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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Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) Opens Doors To New Recruits
... Reports say that Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), who bought Traco, a company that makes windows and doors in August, has decided to add 280 full-time and seasonal workers at its Traco’s plant in Cranberry near Pittsburgh. ...
Saudi Arabia aluminum production touch 2 million tonnes in 2016
...Driven by a rapidly growing population and the recent approval of the largest government budget in the country’s history, Saudi Arabia’s construction sector is expected to continue to grow through 2015, pushing demand for aluminum products and keeping the Kingdom in the lead as the largest...
Construction Starts At Chemical Alumina Plant Site In Indonesia
...Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) and PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk (Antam), of Indonesia, have started building a chemical alumina plant in the Tayan District, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, based on their agreement reached in August last year. A ground-breaking ceremony was held yesterday at the plant site, with...
Options sought for aluminum wiring
...The Florida Building Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to send a letter to Citizens Property Insurance Corp. recommending that Citizens accept all of the alternate methods allowed by the national electrical code for the remediation of aluminum wiring...
Aluminium business pulls in newcomers
...The market of aluminium extrusion products used in doors, windows and curtain walls has been growing rapidly as wood is getting scarce by the day. Nearly half a dozen companies have hit the market in the past two years to cash in on the growing market size now estimated at around Tk 600 crore a...
Three major focuses of fenestration industrial development
...New energy, new materials, information network, biological medicine, energy-saving and environment friendly sectors desired to be innovation, no exception for fenestration industry. It is a must to complete industrial structural adjustment, ontherwise it is not easy to finish the object of the...
Japanese earthquake - N Bluff alAluminum barriers ready for stadium flood protectionuminum smelter to increase supply
...Modern Woodmen Park is one of the symbols of past Mississippi River flooding. But innovations this year should help to protect the field and fans who go there. From high above Modern Woodmen Park, it's a work in progress. At ground level, it's an engineering marvel. Crews are installing a new...
Aluminum sculptures sprout up around US
...Sculptures constructed from aluminum continue to pop up around the United States. In fact just this month artist Mr Michael Kalish’s sculpture of Muhammad Ali went on display in Los Angeles Nokia Plaza...
Gooding Aluminium launch new all aluminium stair nosings
...Gooding Aluminium the national and international supplier of a wide range of high quality aluminium sheets, aluminium profiles and aluminium extrusions have launched an innovative range of aluminium stair nosings known as GA Step-Up 'Premium' Stair Nosings with super-grip tread inserts...
Axion International Signs First Railroad Tie Order with Alcoa
...Axion International a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic, announced it has signed its first order to provide Axion's innovative Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) railroad ties (referred to as sleepers in Australia) to Alcoa...
Norsk Hydro: China Aluminum Tubing Plant Supplying Japan Homes
... Aluminum originally destined for Japan's air-conditioning systems is being used instead to construct temporary housing in the northeastern region of the quake- and tsunami-affected country, Norwegian producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHY.OS) said Wednesday. ...
GCC building boom boosts demand for aluminum products
... The GCC building and construction industry currently consumes up to 400,000 tons of aluminum annually, making it one of the biggest markets for aluminum products in the region. Construction projects in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait have been key growth markets that are driving the...
Prospect of China's aluminum production and management in 2011
...The year 2011 is the first year of China’s “ twelfth- five” Year. Since reform and openning-up, it has been thirty years. China’s aluminum profile industry has developed vigorously. Aluminium products are mianly used for construction industry...
Rebuilding Japan will need metal, but months later
...Rebuilding infrastructure and shoring up defenses against natural disasters will boost Japan's demand for industrial metals -- eventually. But first, stagnant industrial activity and power blackouts that have disrupted industrial production and halted production at copper and aluminum smelters...
Gooding Aluminium launches new aluminium glazing channels
...Gooding Aluminium the national and international supplier of a wide range of high quality aluminium sheets, aluminium profiles and aluminium extrusions have launched an innovative range of aluminium glazing channels known as GA 'Complete' Shuffle and Shuffle-Less Glazing Systems...
Japan reconstruction to boost demand for timber, aluminium
...Aluminium and timber, New Zealand's two most valuable exports to Japan at more than $1 billion, could be even more in demand after the devastating earthquake and tsunami...
Six New Aluminum Extrusion Profiles from Solid Apollo for LED Lighting Installations
...Solid Apollo launches six new aluminum extrusion profiles. These profiles help to enhance creativity of contractors, architects and lighting designers for LED lighting installations...
Emal honours contractors
...Emirates Aluminium (Emal), a leading Taweelah-based aluminium smelter, has honoured its leading contractors for their standards of environmental, health and safety (EHS) during construction of the phase one of its mega project...
