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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Zhongwang aluminium product plant at Tianjin to start commercial operation by the end of 2016
<p>Asia's largest aluminium extrusion product manufacturer, China Zhongwang Holdings reports that the first production line of its Tianjin plant will be operational by the end 2016. The strategy behind this plant is to leverage upon the growing lightweight automotive demand. The USD 4.79 billion...
Student entries sought for 2017 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
<p>The ET Foundation, the educational and scientific organization devoted to promoting and advancing aluminum extrusion processes and technologies, and Bonnell Aluminum are seeking entries for the 2017 International Aluminum Extrusion Student Design Competition. Scholarships in the form of...
China Zhongwang's adjusted net profit in H1 2016 rises 0.5% YoY to RMB1.51 bln
<p>The world's leading fabricated aluminium product manufacturer China Zhongwang Holdings Limited announced its unaudited consolidated results for the first half of the current financial year ended 30 June 2016. The Group's external sales volume increased by 6.8 per cent year-on-year to...
Jilin Midas awarded with aluminium-alloy supply contracts for China's high-speed and metro trains
<p>Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries (Jilin Midas), a subsidiary of Midas Holdings, has bagged two supply contracts valued at RMB53.8m (US$8m) for high-speed trains and metro train projects in China.<br /><br />One supply contract for aluminium alloy extrusion profiles and fabricated parts totalling...
Australia to probe anti-dumping allegations on Vietnamese aluminium extrusion exporters
<p>The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission has officially launched an investigation into the alleged dumping and subsidisation of aluminium extrusions by Malaysian and Vietnamese exporters.<br /><br />Australian aluminium extrusion manufacturer...
Midas earnings surge 62% to reach S$3.8 mln in Q2 2016
<p>Aluminium alloy extrusion products manufacturer for the passenger rail transport segment, Midas Holding posted a significant 61.8 per cent rise in earnings for second quarter of 2016. Total earnings reached at RMB18.7 million (S$3.8 million) from RMB11.6 million same period previous year. The...
Granco Clark supplies Whitehall Industries with Taper Quench and Precision Saw
<p>Whitehall Industries of Paducah, KY, has selected Granco Clark to supply a Taper Quench and Precision Saw.<br /><br />The taper quench will allow for isothermal extrusion while maintaining extrusion speed throughout the entire extrusion cycle without compromising product quality.<br /><br...
Kobelco Aluminum lays foundation of $46 million plant
<p>As a part of the expansion of their aluminium business, Japan-based Kobe Steel Ltd. has announced that they have broken ground on a $46 million extrusion plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The plant will manufacture aluminium extrusions and cater to the automotive sector in the US. The new...
Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) continues its fight against Chinese aluminium extrusion
<p>Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) continues its fight against the flood of Chinese aluminium extrusions to US. <br /><br />After long persuasion from US aluminium representatives like AEC and Aluminium Association, In March 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) issued a circumvention...
AEC collaborates with American Institute of Architects (AIA) on knowledge platform
<p>The Aluminium Extruders Council (AEC) has been recognized as an “approved provider” by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for their educational webinar platform. According to Jeff Henderson, AEC President, AEC webinars are designed as an effective method to circulate...
China to continue dumping aluminium extrusions, says US Dept of Commerce
<p>The U.S. industry bodies have been literally waging a war against the rising aluminium extrusions dumping by China. In the wake of their efforts which have of late moved beyond boundaries to stir the European aluminium industry as well, it was speculated that duties on Chinese aluminium...
Chinese fake semis fleeing Mexico for Vietnam
<p>According to reports obtained by Aluminium Insider, a significant flow of fake semis has been emanating over the past several weeks from Mexico to Vietnam. The re-melted aluminium billet is likely to re-enter the Asian market now that the United States market is closed to Chinese aluminium as a...
Granco Clark supplies Qatar Aluminum with die oven for production flexibility
<p>Qatar Aluminum (QAEC) of Doha, Qatar, has selected Granco Clark to supply a Model 40 I/R Die Oven.<br /><br />QAEC was looking for a quick, uniform, die heating option. This fast-heat-up die oven from Granco Clark increases production flexibility, making it easier for QAEC to adjust...
AMTEK develops new pyrometer for aluminium industry
AMETEK Land has developed a new pyrometer that provides high accuracy and a three-in-one capability specifically for aluminium applications, including extrusion press exit, extrusion press quench zone, and aluminium strip mills. The SPOT AL EQS (SPOT Aluminium Extrusion, Quench and Strip) pyrometer...
Global building automation market to grow at CAGR 10% buoyed by aluminium extrusions demand
According to a recently published market report, the global building automation and control market, which was $35 billion in 2015, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9 per cent-10 per cent during 2015-2020. Building automation improves the efficiency of building systems by reducing energy...
Sapa receives Ford Motor Company’s Q1 Award
Sapa’s Cressona plant in Pennsylvania has become one of the first in the aluminium extrusion industry to receive Ford Motor Company’s Q1 Award. “This is an awesome achievement by our employees in Cressona and our Ford program team,” says business area president Charlie Straface, who leads Sapa’s...
AEC joins U.S. manufacturers’ coalition opposed to granting China market economy status
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), has joined Manufacturers for Trade Enforcement, a coalition of leading U.S. industry trade groups opposed to the automatic granting of market economy status for China at the end of 2016. AEC joins The Aluminum Association, American Iron & Steel Institute,...
China aluminium semis exports to fall in June, SMM expects
China’s aluminium semis exports rose in May, but the growth will be unsustainable in June, SMM predicts. Many Chinese aluminium semis exporters told SMM that they expect exports to drop slightly in June, citing poor overseas demand as the main reason. Besides, some traders will reduce exports...
