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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The Tianjin Xiqing Economic Development Zone and Kobe Steel, Ltd. signed an automotive aluminum plate project on December 25. Covering 100 mu, the Phase I of the project has a registered capital of CNY 454 million and an investment of CNY 1.36 billion; it will mainly produce high-performance auto...
Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co. broke ground this month on a medium-thick plate production facility as part of the first phase of its precision aluminium alloy processing project, according to Chinese media. The facility, with a designed capacity of 200,000 tpy, is scheduled for completion in the...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, said that it will invest an additional USD 205 million to further expand its global automobile recycling operations. The company plans to build new finishing lines at its plants in Oswego, NY and Nachterstedt, Germany. They will be...
Secondary aluminum could one day be automakers’ primary choice, a Novelis Inc. executive said. "They are not in that position yet, but they are asking. They want to be," Marco Palmieri, senior vice president and president of Novelis North America, said Dec. 17. "And I really believe that in the...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced it will invest an additional $205 million to further expand its global manufacturing operations serving the rapidly growing automotive market. The company will build new finishing lines at its plants in Oswego, N.Y. and...
Technology developed by Alcoa researchers in Pittsburgh has become the linchpin of the aluminum producer's plan to expand use of the metal from high-end German luxury cars to aluminum-intensive pickup trucks, minivans and other top-selling vehicles. Randall Scheps, the executive in charge of...
Novelis’ Oswego Works plant has begun constructing a third metal processing line in anticipation of growing demand for aluminum sheet by the nation’s automotive industry. A source who requested anonymity said work has begun on establishing another continuous annealing solution heat (CASH) treatment...
Aleris announced today it is now offering 5083-H128, the newly developed aluminum alloy temper for marine applications that meets the new standards for marine plate as specified in ASTM's B928-13 standard. ASTM is an internationally recognized standards organization that develops and publishes...
Hindalco Industries rose 0.73% to Rs 116.85 at 13:09 IST on BSE after the company's US subsidiary Novelis on Monday, 4 November 2013, announced a price increase on its aluminum automotive sheet products in North America. Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 135.27 points or 0.64% at 21,104.09. On...
Aluminium manufacturer Aleris International is selling 5083–H128, a newly developed aluminium alloy temper for marine applications. The alloy meets new standards for marine plate as specified in the American Society for Testing and Materials’ (ASTM) B928-13 standard, the company said. While...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, announced today the commissioning of its expanded recycling plant in Latchford, Warrington in the UK. With an investment of approximately € 13.6 million (£6 million), the plant’s capacity will increase by over a third and becomes...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced a price increase on its aluminum automotive sheet products in North America. The price increase of $0.11 per pound for 6000-series, 5182-series and 5000-series automotive alloys will be effective for all new orders on or...
Demand for aluminum semi-fabricated (mill) products in the United States and Canada (measured in shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totaled an estimated 1,445 million pounds in August, increasing less than one-tenth of one percent over the August 2012 total of 1,444 million pounds....
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today commissioned a $200 million expansion of its rolling operations in Oswego, NY. The expansion increases the company's North American capacity for producing aluminum sheet for the automotive industry by 240,000 tons, five times the...
The new laser remote weldable alloy is a patented multi-layer aluminium sheet product based on Novelis Fusion. This breakthrough delivers a solution to the industry’s long-time challenge of joining aluminum in automotive production. One of the latest Novelis’ innovations is the remote weldable...
New capacity, import pressure and inventory overhang could push spot prices for aluminium plate downwards, according to Kaiser Aluminum Corp chairman, president and ceo Jack Hockema. The California-based aluminium company is seeing “intensifying short-term competitive pressure” on spot prices,...
US aluminum sheet maker Novelis remains on track to reach 80% recycled content by 2020 despite a persistently tight scrap scenario, Marco Palmieri, president of Novelis North America, said in an interview late Wednesday. Palmieri, formerly president of Novelis South America, was named as head of...
MCC Baosteel Technology Services Co., Ltd. (BTS) announced that, its Heavy Machinery Company completed the plate manufacturing work for the electrolytic aluminum groove of Iceland Branch of Century Aluminum (USA), and passed through the A-level inspection undertaken by the foreign partner on...
