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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Aldora Aluminium& Glass Products announces expansion of a new plant
Aldora Aluminum and Glass Products, a manufacturer of custom fabricated aluminum and glass products, is pleased to announce the expansion of a new plant location in the Orlando area. At 65,000 sf the plant will house a state of the art, double bay tempering line, a 96” x 220” laminating line...
Aluminum climbs to 16-month high as LME inventories slide
Aluminum prices rose to a 16-month high as stockpiles tracked by the London Metal Exchange slumped amid signs of accelerating economic growth in China, the world’s biggest user of industrial metals. China’s gross domestic product rose 7.5 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, topping...
Norsk Hydro(Sapa) announces results for the second quarter 2014
Underlying EBIT for Sapa improved compared to the first quarter, partly influenced by seasonally stronger sales volumes. Sapa’s restructuring agenda is progressing according to plan and reported EBIT is affected by related restructuring charges. Key Figures - Sapa (50%) Second quarter 2014 First...
AAI Seminar on Aluminium in Building and Construction concludes successfully
With a view to encourage increasing use of aluminium metal in growing buildings / architecture, construction industry and to make sincere efforts in creating awareness amongst public the need to use more aluminium in Buildings, Aluminium Association of India (AAI), an apex body of all aluminium...
Realty sector set to step up use of aluminium
The property developers in the country are expected to consume about 10,000 million tonnes of aluminium in the next five years. “About five to six big developers, including the Prestige Group, will be consuming aluminium in large quantity. This is a huge leap from the existing consumption level in...
Tecnoglass acquires assets of RC Aluminum Industries
Tecnoglass, Inc. ( TGLS ) announced that it has acquired selected assets of RC Aluminum Industries, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tecnoglass stated that among the assets acquired are approximately $70 million in RC Aluminum backlog for high-rise projects in south Florida, all of...
Aluminum plant groundbreaking signals economic recovery
An economics researcher says a groundbreaking for an aluminum plant in western Kentucky sends a bigger message about economic recovery. Governor Steve Beshear, who was joined by other public and private sector officials, broke ground last week on a $150 million dollar aluminum production plant in...
Lundgaard to head Sapa Building Systems
Karsten Lundgaard will join Sapa’s corporate management team as executive vice president responsible for the company's aluminium building systems business area. He takes over on August 1. Svein Tore Holsether, Sapa’s President & CEO, has led Sapa Building Systems on an interim basis for the past...
Solid Apollo LED Lighting offers aluminum LED lighting profiles for professional installations
Solid Apollo LED Lighting has just released a new line of 11 unique aluminum LED lighting profiles. With a large variety of profiles to suit almost every LED project. Do-it-yourselfers, architects, lighting designers, and contractors now have even more options in creating the perfect LED Lighting...
UC RUSAL to invest USD45 million in new casting line at the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces that it has begun initial design work on a project to build a new casting line at the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter (“KrAZ”). The project is part of the Company’s strategy to increase the share of alloys in total aluminium output. Completion...
Aluminium systems help UK building win national award
A Bristol-based building that features extensive use of Technal’s aluminium curtain walling, has won an award for its outstanding design and contribution to the local community. Designed by LA Architects and operated by Parkwood Leisure for Bristol City Council, the £35m Hengrove Park Leisure...
Sapa will double capacity in Vietnam
Sapa is doubling production capacity at its joint venture in Vietnam to support the growing local demand of high-value extruded aluminium products and solutions. The investment by Sapa Ben Thanh Aluminum Profiles Co., Ltd. (Sapa BTG) in Ho Chi Minh City covers a second extrusion press, including...
Nanping Aluminum signs largest decoration contract, worth $ 12.64 Mln
Nanping Aluminum Products Engineering Co. recently secured a 77.93 million yuan ($12.64 million) decoration and finishing contract, local media reported. The contract, signed with Rongxin (Zhangzhou) Real Estate Co., requires the company to install glass curtain walls, aluminum alloy shutters,...
New Extruded Aluminum Arch Cornice Moldings to lower cost & reduce maintenance
In an industry first the Perimeter Systems division of Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., (SAF) introduces its Vertical Radius Arch. The new Vertical Radius Arch was created using the company’s proprietary extruded cornices which are stretched-formed the ’hard way.’The Vertical Radius Arch Cornice...
Wheeler Industries, Inc. announces environmental benefits of aluminum alloy bearing products
Wheeler Industries, the country's leading aluminum bearings manufacturer, is helping companies achieve more reliable performance with lowered environmental impact by switching to Wheeler-manufactured aluminum fluid film bearings. The harmful lead and cadmium content contained in leaded-bronze and...
India hoping for aluminum demand to bounce back
It may have plateaued in the last three years, but analysts are hoping that India’s aluminum demand will grow in the current fiscal year. Demand for aluminum in India is tied into growth in infrastructure, power facilities, consumer durables and automobiles. The country’s demand for aluminum has,...
Ma’aden-Alcoa JV first production-grade coil
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa announced Tuesday at a customer event that the rolling mill at their joint venture aluminum complex in Saudi Arabia has successfully produced its first production-grade coil. The mill at Ras Al Khair is the most technologically advanced in the...
Pressure on profitability of aluminium producers to continue
The power and automobile segments are expected to propel a slight recovery in domestic aluminium demand in 2014-15 after it shrank in 2013-14 on the back of stifled demand from these key end-user sectors, but profitability of domestic players will remain under pressure due to high input costs....
