standard Certification (2017) was awarded to Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) for aluminium extrusion production process at HAI Extrusion GmbH unit in Ranshofen, a municipality in Upper Austria. In 2020, HAI acquired Performance Standard certification for two...
Alumex PLC, the aluminium extrusion manufacturing giant from Sri Lanka, was presented with a bronze award for its ultimate commitment to transparency and governance at the Asia Integrated Reporting Awards. The company name was mentioned in the Integrated Report (SME) category for collectively and...
Ontario, Canada based Exco Technologies Limited witnessed a significant increase in its short interest, with the total amounting to 111,400 shares as of May 15, up by 60.5 per cent from 69,400 shares recorded on April 30. The days-to-cover ratio is now 222.8 days, based on an average trading volume...
