Aluminium extrusion usage in building and construction to grow 1.24% CAGR through 2035, with Americas at 1.15%, Europe at 1.30% & MEA at 2.47%
What does the building and construction market mean for aluminium extrusion industry? The answer may depend less on how much the world builds and more on where it builds and what those buildings require. As construction activity picks up across regions, aluminium extrusion is set to follow - but...
Meagan Lalonde joins Metra North America as Architectural Sales Manager
Metra North America, leading manufacturer of engineered architectural systems specialising in custom fenestration, curtain wall, and building envelope solutions, has announced that Meagan Lalonde has joined the company as Architectural Sales Manager. Lalonde brings more than a decade of experience...
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German aluminium semis producers upbeat for 2016
Despite a slight decline in production in 2015, the German aluminium semis industry is looking forward to 2016 with optimism. 'Although we recorded growth in the automotive sector, other markets like the building and construction industry remained flat,' explained Bernd Schafer, chairman of the...
Hydro and NTNU launch research center dedicated to aluminium products of the future
Hydro is donating up to NOK 10 million to create a five year professorship at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The professorship will support the creation of the NTNU Aluminium Product Innovation Center (NAPIC). The vision of the center is to find new product areas for...
CRL opens CRL-U.S. Aluminum Super Center in Atlanta
C.R. Laurence, the world leader and wholesale distributor to the Glazing, Industrial, Construction, Architectural industries, completed its new 105,000-square-foot CRL-U.S. Aluminum Super Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Super Center combines a CRL Service Center and a U.S. Aluminum Service Center...
British furniture brand to display aluminium select range in its new showroom
Luxury British home and garden furniture brand, Bridgman is offering one lucky reader the chance to WIN a Mayfair Dining Table and 4 Chairs (worth £789) to celebrate the official opening of its new Wilmslow showroom. Family run Bridgman has been designing and manufacturing the highest quality...
Gartner to supply aluminium facades for the largest building project in Switzerland
New Major Contracts from Los Angeles to Frankfurt - Europe’s highest skyscraper will be clad with an aluminium-glass façade made in Gundelfingen, Bavaria. Josef Gartner GmbH was awarded the contract for the building shell of 460m high Lakhta Centre in St. Petersburg. Gartner will also manufacture...
Chalco eyeing aluminium downstream expansions
Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) will focus on aluminium applications in transportation and construction sectors, said its chairman Ge Honglin, who is painting a rosy picture of aluminium use in China. Ge was quoted by Wenhua Finance as saying aluminium applications in China is far from the...
Bonnell Aluminum to invest $18 mln in Niles facility
Bonnell Aluminum plans to invest approximately $18 million in a new aluminium extrusion line at its facility in Niles over the next year, according to a statement released today. The Newnan, Ga.-based manufacturer of soft and medium-strength alloy aluminium extrusions for the construction,...
ALUMINIUM 2016 grows with the lightweight construction megatrend
Excitement is building for the 11th edition of the ALUMINIUM trade fair and conference, to be held in Düsseldorf from September 29 till December 1. Eight months before the fair commences more than 700 exhibitors have registered for the world's largest branch event. So it looks like ALUMINIUM is...
Aluminum Landscape bodies from Crysteel offer increased payload, lower maintenance costs
Crysteel Manufacturing's Aluminum Landscape bodies combine the strength and convenience of Crysteel's Landscape Tipper with the lightweight efficiency and durability provided by aluminium construction. Crysteel's Aluminum Landscape bodies offer up to 13 per cent more payload capacity than...
Utility vehicle manufacturer Fruehauf chooses Endur aluminium sheet from Alcoa
Utility vehicle manufacturer Fruehauf has designed a new series of tip-trailers, which, for improved strength, durability and weight-saving reasons, are manufactured using Alcoa's Endur-Al aluminium sheet. Endur-Al is 52 percent harder than a standard aluminium alloy of type 5083 H111, and 20 to 30...
Aluminium body frames to replace fibre bodies of buses in Pune, India
Deemed a major security hazard, transport body in Pune is now replacing fibre parts with aluminium or other metal. After a spate of recent road accidents, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mandal Limited (PMPML) has now taken up commuters' safety on a priority basis and started removing seats and other...
Australian civic authorities planning aluminium architectural upgrades for car parkings
The civic authorities in Australia are planning major facelift for their car parking facilities across important cities this fiscal. While there are some reports that indicate a dip in car ownership due to younger generations shunning cars in favour of car sharing, the recent ABS figures show car...
Aluminium-clad blocks used for University of Portsmouth's new architecture school building
The new architecture school building at the University of Portsmouth, England, is donning a suave, contemporary look, thanks to the designing expertise of architects from Penoyre & Prasad. Aluminium-clad blocks on concrete piers have been used for construction of this building around a landscaped...
Melbourne property company creates breakout room using aluminium partitioning
Leading property and infrastructure services company BurnsBridge Sweett selected aluminium partitioning systems from Criterion Industries to create a breakout room in their Melbourne office. During the execution of their Melbourne office fitout, BurnsBridge Sweett sought Criterion’s products to...
Dudley's Aluminium working on Gatwick Diamond Project
Aluminium fabricators Dudley’s Aluminium will begin work on a new office development at Gatwick Diamond this year, which will generate revenue for front-line emergency services. The offices are being developed on a brownfield site which has been pre-let by the South East Coast Ambulance Service....
BoscoLighting expands aluminium extrusion range for lighting applications
LED lighting specialist BoscoLighting announces the addition of new products to their aluminium extrusion range to support diverse lighting applications. With the latest expansion, BoscoLighting now offers more than 70 types of aluminium extrusions and multiple options for each, enhancing design...
Duty hike on aluminium to impact India's downstream industry
Stating that the production cost of aluminium in India rose even as it became static globally, the Economic Survey today said raising tariffs to check imports will impact downstream sectors like power and construction. Indian aluminum industry will continue to face difficulty unless world prices...
Goldman Sachs sees aluminium price slide as China ups exports
Goldman Sachs expects the outlook for global aluminium prices to deteriorate over the next 12 months as China exports more semi-manufactured metal. "(The) aluminium market continues to face the greatest bearish fundamental shock in a generation, and perhaps, in its history," it said in a research...
