Aluminium extrusion 2035 demand nears 44.22Mt: Industry experts decode next decade drivers
Global aluminium extrusion demand is entering a phase with consumption projected to rise from 35.25 million tonnes in 2025 to 35.93 million tonnes in 2026 and 44.22 million tonnes by 2035, representing a 2.29 per cent CAGR. While building and construction will remain the largest end-use sector and...
Emergency duty on aluminium extrusion imports declined; NZ extruders await federal scrutiny
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...
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Update: Top five aluminium extrusion companies in the world
Aluminium extrusion is one of the highest growth aluminium product segments along with rolled products and castings. Currently, aluminium extrusions capacity across the world stands at around 41.5 million tonnes per annum. Of this, Chinese extruders account for about 56%, equating to about 23.5...
Weaker demand and cash flow weigh on downstream aluminium sector, affecting primary aluminium consumption further
According to the latest update by Shanghai Metals Market, demand in the aluminium plate/sheet and strip industry weakened in China, which as a result boosted the inventories of finished products across all major Chinese consumption areas. Plants grappled with tight cash flows amid growing...
Shipments of key aluminium products by U.S. and Canadian producers up in June YoY
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of Aluminum Extruded Products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers totalled an estimated 216,817 tonnes during June 2018, an increase of 2.8 per cent over the June 2017 total of 210,920...
Coming soon! AlCircle’s new sector focus report on Aluminium Extrusions-- an Industry Analysis with Forecasts to 2025
Aluminum extrusions are a high-growth industry due to growing demand in the building and construction and transport sector. Construction sector contributes about 62% of the global extrusion market, while transport sector contributes about 14%. A number of leading producers have been taking up...
Benada Aluminum expands operation as import tariffs on aluminium boosts domestic extrusion demand
Benada Aluminum, an American owned and operated aluminium extruder located in Sanford, Florida USA has recently added dozens of jobs for a new production line at its Sanford factory. The company is of the view that the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration “have levelled the playing field”...
Declined operating rate across aluminium extrusion manufacturers in June to continue this month
On the face of a sharp decline in demand in the industrial extrusion sector owing to Beijing’s curb on solar power capacity growth and subsidy cuts, operating rate across 30 Chinese aluminium extrusion manufacturers shrank in June, according to Shanghai Metals Market. As per the data found by SMM...
Samuel acquires leading California based aluminium extruder Sierra Aluminum
Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, an Ontario based family-owned integrated metal manufacturing, processing and distribution company; announced the acquisition of Sierra Aluminum, a leader in the aluminium extrusion industry based at Riverside, California. Sierra supplies aluminium extrusions and related...
exlabesa orders two aluminium extrusion presses from SMS group
exlabesa has selected SMS group to supply two 35 MN extrusion presses for aluminium profiles. exlabesa will install extrusion presses at the production locations in Doncaster, UK, and in Minden, Germany. Each extrusion press has production capacity of around 10,000 tons of aluminium profiles....
Purchasing Managers’ Index for downstream aluminium sectors dips in June in China
According to the latest survey report by Shanghai Metals Market, the purchasing managers’ index for the downstream processing industries of aluminium dipped to 46 in June from May’s 54.8. This indicates that the PMI in June stood below the 50 mark that separates expansion and contraction. In the...
Constellium expands R&D capabilities at Brunel University London
Constellium announced today that it has expanded the capability of its University Technology Center (UTC) at Brunel University London and established an R&D Center within the campus to transition technology from the laboratory to its production facilities around the world. Opened in 2016, the UTC...
New electric vehicle sales in China soar 30% MoM and 142% YoY
According to the data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Friday, June 8, 2018, new electric vehicle sales in China register a year on year surge of 142 per cent and a month on month growth of 30 per cent to 92,188 units in May. The cumulative sales of new energy passenger...
GlassPoint Solar partners with Napco for aluminium
GlassPoint Solar, the leading supplier of solar energy to the oil and gas industry, has partnered with Oman’s largest aluminium producer, National Aluminium Products Company (Napco), to obtain aluminium materials for its solar plant project Miraah. The company’s aim is to develop a solar hub in...
AEC releases updated Aluminum Extrusion Manual
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has updated the Aluminum Extrusion Manual, one of the Council’s most important and popular resources on the AEC website. The revised Aluminum Extrusion Manual version 4.2, features new and previously unpublished content, as well as expanded and updated...
Volatile aluminium price to affect US domestic aluminium finished products manufacturers
The US domestic aluminium finished products manufacturers such as automakers and can makers have been in real distress over the past few months on increasing volatile aluminium price range across the world. Series of events like the United States’ tariffs on imported aluminium and steel, followed...
2018 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition winners highlight advantages of extrusion
The winners of the ET Foundation’s 2018 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition were announced during Extrusion Design University – EDU ’18 held May 15-17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Seven designs were recognized, including two professionals and five students, for designs that showcased the...
Oman’s aluminium bar rods and profile exports to outpace imports in 2018
It is expected that Oman’s exports of aluminium bar rods and profile will be more than imports in 2018. The country is home to some of Middle East’s leading aluminium extrusion manufacturers. As shown in data, Oman imported an estimated 22150 tonnes of aluminium bar rods and profiles in 2016. The...
AEC organized Extrusion Design University or EDU ’18 on May 14-16, 2018 in Chicago
More than 135 design, engineering and extrusion professionals attended Extrusion Design University, or EDU ’18, the new event produced by the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), held May 14-16, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. EDU ’18 included more than 25 hours of educational sessions, a general session,...
Granco Clark expands its Belding Michigan facility by 50%
Granco Clark, Inc. has announced through a press release that they are expanding its manufacturing facility by 50% at its single facility in Belding Michigan. The company says in its press release that they are expanding their operations to cater to the aluminium extrusion market growth driven by...
