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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Sapa introduces technical innovations in Confort Smartline
Sapa Building System is bringing to market its new sliding door system Confort Smartline. The energy efficiency provided by this thermally broken aluminium sliding system has helped Confort earn the Minergie certificate for sustainable buildings. Confort Smartline, designed for maximum daylight and...
CIT reprimands DOC for scope ruling in Chinese aluminium-curtainwall battle
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) will have to revisit its decision to extend anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on some curtainwall units imported from China. Last week, Judge Donald C. Pogue of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) reprimanded the DOC for its March 2014 scope...
JVM Castings appoints Group Sales Manager to steer growth in new markets
JVM Castings has announced the appointment of Bob Freeman as the new Group Sales Manager. Bob, who brings with him 32 years of experience in the castings and automotive industries, will help JVM meet and exceed its growth targets over the next few years. In recent years, Bob has served important...
Biosca new business area president for Sapa Building Systems
Karsten Lundgaard is leaving his role as president of Sapa's aluminium building systems business area to seek new opportunities outside the Sapa group. He had been responsible for the operations since July 2014. As of Monday, February 15, Salvador Biosca will assume the role as business area...
Fletcher Building : Aluminium JV to create new windows and doors business
Fletcher Building Limited announces it has reached agreement to create a 50-50 joint venture between its Fletcher Aluminium windows and doors business and NALCO. The new business will be jointly owned by Fletcher Building and NALCO, with each having an equal shareholding. Fletcher Aluminium and...
NAPCO signed in as official aluminium extruder for Oman project
National Aluminium Products Company SAOG (NAPCO) has entered into a partnership with Profils Systemes Gulf FZCO for Saraya Bandar Jissah project in Oman. Under the terms of the agreement, NAPCO will be the official aluminium extruder for doors and windows for the luxury beachfront development. The...
Nalco Chairman TK Chand suggests use of aluminium for building smart cities
National Aluminium Company (Nalco) Chairman and Managing Director Tapan Kumar Chand in his book ‘Aluminium: the strategic metal’ has called for extensive use of the light metal for building smart cities in India. Mr. Chand recently presented a copy of his newly published book to Prime Minister...
Southern Aluminum Finishing Co. selected as Atlanta Metro Export Challenge semi-finalist
Southern Aluminum Finishing Co. received a $5,000 grant and is a semi-finalist in the inaugural Atlanta Metro Export Challenge, a grant competition powered by Chase which boosts support for small and medium-sized businesses looking to begin exporting or to increase their export programs....
MCX aluminium up by 0.4% on strong demand
Aluminium prices edged up 0.44% to INR 103.35 per kg in the futures trading today as participants enlarged positions, supported by strong demand in the spot markets and base metals strengthened overseas. Aluminium for delivery in current month inched up 45 paise, or 0.44%, to INR 103.35 per kg in a...
CRL-U.S. Aluminum partners with ARCOM to integrate its architectural glazing systems into MasterSpec
CRL-U.S. Aluminum, the leading manufacturer and supplier of architectural glazing systems in North America, and ARCOM, the leader in building specification services and tools, has announced a partnership that will incorporate CRL-U.S. Aluminum products into MasterSpec. As the most trusted and...
AMD Supply aims to be the largest aluminium supplier in Miami
Continuously expanding its aluminium product offerings, AMD Supply LLC is, “Delivering On its Promise of Low Cost, Better Quality, and Exceptional Customer Service”. AMD is a leading wholesale aluminium supplier in Miami, recently added a whole new array of products to their lineup, stepping closer...
Carter County Tomorrow obtains option on former aluminium plant
Carter County Tomorrow will obtain an option on the Matheson property on U.S. Highway 19E, where an aluminium extrusion plant once operated. It includes 22 acres on the building site and an adjoining 10 to 12 acres of undeveloped land. The option guarantees an asking price of $4,069,000 for the...
As an educator, Sapa keeps level of technical training high
Increased knowledge is driving the use of aluminium solutions, and Sapa is serving as one of the educators. The company has provided more than 75,000 hours of technical training to external stakeholders since 2013 - and it is not stopping there. The growth in the amount of technical knowledge...
JVM Castings appoints new Group Sales Manager
Midlands-based JVM Castings has appointed a new Group Sales Manager to help the company meet growth targets over the next few years. Bob Freeman, who joined the team earlier this month, brings with him 32 years of experience in the castings and automotive industries, most recently with Sales &...
Valspar showcases its best-selling architectural coatings at Architect@Work London
During Architect@Work London, The Valspar Corporation will be exhibiting in booth #48 and featuring two of its most recognizable architectural coatings brands – Syntha Pulvin® powder coatings and Fluropon® liquid coatings. Architect@Work (A@W) London will be held at the Olympia London in the...
Aluminium consumption in India picking up with GDP growth: Nalco CMD
Aluminium consumption in the country is slowly picking up in the backdrop of an increase in GDP to 7.3 to 7.5 % this fiscal. Growth in electrical & electronics sectors, construction, transport & automobiles are likely to trigger higher consumption, tough rising imports are a major concern for the...
Chelsea FC chooses Sapa's Technal systems for academy extension
Aluminium façade systems from the Technal brand have been specified for a third project at Chelsea Football Club’s training academy campus in the UK - a seamless below-ground extension to an existing pavilion. Sited on green-belt land, the extension demanded a sensitive architectural approach to...
Indian aluminium in 2016: can a turnaround happen?
Aluminium producers in India are looking to the US and other export markets with hope in the new year, after the double whammy of cheap Chinese imports and low prices for the silver -white metal for almost all of 2015. As in other countries, the overall global commodity free fall was the main cause...
