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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Pandolfo extends its homogenizing capacity with Hertwich technology solution
Pandolfo Alluminio S.p.A., a leading Italian extrusion plant, has placed an order with Hertwich Engineering for the supply of a modern Batch Homogenizing Furnace for extrusion billets. Its commissioning is scheduled for August 2016. Pandolfo has been operating a Hertwich continuous homogenizing...
Malaysia's A-Rank and LB Aluminium join hands to expand aluminium extrusion business
Malaysia based A-Rank Bhd and LB Aluminium Bhd have entered into a potetial synergy that is expected to yield higher returns for both the business entities in the foreseeable quarters. The companies now have a common single largest shareholder in Datuk Leow Chong Howa, a low-profile local...
Sapa: Automating production to stay ahead in Europe
Sapa has signed an agreement with the international flooring solutions company BerryAlloc for the delivery of aluminium skirtings for BerryAlloc’s wet room panels and laminated floor products. Sapa will deliver 37.5 million skirtings from its extrusion plant in Magnor, Norway. “I find it exciting...
Global aluminium extrusion market to exceed 22 mln mt by 2019
According to a latest market research study, the global aluminium extrusion market is expected to exceed 22 million metric tonnes by 2019, growing at a CAGR of almost 7 per cent during the forecast period. According to Chandrakumar Badala Jaganathan, a noted analyst for metals and minerals...
China Zhongwang announces proposed spin-off of industrial aluminium extrusion business
China Zhongwang Holdings Limited, the world's leading processed aluminium product developer and manufacturer, announced details of the proposed spin-off of the Group's industrial aluminium extrusion business. The Group, through an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into an asset purchase...
German aluminium semis producers upbeat for 2016
Despite a slight decline in production in 2015, the German aluminium semis industry is looking forward to 2016 with optimism. 'Although we recorded growth in the automotive sector, other markets like the building and construction industry remained flat,' explained Bernd Schafer, chairman of the...
Commerce will hear Aluminum Extruders Council petition in Chinese semis case
The Aluminum Extruders Council, last week, filed a Circumvention and Scope Clarification case with the Commerce Department against aluminium producer China Zhongwang alleging that the Chinese aluminium producer is using semi-finished products to circumvent taxes meant to account for government...
Department of Commerce initiates circumvention investigation on 5050 Alloy Extrusions
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) last Tuesday issued its long-awaited circumvention decision in the Aluminum Extruders’ petition against China Zhongwang. The DOC decided that while 5050 alloyed aluminum extrusions are not expressly covered by the scope of its orders, it initiated an...
Chinese aluminium suppliers assessed dumping duties by Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago’s Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon recently made a final determination that exporters from the People’s Republic of China have been dumping aluminium products in Trinidad and Tobago. As a result, Gopee-Scoon has ordered the Comptroller of Customs and Excise to...
Bonnell Aluminum to invest $18 mln in Niles facility
Bonnell Aluminum plans to invest approximately $18 million in a new aluminium extrusion line at its facility in Niles over the next year, according to a statement released today. The Newnan, Ga.-based manufacturer of soft and medium-strength alloy aluminium extrusions for the construction,...
China unveils tougher measures targeting aluminium extrusion producers in Foshan
Foshan City in China’s Guangong Province, which is home to the country’s aluminium extrusion producers, will unveil stricter measures targeting air pollution of local aluminium extrusion producers, according to a recent industry report. Foshan of Environmental Protection Bureau submitted Program on...
Aluminium extrusion becomes biggest drag on China
China’s aluminium semis exports fell both on year-on-year and month-on-month basis in January, with extrusion being the biggest drag. Rising SHFE/LME aluminium price ratio and production interruptions around holiday period were to blame for the decline, SMM said. China exported 330,000 tonnes of...
Aluminum extrusion becomes biggest driver behind China aluminum semis exports
Aluminum extrusion has beat aluminum plate/sheet and strip as China’s biggest driver of aluminum semis exports, takungpao.com reported. Aluminum extrusion took up as much as 54.8% of China’s total aluminum semis exports in 2015. According to the 2015 Nonferrous Metals Market Development Report,...
BoscoLighting expands aluminium extrusion range for lighting applications
LED lighting specialist BoscoLighting announces the addition of new products to their aluminium extrusion range to support diverse lighting applications. With the latest expansion, BoscoLighting now offers more than 70 types of aluminium extrusions and multiple options for each, enhancing design...
Bonnell Aluminum to invest $18 mn, expand its automotive and specialty markets
Bonnell Aluminum, a subsidiary of Tredegar Corporation, announced it will be investing approximately $18 million over the next 12 months to fund an expansion project which will include the purchase of a new state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion line at its AACOA facility in Niles, Michigan. Planned...
Dubai Investments' Masharie unit eyes record extruded aluminium production
Masharie, the private equity arm of Dubai Investments (DI), has announced plans to expand its extruded aluminium production capacity by over 10,000 tonnes per annum as demand from downstream industries, transportation and electrical sectors surges across the UAE and GCC. Masharie subsidiary...
Apex Aluminum gets new president and general manager
Apex Aluminum Extrusions, a state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion factory located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, promoted Bill de Koning to the position of vice presiden. The company also hired Don Welsh as general manager, effective March 14. De Koning has been with Apex Aluminum in the...
NAPCO signed in as official aluminium extruder for Oman project
National Aluminium Products Company SAOG (NAPCO) has entered into a partnership with Profils Systemes Gulf FZCO for Saraya Bandar Jissah project in Oman. Under the terms of the agreement, NAPCO will be the official aluminium extruder for doors and windows for the luxury beachfront development. The...
