
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...
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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Lehni recently showcased its timeless Aluminium Shelf at Milan Design Week, a staple of the company's expertise since the 1960s. Despite starting as a plumbing workshop in 1922, Lehni has always been closely connected to architecture and art. Partnerships with eminent personals like Max Bill in the...

Last week, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) declared that Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) has successfully been registered as a new Production and Transformation member. OARC is a green field aluminium rolling mill located in Oman, established in 2011. The plant is situated in the...
Renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando has recently unveiled his highly-anticipated design for the MPavilion, which is scheduled to open later this year at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens. Ando's signature style, characterized by strong geometric forms and the use of simple materials such as...

Vedanta Aluminium is reportedly increasing production at its smelters in Jharsuguda (Odisha) and Korba (Chhattisgarh) to widen its product lines and diversify product mix to cater to sunrise sectors like high-tech manufacturing, electric vehicles, green building, renewable energy, and battery...

Aluminium is becoming more popular among businesses and consumers as they prioritise sustainability in their products, according to the Aluminum Association, the industry’s leading voice, representing companies that make 70 per cent of the aluminium and aluminium products shipped in North America....

Metallurgists and chemists are working on a less fantastical but comparable problem: recycling materials to the same grade 'A' quality they began life in. For instance, recycling steel may seem simple. Still, it isn't, and according to the German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles Audi,...

Aperture, the luxury door company, has opened its new showroom in King Street, Knutsford, a market town in Cheshire, England. Aperture has invested £150,000 in bringing the greatest custom doors money can buy to Cheshire. The brand is known for providing luxury aluminium doors with top-class...

Award-winning Italian architect-headed firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop has accomplished leaving its first footprint in Turkey with the construction of the magnificent Istanbul Modern Museum. The use of aluminium in construction has somehow elevated the outer look of the museum, illuminating the...

It has been reported that Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd is about to expand its extrusion capacity in its Klang plant at Selangor to suffice the rising demand for solar panels. Tan Sri Koon Poh Keong, the firm's chief executive officer, assured that Press Metal was hoping for an additional...

The leading and award-winning developer based in Dubai, UAE, Azizi Developments has partnered with Peri, the German manufacturer and supplier of formwork and scaffolding systems, for its Beachfront 1 project, which is regarded as a crucial component of its upscale waterfront Riviera project....

The Japanese group of companies that manufactures building materials, plumbing fixtures and housing equipment, LIXIL Corporation, has successfully mass-produced billets using 100 per cent recycled aluminium for the first time in Japan at its Oyabe Plant. In FY'22, the company had already acquired a...

Yeoman Rainguard, known across the industry for producing, supplying, and installing high-quality rainwater systems, has released two new product brochures. The aluminium brochure highlights the widely acclaimed XL and SL ranges of aluminium gutters and downpipes, as well as the market's first...

A community centre built by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA) in Mississauga, Ontario, mixes regional inspirations with a mass-timber construction. Although the structure has a simple rectangular design, the section is moulded by slanted roof peaks that let in light. The west and...

The Pietermaritzburg-based aluminium producer Hulamin, who counts Tesla among its customers, asserted that it had made substantial strides in the quickly developing electric vehicle (EV) industry. 10.2 million passenger electric cars will be sold worldwide in 2022, according to Counterpoint...

AlCircle: How is the Australian Aluminium Council helping to promote sustainable bauxite mining and metal production? Mr Mike Ferraro: Aluminium is one of the commodities most widely used in the global clean energy transition. Transitioning the world towards green energy sources will require 50%...

Globally, the aluminium industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Light metal demand is primarily driven by the development of transport, energy, electronics, building & construction, and other industries that require increased energy efficiency. There are, however, some issues that need to be...

This week, the downstream aluminium sector has not seen much upheaval, but whatever progress happened can be considered extremely serious. Ball Corporation’s subsidiary, Ball Aerospace, was found delivering precisely engineered aluminium components to NASA for its Lunar Compact InfraRed Imaging...

According to the Shanghai Metals Market survey, China’s aluminium production in March 2023 (31 calendar days) stood at 3.41 million tonnes, registering an increase of 10.35 per cent month-on-month from 3.09 million tonnes. The data indicates that the monthly rise in March output brought it to the...