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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US export of aluminium tubes and pipes expected to drop faster than import in 2017
Tubes and pipes are two aluminium extruded products that have wide uses across a number of sectors. The most common aluminium alloys used for tubing and pipe are 2024, 3003, 5052, 6061, 7075. USA has a big demand for aluminium pipes and tubes which has a flourishing end use market in aerospace,...
apt Extrusions opens the door of its Monheim extrusion facility to visitors for a demo
apt Extrusions GmbH & Co. KG, Monheim, Germany opened its doors to visitors to experience their plant and facilities during the "Long Night of Industry". The participation is free and visitors thronged the Monheim site with goggles, hearing protection plugs and headsets to see the processes. apt...
Oman’s 2017 aluminium bar rods and profiles export to decline 20% YoY
Aluminium bar rods and profiles export by Oman is nearing a year-on-year decline in 2017. The Middle East country with a promising downstream aluminium manufacturing base is projected to ship around 2822.5 tonnes of aluminium extruded products internationally by this year end, global trade data...
Kobe Steel admits of presenting falsified data on aluminium and copper product shipments
Japanese steel and aluminium product manufacturer Kobe Steel admits through a statement that the company has put forward fabricated data to falsely present that aluminium and copper products met customer specifications. The company statement says that about 4 percent of the aluminium and copper...
Frieze art fair in London features sculptural entrance made of waste aluminium
The venue for the Frieze art fair in London this week features a sculpted entrance with walls of pleated and folded aluminium which is recycled from waste. Designed by Universal Design Studio, an architecture and interiors firm from London, the venue for this year's Frieze London is designed to...
Superior Extrusion announces $10.5 million expansion at K.I. Sawyer
The two-decade-old Upper Peninsula-based Superior Extrusion Inc has announced a $10.5 million expansion at K.I. Sawyer — a move that is expected to create about 30 jobs by 2020. According to the chairman of the board of directors of Superior Extrusion Inc, George LaBlonde III, the company needs to...
Aluminium billet processing fees rise in China Guangdong as extruders shift from ingot to billet
Driven by environmental factors Chinese aluminium extruders in Guangdong extrusion hub have turned away from aluminium ingot to billet, leading to a spike in billet processing fees. A large number of aluminium extrusion producers in Guangdong have closed their melting and casting facilities due to...
Orders for aluminium mill products in North America up in August month on month
According to the latest statistics from Aluminum Association, “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” for August increased 12.6% month on month. Orders for aluminium flat roll products (sheet, plate, can stock and foil) were up 10.3%, while orders for extruded products increased 24.3%....
Talum expands aluminium extrusion billet production
Talum d.d. based in the Slovenian town of Kidričevo has ordered a continuous homogenizing furnace and a helical ultrasonic testing station from Hertwich. The new plant will start operation in July 2018 and will almost double the homogenizing capacity of the group. Founded in 1942, Talum started...
Granco Clark set to exhibit at Aluminum USA 2017
GRANCO CLARK, Inc. of Belding, Michigan, will exhibit at the Aluminum USA 2017, Music City Center, Nashville, Tennessee, October 25-26th, Booth 507. Granco Clark, a full-service company and global leader in the aluminum extrusion industry manufacturing a full range of equipment including some of...
The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum images show a huge dome made of shining aluminium stars
The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum, which is scheduled to complete by the end of 2017 is located on an archipelago off Saadiyat Island, a man-made island of the coast of the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi. The latest images of the museum that have been shared on Twitter by French Ambassador to the...
China Zhongwang acquires Germany’s Aluminiumwerk Unna
Zhongwang Aluminium Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of China Zhongwang Holding Ltd., a manufacturer and developer of aluminium extrusion products, has acquired Aluminiumwerk Unna AG (Alunna) in August 2017. Zhongwang will hold 99.72% stake in Aluminiumwerk Unna AG (Alunna). The acquisition will...
Aluminium extrusion and rolled product shipments in North America up YoY in July
<p>According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, aluminium product shipments in USA and Canada were up in July YoY.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/extrusion1.png" alt="News" width="373" height="261"...
Aluminium extrusion profiles sales drive Minfa Aluminium’s revenue up by 11.9% YoY
<p>The Chinese metals and mining company Fujian Minfa Aluminium Co. announced Friday, August 18, its financial results for the first six months of 2017. The Quanzhou based manufacturer and distributor of aluminium alloy extruded profiles and other products for Building-Architecture and other...
IFL delivers aluminium extrusion equipment for OMAV in Stacca, Italy
<p>Italian aluminium extrusion company, OMAV has received the delivery of a shipment of aluminium extrusion equipment from Al Ain, UAE via Cargo firm Integrated Freight and Logistics in Stacca, Italy.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
ATDC launches aluminium extruded lockable security shutters
<p>The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC), manufacturer of steel security doors and window grilles, key lockable removable window bars, driveway gates and aluminium roller shutters and folding closures, has extended its product portfolio with the launch of new lockable security rated...
Jilin Midas clinches three contracts for supply of aluminium alloy extrusion profiles & fabricated parts
<p>Midas Holdings Limited‘s subsidiary Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd has secured three supply contracts from customers in the People’s Republic of China . The combined value of high speed train contracts is RMB184.4 million.</p> <p>CRRC Tangshan Co. has given...
Midas Holdings net profit jumps 197.1% in 2Q2017
<p>Midas Holdings Limited, the leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products for the passenger rail transportation sector in the People’s Republic of China, announced results for the three months ended June 30, 2017.</p> <p><strong>Net profit</strong> after tax jumped 197.1...
