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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In recent days,NELA oversized special type aluminum alloy plate, strip and profile technological transformation project was the key construction project of Chinalco. Its production line has finished check by electronic hoist scales recently. Due to the large size of these two electronic hoist...
Global leader in Aluminium automotive sheet,Novelis, announced today that it has been selected as the sole supplier of aluminum sheet for the all-new Range Rover Evoque, the lightest and most fuel-efficient Range Rover model ever. The first Evoque rolled off the assembly line in Liverpool on July...
China Zhongwang has been taking effective measures to deal with its heavy task for aluminum plates production and profile processing. The welding process of aluminum plates is very complex. China Zhongwang adopts two-shift production mode so as to guarantee the full operation of all welding...
Sheet producer Nichols Aluminum, a subsidiary of Quanex Building Products, has bought a Vortex Jet Heating coil annealing furnace for processing aluminium sheet at its Lincolnshire, Illinois plant. The furnace, which incorporates Seco/Warwick’s Vortex jet nozzle system, will increase the plant’s...
Demand for semi-fabricated (mill) products was up 4.9% to a total of 7.386 billion lb in the same period. Year-to-date, apparent consumption (demand less exports) in domestic markets totaled an estimated 8.683 billion lb, 3.7% above the previous year. Demand for aluminum semi-fabricated (mill)...
Since July and August, Guangxi province ‘s severest electricity shortage in 20 years together with supply tension of coal and high stress from Nanning-Kunming railway all lead Guangxi subsidiary company of Chinalco to face great challenges. In terms of alumina, the key is preventing cost from...
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation today announced plans to further expand heat treat plate capacity at its Trentwood rolling mill in Spokane, Washington. The investment of approximately $21 million to debottleneck various processing centers is expected to increase the rolling mill's heat treat plate...
According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in the first half of 2011 primary aluminum production in Russia fell by 2%YoY while output based alloys on the contrary increased by 37.4%. As for the half-finished aircraft metal, the statistical data shows mixed results for January to June this...
Luoyang Longding Aluminium has put into production phase-1 of its 600kt/y sheet, strip and foil project. Located in Yichuan, Henan Province, the project is co-funded by Jiangsu Dingsheng Aluminium Co and Luoyang Longhai Investment Co. Phase-1 has a designed capacity of 250kt/y and is expected to...
Novelis, a provider of aluminum automotive sheet, will invest $200m to expand its operations in Oswego, New York, to meet the demand for aluminum sheet for the auto industry in the US. The company said that the expansion will allow the Oswego plant to produce 200,000 tons more aluminum sheet, five...
Novelis will invest $200M to expand its rolling operations in Oswego, NY. It said it was in response to demand for aluminium sheet in the USA. The expansion will result in a capacity increase of 200kt/y, five times the company’s North America capacity for producing sheet for the automotive...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation announced that it has reached agreement in principle with Airbus to supply aluminum plate and sheet for use in the production of commercial aircraft.
Alcoa's focus on pushing its light, yet strong aluminum products as the natural substitute for heavier metals across industries from construction to automobiles and aerospace has substantially helped the company as the flat-rolled products division and the engineered products division reporting...
Back in May (2011), Dan Power ran a couple of blurbs on Armor Report about Kryron Terminator aluminum alloy ballistic armor (body armor and vehicle armor), which was developed by Bourque Industries. Kryron reportedly recently “showed major improvement over earlier test results with the ability to...
Aleris declared that it has inked 5 year deal with Airbus at the Paris Air Show to supply a wide range of aluminum alloy sheets and plates for Airbus’ worldwide programs. Aleris will manufacture the required products at its modern facilities in Duffel, Belgium and Koblenz, Germany where...
Asia's largest aluminum industry expo "ALUMINIUMCHINA2011" will be held in Shanghai international expo center in July 13 to 15. One of the Japan’s largest integrated aluminum metal roll producers Furukawa Sky will participate in this exhibition for the fifth time. Then the products what are thick...
Alcoa Inc. (AA) the largest U.S. aluminum producer was awarded a $1 billion multiyear supply agreement with aerospace firm Airbus for aluminum sheet and plate products. As per the agreement, Alcoa’s products will be used in nearly all Airbus commercial aircraft programs including the fuselage...
