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>According to the estimate of The Aluminum Association, shipments of aluminium products in U.S. and Canada drop YOY and YTD in July 2016.<br /><br />During July 2016, shipments of can stock by domestic producers totalled 350.3 million pounds, a drop of 1.3 per cent over the July 2015 total of...
<p>Tianjin Zhongwang, China Zhongwang’s subsidiary, has recently succeeded in rolling 7055 aerospace aluminium plates in different specifications, it said on its website today. <br /><br />The success, which is rare in China for now, will lay the ground for its production of 7055-T7751...
<p>Automotive industry is banking heavily on aluminium to meet its energy efficiency and sustainability targets through 2020. Accordingly industry players have upped their spending on capacity enhancement to churn out vehicles that are lightweight and fuel efficient. But the irony is, the capacity...
The Aluminum Association’s Index of Net New Orders of aluminium Mill Products for June increased 7.4 per cent from the previous month. Orders for flat roll products were up 9.1 per cent, while orders for extruded products increased three-tenths of one per cent and orders for redraw rod were up 13.3...
Japanese steel producer Kobe Steel is all set to start aluminium sheets output for the automotive industry in China in the first quarter of the next financial year, said company spokesperson Tatsuro Kanoh on Monday, June 11. Kobelco Automotive Aluminium Rolled Products, Kobe Steel's wholly owned...
According to a recent market research, the global consumption of aluminium rolled products is projected to hit 30 million tonnes in 2020 growing at a CAGR of around 5 per cent. Transportation is likely to surpass packaging to become the fastest growing application market of aluminium rolling, data...
Nanshan Aluminum Co. has made progress in automotive aluminium plate production and will also focus on aircraft-use medium-thick plate. The company’s annual capacity for automotive aluminium plate and high-end aircraft-use aluminium semis is 150,000 tonnes and 50,000 tonnes, respectively. It has...
China Zhongwang Holdings has put the first production line of its aluminium flat rolling project in Tianjin on trial production. The project, with designed annual capacity at 1.8 million tonnes, has two production lines and mainly produces aluminium alloy medium-thick plate used in aircrafts, rail...
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa announced yesterday a long-term contract with Embraer – the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 130 seats – valued at approximately $470 million. Under the multiyear agreement, Alcoa will supply aluminium sheet and plate for Embraer’s new E2s, the second...
Chalco and Baosteel Group signed a cooperation framework agreement on June 17 over automotive aluminium sheet, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) said on its website. According to the agreement, both sides will establish a joint venture in the future to jointly develop, produce...
According to the data released by The Aluminum Association in their latest edition of Aluminum Highlights, estimated net shipments of Aluminium Sheet and Plate by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 697.6 million pounds during May 2016, off two-tenths of one percent from the May 2015 total of 699.3...
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) will break ground on its aluminium precision processing project in China’s east coastal province Fujian in September, reported industry sources. The project, with total investment at 10 billion yuan ($1.53 billion), will produce automotive aluminium...
The demand for automotive aluminium sheet will grow at an unprecedented rate, recent studies conducted across major geographies give clear indication of the trend. The years of 2014 and 2015 were recognized as inflection points for the switch from traditional steel to aluminium and other light...
Novelis, Inc, a world leader in rolled aluminium products, is expanding its plant in lake Ontario, in upstate New York, in a move that could create about 250 jobs over the next four years. The expansion is due to rising demand for aluminium in the auto industry as the popularity of the lightweight...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today celebrated the commissioning of its third state-of-the-art automotive finishing line in Oswego, N.Y. Installed to support the production of stronger, lighter and safer vehicles, the line represents Novelis' latest investment of $120...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, yesterday reported net income of $29 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016. Excluding tax-effected special items, the company reported net income of $50 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, a 35 percent increase...
According to an Aluminum Association report, estimated shipments of Aluminum Foil by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 87.6 million pounds during March 2016, a rise of 1.7 per cent over the March 2015 total of 86.1 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 10.4 per cent...
Vedanta-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) would resume production in its sheet rolling shop (SRS) In a move that would facilitate the company's return to the aluminium rolled product business. Production in the shop was suspended in September last year following crises in the...
