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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Qatalum and Hydro to study zero net energy buildings
Qatalum, Qatar Petroleum’s Aluminium extrusion plant and its Norwegian partner Hydro Aluminium has unveiled a new facility dedicated to developing aluminium-cladding for carbon neutral buildings. The ‘Zero Energy and Emission Building’ lab, located on site at the Qatalum smelter in Mesaieed...
Jilin Liyuan Aluminum’s extrusion output estimated at 76,000 mt in 2013
Jilin Liyuan Aluminum will likely see a 20% growth in its aluminum extrusion output in 2013 to 76,000 mt. According to Jilin Liyuan Aluminum’s 2012 annual report, the company reported RMB 1.52 billion in business revenues last year, up 23.32% YoY. Profits attributable to shareholders of its listed...
Greco Aluminum Railings Ltd has a new subsidiary
Windsor-based Greco Aluminum Railings Ltd. has a new subsidiary, Greco Aluminum Railings USA Inc., which shares an office with Bloomfield Hills private equity firm O2 Investment Partners LLC. But the new majority owners expect its U.S. footprint to grow considerably from there. Last August, O2,...
Nanshan Aluminum Company's operation revenue almost hit 14.9 billion Yuan in 2012
According to the annual report the Nanshan Aluminium Company’s operation revenue was 14.87 billion Yuan in last year, increased 11.57% over the same period; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 0.691 billion Yuan, decreased 32.39% over the same period; earnings per share...
UAE-based conglomerate commissions AED 36.7 million manufacturing plant in India
UAE-based diversified conglomerate Mulk Holdings has recently commissioned a Dh36.7 million (US$10 million) manufacturing plant for Alubond U.S.A. composite panels in Mumbai, India that will primarily serve the growing Indian construction market. The move is part of a Dh300 million expansion plan...
SMM expects operating rates of aluminium extrusion producers to be at 60%
SMM recently conducted surveys on domestic aluminum extrusion producers. Based on orders received by surveyed producers, SMM expects operating rates of these producers to be 60% in March. Construction of infrastructure projects has progressively restarted in south ad north China as it’s getting...
$5 million renovation ultimately results in closure of the aluminum bridge
Sixty-three years after its opening, the bridge made of Arvida aluminum and renovated at a cost of $ 5 million this summer will be closed in 26 weeks. Minister of Transportation and Municipal Affairs, Sylvain Gaudreault, made the announcement yesterday, a week after one of the lanes on the bridge...
Qatalum And Hydro celebrate the opening of Hydro Green Energy lab
Qatalum and Hydro , the Norwegian aluminium producer, have together unveiled Hydro’s newly established facility dedicated to researching and testing aluminium used in curtain wall solutions in support of creating energy, emission and carbon neutral buildings in the Middle East. The Zero Energy and...
Aluminij Mostar said it may have to close down due to weak market
Bosnia's sole aluminium smelter Aluminij Mostar said it may have to close down if it continues to make losses in a weak market beset with slumping demand and rising energy costs. The country's top exporter, which sells most of its aluminium into the depressed European construction and auto...
Befesa, a secondary bauxite mine in Europe produces a secondary mineral similar to bauxite
Befesa Reciclaje de Escorias Salinas is the Befesa division that recycles salt slags, a waste produced by the secondary aluminium industry. Befesa produces three products from salt slags. Firstly it produces aluminium concentrates and smelting salts that are fed back into the secondary aluminium...
ATDC presents S09 aluminium security doors designed for protection and style
Australia’s leading security door group, The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC) presents the S09 Alumax designed to enhance security for home and business owners. Combining superior materials, secure locking technology and stylish contemporary design, the S09 Alumax aluminium security doors...
Somerville Aluminum offers Home Remodeling Projects
Putting your home, money and trust into the hands of a contractor when embarking on a home remodeling project can be overwhelming. To protect yourself and your investment, you should follow a few simple steps to ensure your project runs as smoothly as possible. Somerville Aluminum, one of the...
Aleris to shut Roxboro coil-coating plant by May
US aluminum sheet maker Aleris plans to close its Roxboro, North Carolina, coil-coating plant by the end of May, spokesman Jason Saragian said Wednesday. Aleris will continue to service its coil-coating customers from its other coil-coating facilities, specifically its Asheville, Ohio, and...
Aluminum premium for Japan Seen Rebounding
Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, will probably agree to pay near-record fees next quarter as demand recovers from a three-year low on economic stimulus, said three executives involved in the talks. Fees for the three months starting in April may rise about 2 percent from $240 to...
Bahrain's Midal to process aluminium in Mozambique
Midal Cabos, subsidiary of the Bahrain-based Midal Cables, has signed a deal with Mozal, the second-largest producer of aluminium in Africa, to process part of its production within Mozambique. Minister for industry and trade, Armando Inroga, said that in the mid-term the agreement would reduce...
Export of Chinese Aluminium Cable Increased Four Years in a Row
China exported 121,921 tonnes of aluminium cable, aluminium braid and other similar products(non aluminium steel core cable) in 2012, increased 5.4%. As the forth year of increase since 106,138 tonnes in 2008, it is better than the time before the financial crisis. The main market inside the...
ALU GLASS WORLD 2013 to highlight the merger of glass and aluminum in architecture
ALU GLASS WORLD 2013 is not only the leading exhibition in Egypt but in the MENA Region and Africa which has set itself as a leading market forum in the Region covering the whole process of glass and aluminum industry. Firmly established as an annual event for industry professionals to gather at...
Crystal Extrusion Systems Mark 10th Anniversary
Crystal Extrusion Systems in Union ushered in 2013 as its 10th anniversary in operation. The Missouri-based aluminum extrusion and finishing firm will mark the corporate milestone with several customer and employee celebratory events during the year. Crystal Extrusion Systems provides aluminum...
