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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Kobe Steel, Ltd. has tied up with Jiangsu ALCHA Aluminium Co., Ltd., a major producer of aluminum rolled products in China, to expand its aluminum business in China. Kobe Steel and ALCHA have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture in Baotou, Inner Mongolia to produce and sell...
According to the survey of 34 aluminum plate & strip enterprises that 53% of these enterprises expected orders will reduce in Dec. and others thought will increase or maintain the same level. According to practice from November this year to April next year was time for air-conditioner enterprises...
Aluminium Company of Malaysia Berhad (Alcom) has commissioned a $5M expansion at its Bukit Raja, Malaysia, facility. The producer of rolled aluminium said the expansion consisted of a tension leveler system designed to improve coil flatness and surface cleanliness for overall quality and product...
Aleris is to build a casting facility for aluminum-lithium plate and sheet products. The facility will be built at its Koblenz, Germany plant and will expand the company's ability to meet the needs of the aerospace market. Aluminum-lithium alloys enable aircraft manufacturers to increase fuel...
Through Novelis, Hindalco is trying to capture the upstream market of value added aluminium products such as beverage cans. Novelis also makes aluminium for cars. Novelis plans to invest between $500-600 million (roughly Rs 3,120 crore) in its global expansion plans in the current year. Most of...
The Aluminum Association’s Nick Adams said that the US is now “essentially” a net exporter, which hasn’t happened in a long time. He makes his case citing the uptick in exports within the sheet and plate markets — up 36 percent in 2011 to date, compared with the same period in 2010. Also, Adams...
The impact of the Eurozone crisis on price and demand has been dramatic. Aluminium prices currently trade at a around $2150/t, well below the marginal cost of production. And global demand prospects have weakened. In Europe, sheet and extrusion markets are now declining, with prospects for 2012...
Zouping County Tai Xing Industry and Trade Co., Ltd is a world-wide professional manufacturer and supplier of Aluminum Foil, Aluminum Coil , Aluminium Sheet, Aluminium Coated Coil, Aluminum Strip, Aluminum Circles, Aluminum Wire Rod, etc. This time they choose China Aluminum Network as their...
Furukawa-Sky hereby announces its conclusion of an agreement to purchase a site within the Amata City Industrial Estate in Rayong Province in eastern Thailand and its decision to provide 100% of the investment to build an aluminum rolling mill on the site. The objective for constructing the new...
The Government has agreed to enforce mandatory standards on six tariff lines of aluminium sheets and foils, effective Nov 1, the International Trade and Industry Ministry said today. Implementation of the standards is to ensure raw materials used in end-products met quality and safety requirements,...
Aleris has signed a Letter of Intent with the Zhenjiang Municipal People's Government in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China, regarding a potential new investment of approximately $200 million by 2014 for the production of aluminum coil and sheet for automotive applications. If approved,...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Mines, has added another product to its portfolio with the launch of aluminium chequered sheets. NALCO's smelter at Angul in Orissa has started production with thickness ranging from 0.60 mm to 3 mm. The new product...
The growth of a downstream aluminium cluster at Sohar augurs well for investment in value-added tertiary aluminium industries, according to top executives at two companies currently at the heart of a promising push to extend the downstream aluminium value chain. Oman Aluminium Rolling Mills (OARM),...
Jindal Aluminium will invest Rs 500 crore to set up a factory for making foils and sheets near its existing extrusion facility in Bangalore, a top company official said today. "The plant will come up near our plant in Bangalore. It will go on stream by March next year. We are investing Rs 500 crore...
Henan Shunbang Tech Co.ltd plans to build a project for aluminium sheet, strip and foil. The project is estimated to have an annual output of 200,000tons, including 150,000tons aluminum sheet and strip, 500,00tons aluminum foil. Located in Mihe, Gongyi, the project has a total investment of...
Preliminary estimates indicate that aluminum demand in the US and Canada -- shipments by domestic producers plus imports -- totaled an estimated 12.317 billion lb during the first seven months of 2011, 6% above the same period of 2010, according to the Aluminum Association. Demand for...
Officials from Southern Aluminum Finishing Co.,Inc. announced that Huber Street Properties, LLC, a closely related entity to SAF, has purchased the facility in which SAF-West currently operates. SAF-West serves the western United States, Canada, and Pacific Rim markets with architectural aluminum...
Chinalco Ruimin’s high precision aluminum sheet project came into operation in Mawei, Fujian. Governor Su Shulin, party secretary and general manager of Chinalco, Xiong Weiping attended the ceremony for production. The project has a total investment of 3.5billion RMB. It is estimated that at the...
