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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China Zhongwang to spend big money in buying aluminium extrusion equipment
China Zhongwang Holdings, Asia’s top aluminium extrusion manufacturer, announced that two of its fully-owned subsidiaries will buy 99 sets of aluminium extrusion production equipment. The purchase will cost a total of 3.13 billion yuan ($470 million), and these two subsidiaries are Panjin Zhongwang...
Sapa's profile expertise helps Kestrel spread its wings
Supplier to the fenestration industry, Kestrel Aluminium Systems, has strengthened the relationship with its main supplier of extruded aluminium products, Oslo-based Sapa Profiles. Black country firm Kestrel originally started as a simple distributor of shopfront systems in 1989. However, the...
Aluminium semis exports from China still down despite MoM increase in May
According to numbers recently released from the People’s Republic of China, aluminium semis exports rose in the month of May by 1.4 per cent month-on-month and 2.9 per cent year-on-year. The rise to 374,000 metric tons of exported semis is attributed to a corresponding rise in flat-rolled products...
ITA rescinds DOC's request for Chinese extruders
<p>The International Trade Administration (ITA), last week, rescinded the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) request to 124 Chinese extruders to participate in the 2014 Administrative Review. One of the companies which were reached out by the DOC was Zhongwang.<br /><br /> The action was...
Guangdong gets tough on environmental pollution by local aluminium extruders
The government of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, which is home to China’s aluminium extrusion producers, has announced tough measures to curb environmental pollution by local aluminium extrusion producers, Southern Daily reported. It is required that 80 per cent of aluminium extrusion producers...
Aluminium alloys in shipbuilding – a fast growing trend
Trends in shipbuilding have become similar to those in the automobile industry in recent years and the growing demand for automobiles, heavy duty vehicles, aircrafts, trains and ships is also set to significantly spur demand for aluminium flat rolled and extruded products. In fact, the use of...
Aluminium extrusion plant undergoing $18M expansion
The AACOA plant, a subsidiary of Bonnel Aluminum in Bertrand Township is receiving an $18 million expansion. Bonnell Aluminum is making the investment that includes a new state-of-the-art aluminium extrusion line and more floor space at the site at 2005 Mayflower Road. The company plans to start...
EDGE Architectural Ecosystem allows Australian manufacturer to extrude aluminium profiles of choice
Leading Australian provider of aluminium window and door framing suites, EDGE Architectural has expanded its framing suites with the EDGE Ecosystem, a community of people, organizations, suppliers, processes and elements interacting to create a network of support. This ecosystem includes EDGE...
Global aluminium extrusion market to grow at a CAGR of 6.71% during 2016-2020
According to the data released in a recently published market research report, the Global Aluminium Extrusion Market will grow at a CAGR of 6.71 per cent during the period 2016-2020. Growing construction market has been identified as the sole growth driver for the sector. Aluminium extrusion is a...
April IIP down at -0.8% but aluminium wires & extrusions clocks high growth at 26.4%
Indian Industrial production numbers released recently turned out to be a disappointment. In terms of industries, nine out of the twenty two industry groups in the manufacturing sector registered negative growth in April 2016 compared to April 2015. The sectors which bucked the trend and clocked...
Sagar Asia enters into an asset purchase areement with Golkonda Aluminium
Sagar Asia Private Limited has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Golkonda Aluminium Extrusion Limited to purchase certain assets from Golkonda Aluminium located in Hyderabad. In a journey of over three decades, Sagar Asia has attained leadership in the Indian market as a manufacturer of...
Sapa and Norsk Hydro agree to new supply contract
Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA, announced yesterday that it has come to an open-ended agreement with Norwegian extruded aluminium provider Sapa AS. The new agreement, which is for Norsk Hydro to provide extrusion ingot...
Sapa invests in new site in southern France
Sapa is consolidating its position in the aluminium extrusion sector in France by investing in new value-adding services in Le Garric, extending the company's ability to meet the growing needs of customers. Sapa opened its new 2,400 square-meter machining workshop at the Le Garric site, north of...
Hydro renews metal sales agreement with Sapa JV
Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA’s fully owned subsidiary, Hydro Aluminium AS, has entered into a sales agreement with Sapa AS, a global provider of downstream aluminium solutions, owned 50 percent by Hydro, to supply extrusion ingot under an open-ended agreement starting in 2017. Front,...
Napco posts $12.4m revenue in Q1
Oman-based National Aluminium Products Company (Napco), a leading extruder of aluminium in the GCC, said it has achieved OR4.8 million ($12.4 million) in revenues during the first quarter ending on March 31. The company reported a net profit of OR141,000 ($366,233), said a statement from Napco....
C M Downton wins £12m contract with Sapa Profiles UK
Logistics company C M Downton has won a three-year, £12 million renewal contract with aluminium extrusion producer Sapa Profiles UK. It will continue to run the company’s national distribution, delivering from Cheltenham, Tibshelf, Redditch and Birtley. The logistics company also runs an inter-site...
Hindalco Q4 net profit more than doubles to Rs 356 crore
Aluminium maker Hindalco today said its standalone net profit more than doubled to Rs 356 crore for the quarter ended March 2016 helped by growth in sales of value-added products as well as cost efficiencies. The flagship firm of the Aditya Birla Group had clocked a net profit of Rs 160 crore in...
China Zhongwang eyeing rosy automotive aluminium market
There is vast growth potential for aluminium applications in transportation sector, and China ZhongWang Holdings, the country’s leading aluminium extrusion manufacturer, is sparing no efforts in tapping into this market. “With China’s ongoing energy saving and emission cut drive, aluminium, thanks...
