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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Family firm sets sights on Laos
MT Alumet, one of Thailand's leading manufacturers of aluminium extrusions, is beefing up its domestic and global expansion and is set to diversify into mining and drinking water in Laos. Executive director Jainnisa Kuvinichkul says the Thai-owned company is investing 200 million baht to raise...
India’s Birla plans $17bn global expansion
Two of India’s largest family-run groups plan to invest billion of dollars around the globe as they seek to boost revenues by expanding in fast-growing emerging markets and by acquiring distressed assets of companies based in developed markets. Aditya Birla Group, India’s aluminium-to-retail and...
Russian Metal Industry Continues to Shine
The revival of the global economy, increasing price of metals and cost competitiveness of large, vertically integrated companies are adding sheen to the Russian metal industry. In 2010, metallurgy and metal products generated over four times higher revenues than the mining industry. New analysis...
Global Aluminium Market Will be Worth $99.9bn in 2011,Says Latest visiongain Report
The aluminium industry is emerging as one of the strongest markets after recession as the commodity is gradually gaining prominence in the recovering transportation and construction industries. The global aluminium market is a steadily growing market which is expected to follow a progressive above...
Aluminium lacework from Chatterton Lacework
Chatterton Lacework , a leading Australian manufacturer of aluminium building products presents aluminium lacework. Chatterton Lacework now manufactures aluminium lacework based on the popular Victorian design, Rosemary iron lacework that was common in Inner Melbourne homes built during the...
Aluminum Stocks Maintain Shine in Sluggish Economy
In recent quarters, aluminum demand has been on the upswing. Emerging markets have been a huge source of revenue as populations and economies in China, Brazil and Russia have become richer, leading to higher levels of building. Meanwhile, aluminum has been taking on a bigger role in electronic...
ShanXi Huaxing Improve County Alumina Project Construction
Shanxi Xingxian Alumina Mine Project has finished its contruction bidding, and will start work this month.Xingxian Alumina Project is one of the main investment construction project of Chinalco,located in Shanxi Lvliang City,and plans to produce 1000 thousand tons alumina per year. It is learned...
Aluminium ceiling panels in new office
Stepping off the elevator into the foyer of HudBay Minerals’ new 26,000-square-foot head offices in Toronto, visitors are met with actual ingots of raw zinc on the wall, branded with the HudBay stamp. The ceiling panels are made of recycled spun aluminum that artistically mimics the ceilings of the...
Rusal expects substantial jump in China sales
China's constraints on electricity supplies will help greatly boost United Company Rusal PLC's sales to the country, said a senior company official. "We expect aluminum exports to China will start to increase substantially next year," said Oleg Mukhamedshin, deputy CEO. The gap between demand and...
Holland 1916 Now Offers ColorIn Aluminum to Nameplate Customers
Holland 1916, a manufacturer of custom stainless steel and aluminum nameplates, data plates, and tagging solutions, expands its product offering to include ColorIn aluminum nameplates. ColorIn aluminum (sometimes referred to as two step color anodizing) is a product that uses cobalt salts to create...
Alcoa Kawneer Products Featured on Award Winning Art Gallery of Alberta
A range of architectural aluminum products from Alcoa’s (NYSE: AA) Kawneer business were used in the design and construction of the new Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada, recently recognized by Metal Architecture with the Grand Award in its 2011 Metal Architecture Design Awards. Alcoa Kawneer's...
Guangyuan Foamed Aluminum Products Receive Favors
The 1st China International Advanced Materials Industry Exposition was held in Harbin on September 6th.A professor of Harbin Institute of Technology said that he finally saw the dreamed products after looking at foamed aluminum products of Guangyuan. Someone from Ukraine also said they would use...
Recycling seminar a success
The first joint seminar ‘From Ashes to Metals’ organised by the Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP) and the Packaging Group of the European Aluminium Association (EAA) was a success. The seminar gathered a experts and companies active in the sector of treating bottom ashes from...
Hydro expanding in China
Norwegian aluminum producer Hydro is breaking ground for a new extrusion press in Suzhou to help satisfy the growing local demand of high-value extruded aluminium products and solutions. Hydro expects to have around 600 employees in Suzhou when the new presses are brought into full production,...
CRH eyes €400m stake
BUILDING MATERIALS group, CRH, may be close to doing a deal with Oleg Deripaska, the Russian billionaire whose interests include a stake in the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick. Mr Deripaska is one of Russia’s richest men. Forbes recently estimated his worth at around $10 billion. He is chief...
Aluminum: A Global Strategic Business Report
The worldwide aluminum market is expected to reach 52 million tons by the year 2015. Factors for this growth will include enhanced consumption from China and India, and the rising use of the metal in the automotive and packaging sectors. The economic recession severely impacted the world aluminum...
Battle for bigger share of the white metal
Aluminium industry officials agree this country’s requirements of the white metal will continue to rise annually at a pace much higher than our growth in gross domestic product (GDP). The government is targeting an annual GDP expansion of nine per cent during the 12th Plan, beginning April 2012. B...
China Aluminum Profiles Industry Report, 2010-2011
China is the world's largest consumer of aluminum, with aluminum consumption of more than 14 million tons per year, accounting for around 40% of the global consumption. However, aluminum consumption per capita in China still remains at a low level. As matters stand, aluminum consumption per capita...
