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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Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced today the completion of a two-year, $400 million expansion program in South Korea. The expansion of its Yeongju and Ulsan plants increases the company's production capacity in the region by more than 50 percent to approximately...
Gooding Aluminium the national and international supplier of a wide range of high quality aluminium sheets, aluminium profiles and aluminium extrusions has added a range of products and accessories to support existing product portfolio. Recognising the changing requirements of its customers,...
The European Non-Ferrous and Ferrous Metals industry is selected for developing and testing product environmental footprint category rules for metal sheets. The experts in life cycle assessment and sustainability from the aluminium, copper, lead, steel and mining sectors is now looking forward to...
UACJ Group, a comprehensive aluminum manufacturer offering a steady supply of high-quality aluminum material to a wide variety of industries is setting up a new integrated factory in Thailand that will start to operate in January, catering to the growing Southeast Asian demand for aluminium...
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it will establish a company in the Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area in Tianjin, China to produce aluminum sheet for automotive body panels. This decision was made at the board of directors meeting held earlier today. The new company will be the first...
The August North American net new aluminum mill orders index fell 3.5% year on year to 113.51, but was up 3.3% from July, according to the Aluminum Association's monthly report released Friday. Year-to-date, the new mill orders index was down 3.9%, the report said. August plate orders jumped 25.6%...
Aluminium company Eltherington Group has revamped its stockholding business after making a £250,000 investment. The Hull-based firm, which supplies aluminium extrusions, sheet, plate and bars to fabricators and specialist manufacturers across the region, has introduced new products, a new pricing...
Alcoa Inc has been gaining some reach in the auto market. This has fueled its confidence and is stepping up operations in that direction. AA will be breaking ground on the expansion project for its rolling-mill in Tennessee. This will raise its quota of auto grade aluminum sheet production. One...
Estimated net shipments of Aluminum Sheet and Plate by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 695.7 million pounds during July 2013, a rise of 1.1 percent over the July 2012 total of 687.9 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments were up 2.3 percent over the June 2013 revised total of...
Alcoa Tennessee Operations will break ground Thursday on the expansion of its aluminum rolling mill to accommodate automotive sheet production. Currently, Alcoa is the world's largest producer of rolled aluminum can sheets for beverage cans. Over the next three years, the company expects to invest...
SAF (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., Inc.) adds a 3 day paint service for their stock aluminum extrusions and sheet. The SAF 3-Day-Out Paint Program features quality Fluoropolymer, AAMA 2605 compliant painted extrusions and sheets in just 3 business days. "With coordinated efforts throughout the...
Downstream aluminium producer Aleris has raised the prices of its automotive body sheet products by up to 10%, after posting a net loss of $12 million in the second quarter, it said late last week. “Aleris will increase pricing for automotive body sheet products up to 10% for new orders, effective...
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. will continue to boost capacity as it looks to seize expected growth in the automotive and aerospace sectors, Kaiser chairman, president and chief executive officer Jack Hockema said during a conference call July 25. The Foothill Ranch, Calif.-based aluminum company can, for...
Novelis, the world leader in rolled aluminum and recycling, today announced the opening of its expanded aluminum rolling operations in Pindamonhangaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The expansion increases production capacity at the plant by more than 50 percent to greater than 600,000 metric tons of aluminum...
The aluminum company Novelis, headquartered in Atlanta, has announced plans to increase the price for all of its automotive aluminum sheet products in Europe y 160 Euros (US$209.45) per ton. The company notes that the price change is effective immediately for all new orders not covered by current...
Novelis today announced a price increase of 160 Euro per ton for all of its automotive aluminium sheet products in Europe. The price change is effective immediately for all new orders not covered by current supply agreements. “The price increase announced today reflects the strong demand for our...
US and Canadian aluminum demand, defined as shipments by domestic producers and imports, reached an estimated 8.175 billion pounds in the first four months of 2013, 2% above that of the same period last year, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the Aluminum Association. Demand...
Steel giant ThyssenKrupp's Aerospace North America division has entered into a three-year contract extension with Cessna Aircraft Company to remain its provider for aluminum sheet products and other supply chain services, the company announced late Friday. ThyssenKrupp will use its Hutchinson,...
