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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Aluminium product shipment by the U.S. and Canada increase in January 2018
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 stood at an estimated 204 thousand tonnes during January 2018, up 3.6 per cent over the volume in January 2017. On a month...
Notion VTec secures RM5.7 million for aluminium extrusion technology
Notion VTec, a manufacturer and seller of high precision components for consumer electronics, digital imaging, and automotive industries, announced RM5.7 million of new investment in its aluminium extrusion technology. The company has received the grant assistance from the government. Image source:...
Aluminium Association reports an increase in aluminium extrusion and forging shipment in North America in 2017
According to 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 358.0 million pounds during December 2017, up 4.8 per cent over the December 2016 total of 341.7 million...
Toyota confirms safety of Kobe Steel aluminium extrusion parts in its vehicles
Toyota Motor Corporation yesterday released a statement regarding impact of Kobe Steel quality issue on Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The company confirmed that they found no safety issues with the aluminium parts supplied by Kobe Steel. “We have examined the data that Kobe Steel provided (one or more...
Shape Corp. acquires aluminium extruder Magnode
Shape Corporation has signed a purchase agreement Ohio-based aluminium extruder, Magnode. The acquisition is expected to close in early March and will increase Shape’s lightweight product and process portfolio. Shape president Mark White said, “Coupling Magnode’s decades of experience in the...
AEC files new circumvention petition on Chinese aluminium extrusions shipped via Vietnam
Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) sought new trade protections against Chinese imports on Tuesday through its Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee (AEFTC), while filing a circumvention petition against China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd and its affiliates of evading anti-dumping and anti-subsidy...
Midas’ JV unit clinches contracts worth RMB2.68 billion for supply of metro train cars
Midas Holdings Limited announced that CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport Co., Ltd. has secured three metro train car supply contracts worth RMB2.68 billion in China. Midas, the leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products for the passenger rail transportation sector, has a strategic...
North American shipment of aluminium extruded products and forgings up in November
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 215 thousand tonnes during November 2017, an increase of 5% over the November 2016 total of 205...
Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) suggests remedy to 232 aluminum investigation
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) was encouraged by the initiation of the 232 Investigation and the implication that President Trump was going to take on the greatest risk to the future of the U.S. aluminum industry - China. AEC members stood up to China’s illegal and unfair trade policies with...
Valspar designs Acrylicoat acrylic coating for aluminium architectural products
Valspar has designed a special Acrylicoat acrylic coating for extruded-aluminium architectural products in order to deliver a smooth, glass-like, extremely hard finish. Valspar Corp.’s Acrylicoat acrylic coating features a propriety resin system developed by Sherwin-Williams Coil and Extrusion...
LB Aluminium’s net profit drops 71% in Q2, revenue increases 7.3%
LB Aluminium Bhd, the largest supplier of aluminium extrusion in Malaysia, announced its net profit and revenue for the second quarter ended October 31, 2017. The company’s revenue increased 7.3% to RM126.94 million compared to RM118.28 for the preceding year correspondence quarter due mainly to...
Hydro acquires Arconic's extrusion plants in Brazil
Hydro Extruded Solutions AS has agreed with Arconic to acquire its two extrusion plants in Brazil. The agreement will strengthen Hydro's downstream position in Brazil and create a solid platform for further growth. "We believe in the integrated business model and Brazil is the country where Hydro's...
Kobe Steel's Chofu aluminium plant loses JIS certification
Kobe Steel Ltd’s Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) certification has been temporarily suspended at its aluminium extrusion plant in Chofu, western Japan, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, in the latest blow to the embattled steelmaker. Kobe Steel earlier had the certifications at its...
Hydro underlines benefits of using aluminium extrusion in offshore vessels
Aluminium extrusion specialist Hydro is of the view that the use of extruded aluminium has a lot to offer in the making of conventional offshore vessels. Though the demand for offshore vessels is low currently, use of aluminium could have a number of advantages in the newly designed vessels. Hydro...
Oman to continue importing aluminium bar rods and profiles to meet construction sector demand
Aluminium products demand in Oman is going to stay strong, industry experts who congregated at the recently ended Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL) 2017 expressed their confidence putting at rest fears of weakening demand from the country’s construction sector. The GCC construction...
“In future aluminium will become predominant in the windows/doors fabrication.” Andrea Trevisan, Sales Manager, SAT (surface aluminium technologies) S.p.A
SAT (SURFACE ALUMINIUM TECHNOLOGIES) S.p.A is an Italian engineering company dedicated to design, produce and install aluminium extrusions surface finishing equipment and packaging systems. SAT has earned the reputation of a market leader in finishing equipment market after 35 years of offering...
Extruded products shipments in North America slightly up in the first nine months of 2017
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, U.S. and Canadian producers shipped an estimated 444.3 million pounds of Aluminum Extruded Products including extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar during September 2017, up 1.4% over the September 2016 total of 437.9 million pounds....
Kaiser Aluminum’s Q3 2017 net income grows US$5 mln YoY; automotive extrusions drive growth
Leading aluminium value-added company Kaiser Aluminum Corporation announced third quarter 2017 results on Wednesday, October 18. The net income of US$20 million, or US$1.16 earnings per diluted share, was higher from the previous year’s Q3 net income and earnings per diluted share of US$15 million...
