Fraunhofer IWU is developing lightweight aluminium foam sandwich panels that could help inland cargo vessels continue operating when low water levels force conventional ships to reduce their loads or risk running aground. The proposed shipbuilding structure could reduce vessel weight by...
The 2025 calendar maps the aluminium flat-rolled products (FRP) industry at the intersection of two major trends, i.e., the accelerating transition toward circular manufacturing and the rapid growth of sectors requiring advanced aluminium FRP solutions. Leading this transformation are a select...
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<p>South Korea is today one of the key aluminium markets in Asia with consumption of 21,5 kg per capita compared to 15+kg per capita for developed countries, mostly driven by growing end user demand in the automotive, construction and electronics and communication sector. Studies...
<p>Aluminium plates and sheets are the fabricated aluminium products. The aluminium plates are produced when the aluminium is passed between rolls under pressure and then it changes into thinner and longer. The aluminium sheet is produced when slab is again rolled through a continuous mill in order...
<p>Midas Holdings Limited, the leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy extruded products for the passenger rail transportation sector in China has reported a 76.3 per cent YOY rise in profit after tax for 2016 to 100.8 million yuan (US$20.5 million).</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
<p>According to Preliminary estimates, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada that include shipments by domestic producers plus imports totalled an estimated 13 million tons in 2016, up 2.0 per cent over 2015. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill) products totalled 9.1 million tons, slightly...
<p>According to the monthly aluminium highlights published by Aluminum Association, U.S. and Canadian producers shipped estimated 343.8million pounds of can stock during January 2017, registering rise of 3.1 per cent YOY. Month on month, shipments increased 9.1 per cent. Revised shipments for the...
<p>Novelis Deutschland GmbH awarded Tenovo, worldwide partner for innovative, reliable solutions in metals and mining, the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for a state-of-the-art aluminium automotive finishing line at the Nachterstedt Plant in Germany at the end of 2016.</p> <p><img...
<p>Automotive industry is a key resource generator for the Austrian economy. Rightly known as the 'land of cars,' the European country boasts the existence of a large number of major car manufacturers who have flourished here leveraging on the availability of a number of ancillary industries. The...
<p>According to data provided by the Aluminum Association and the Aluminium Association of Canada, total aluminium can stock shipments by the domestic producers reached 315.3 million pounds during December 2016, down 8.8 per cent from 345.5 million pounds as recorded in the same period previous...
<p>Rolled aluminium semi-finished products such as aluminium plates, sheets and strips can be used in many areas- automobile accessory and body element manufacturing being one of them. The high-strength, light-weight, durable, non-corrosive and highly-ductile material can be used to produce heat...
<p>The new large facility at the aluminium company Hydro´s plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, got started recently: Hydro is producing first coils for customers at automotive line 3 (AL 3).</p> <p>This follows weeks of trials on how the new machines for EDT rolling, continuous annealing and...
<p>Aluminium rolled products — sheet, plate and foil have, for many years, formed a large volume of aluminium products shipped annually all over the world along with castings, extrusions, wire, rod and bar, forgings and impacts, and powders and paste. Sheet, plate and foil are usually made by...
<p>Precision engineering and advanced manufacturing leader Arconic today announced a multi-year contract with Airbus valued at approximately $1 billion. The contract gives Arconic aluminum sheet and plate an unprecedented position on Airbus’ highest volume programs.</p> <p style="text-align:...
<p>Constellium N.V. announced today the official opening of a new state-of-the-art finishing line at its plant in Neuf-Brisach, France, for a total €180 million investment. The new line is designed to meet the growing demand for aluminium automotive body sheet.<br /><br />With a production...
<p>According to a recently published market research report by Reportbuyer, global consumption of aluminium rolled products that are primarily used in packaging, transportation and construction sectors amounted to 23.8 million tons in 2015, up 5.1 per cent from a year ago and a 1.5 percentage...
<p>Constellium N.V. unveiled today a first-of-its-kind application for the automotive industry, which will allow OEMs and businesses to browse through the wide array of Constellium aluminium product offerings available for the automotive sheet and extrusions market.<br /><br />It will now be easier...
<p>Constellium N.V. announced today that it will supply aluminium Crash Management Systems and Automotive Body Sheets for the new PEUGEOT 3008, which will be presented to the public at the 2016 Paris Motor Show.<br /><br />The PEUGEOT 3008 is poised to take the compact SUV market by storm with its...
<p>Automakers are under pressure of resorting to the new CAFÉ standards and environmental norms. Henceforth, aluminium is slowly getting into the SUV and truck segment from the luxury and sports cars. It was already hinted by FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne that 2018 Jeep Wrangler would use a...
<p>According to a recent finance.china report, Henan Mingtai Aluminum Co. made an announcement on September 5 regarding its plans to raise about 1.22 billion yuan for its upcoming automotive aluminium alloy sheet project. The large-scale, listed aluminium rolling mill company plans to raise the...
