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 new facility was inaugurated by Hydro together with the local operator, Alu-Laser-Service (ALS), and its supplier Schuler. Adding a capacity of up to 20,000 metric tons per year, the new facility boosts the Hydro site at Dormagen into a most modern cut-to-size center for automotive strip and...
Novelis announced price increases on its painted aluminium sheet products in Europe. The fabrication price will increase by 100 Euro per ton for painted products and selected specialty sheet. The price changes are effective immediately for all new orders not covered by current supply agreements....
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has entered into a technical cooperation agreement with Germany's Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH for aluminum sheet used in automotive body panels. The agreement covers the exchange of technical information regarding the use of aluminum in automobile bodies...
A revolution has been quietly going on in the aluminum industry. While growth has been broadly positive across most sectors, rolled aluminum sheet used for automotive applications has been experiencing double-digit growth. Novelis, the world’s largest roller of aluminum sheet for the automotive...
A Calhoun County facility has seen its contract to provide aluminum to the US military renewed for another year. Gaston-based Charleston Aluminum company has received a one-year maximum, $49.4 million contract to provide heat-treated aluminum sheet and plate materials for the US Army, Navy, Air...
Novelis Inc., is expanding its Korean operations to meet growing industrial demand for a variety of aluminum sheets. Using its success here as a springboard, it has made inroads into China and Southeast Asia to become an industry leader in rapidly growing areas. Novelis, which is based in Atlanta,...
Intensive use of aluminum in vehicles is growing more than 25% a year, signalling "a gigantic and permanent change" in the automotive industry, spurred on by new regulations on fuel economy and carbon emissions, the chief executive officer of a major aluminum sheet producer said. While aluminum...
Novelis Inc. is adapting its plant in Goettingen, Germany, to meet growing demand for recyclable aluminum automotive sheet. The Goettingen plant will produce 20,000 tonnes of automotive sheet per year following the first phase of its expansion and double that capacity in a planned second phase....
Aluminium rolling and recycling company Novelis has announced the opening of a new aluminium recycling and continuous casting line at its Pieve Emanuele facility in Milan, Italy. The €12 million (£10.1 million) expansion marks the company’s ‘largest single investment in Italy in the past decade’...
US aluminum sheet maker Novelis expects to produce around 3 million mt globally in its 2014 fiscal year, around a 6% rise compared with its current output, with the majority of the growth coming from existing South American and Korean expansions CEO Phil Martens said in an interview Tuesday....
Chalco to Sell Stakes at Eight Aluminum Processing Subsidiaries The Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco)’s aluminum processing business has the smallest gross margins and is the one of the major reasons behind its losses. As such, Chalco has decided to sell stakes at its eight aluminum processing...
To meet the growing demand for light, durable, and recyclable aluminum sheet for automotive production, Alcoa announced last week that it will expand its rolling mill in Tennessee. The expansion represents a $275 million investment over the next three years and will add 200 permanent full-time jobs...
US-based aluminium products producer Alcoa said it would invest $275-million over the next three years to expand and convert capacity at its rolling mill in Alcoa, Tennessee, to support automotive producers’ plans to use more aluminium sheet to increase fuel efficiency, safety, durability and...
Showa Denko K.K. has developed high-performance aluminum reflector for crystal liquid displays for use in personal computers and television sets. Sample shipments started last month. This product is an extension of SDKs ST-60 aluminum alloy with high thermal diffusivity comparable to that of pure...
Novelis today announced price increases on its automotive aluminum sheet products in North America. The fabrication price will increase by $0.13 per pound for 5182-series and 5754-series automotive alloys, and by $0.09 per pound for 6000-series automotive alloys. The price changes are effective...
Alcoa expects to more than triple its sales of aluminium sheet to automakers by 2015 as they reduce car weight by substituting it for steel in car bodies, an Alcoa executive said. Revenue from auto sheet - mainly used in car bodies - is expected to surge to $580 million by 2015 from $160 million...
SMM just finished its monthly survey on domestic aluminum plate, sheet, strip, and foil producers. Based on the survey, SMM expects operating rates at the surveyed producers to be 56% in March. In order to compete for market shares, many producers held offers for decorating and air-conditioner foil...
Novelis, the world’s premier producer of rolled aluminum and the global leader in aluminum recycling, announced the appointment of Chris Smith as the new plant manager of its Oswego facility. A 28-year Novelis veteran, Smith’s most recent position was Global Director of Automotive Products at the...
