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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In December 2022, the average operating rate of aluminium extruders recorded a month-on-month drop of 1.4 percentage points and a year-on-year decline of 14 percentage points to stand at 36.5 per cent, found the Shanghai Metals Market data. The average operating rate of large enterprises was 37.8...
The usage of aluminium is still growing, expanding in the twenty-first century thanks to the development of advanced alloys that can withstand enormous loads, allowing for the use of strong glass walls that let more light into buildings and skyscrapers. The use of aluminium in architecture has made...
The leading manufacturer in Romania for PVC joinery under the QFort brand Casa Noastra is building a new factory to include aluminium products in its offering. It has also publicised that in 2023 it would open a showroom in London, UK. Ştefan Cherciu, the company owner, stated, "The demand is very...
Multiple Chinese aluminium smelters in Guangdong are shutting down prior to the Spring Festival holiday this year, whereas other players are recalibrating their output goals for the prevailing times. All this is due to a plunge in the domestic demand for aluminium in the recent weeks. Even though...
The groundbreaking ceremony for Aluminium Dynamics, one of the biggest economic development projects in western Lowndes County, is expected to occur in early March. Along with many co-locating clients, the $2.5 billion aluminium mill will be situated close to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport,...
The Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity (Gihabitat) won their second straight 'Novelis Can grant’ for collecting over 18,000 pounds of aluminium cans across 14 locations in the Hall, Howard, Hamilton, and Merrick counties. There were two rounds of competition from May through July and August...
Birmingham's show stopper, the Raging Bull, is about to be relocated to a new hosting ground in the upcoming few weeks, as was revealed by Commonwealth Games associates. The aluminium-clad showpiece enticed a million onlookers nationally and internationally as it was deported out of the Alexander...
On January 3, USA's Fencing Supply Group declared that it has successfully taken over the operations of Hartford Fence Supply, a renowned wholesaler of vinyl and aluminium fencing solutions in the Tampa, Florida market. The CEO of Fencing Supply Group, Andrea Hogan, exclaimed: "It is truly an...
Asahi India Glass Ltd., India’s leading integrated glass and windows solutions company, has reportedly hired Mumbai-based advertising agency Enormous Brands to create promotional films for their AIS Windows brand, which has a range of uPVC and aluminium doors and windows solutions. The advertising...
On December 30, Bahrain’s Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club (REHC) went into an agreement with Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), where the latter would fund the construction and look after the functionality of the Club’s grandstand. The aluminium company would be crucial in sharing important...
Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB, without any doubt, is the most enigmatic creation by the automobile genius. This particular Prancing Horse was first unveiled at the 1959 Paris Motor Show and has now been redesigned by the company Forge Design to give it a lightweight aluminium and carbon fibre body....
One of the most important providers of aluminium solutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Reynaers Middle East, currently hosted a conference for its management team at Novotel Hotel. Along with having food and a merry time, the managers participated in a serious discussion to form a future strategy...
The public may now enter the brand-new Albert-Kahn art museum on the outskirts of Paris thanks to renovation work and the creation of a brand-new structure by famous architect Kengo Kuma. Passers-by are drawn in by an envelope composed of haphazardly arranged aluminium strips, which also gives the...
3XN, a Danish architecture company based in Copenhagen, completed its first project in France, the InDéfense office and Hôtel OKKO situated side by side between the railroad and a road in the Les Groues neighbourhood of Nanterre, overlooking the La Défense business area. The building had been...
The primary driver of bauxite demand is aluminium production, which is anticipated to rise in response to increasing demand from the building, transportation, and packaging sectors. In 2021, the global bauxite market was valued at $15.59 billion, and from 2022 to 2030, it is forecast to grow at a...
On December 20, 2022, the disruptive technology driver in the world of aluminium scrap sorting and recycling, Sortera Alloys, Inc., announced that it had achieved high-quality sorting of pre-production aluminium with more than 95 per cent accuracy. These findings demonstrate that Sortera's advanced...
The Architectural Aluminium Ltd., a construction company that erected extensive cladding on many well-known industrial and commercial structures, including Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport, has been appointed joint provisional liquidators by the High Court. The construction company based in Dublin's...
BRT Property Holdings LLC took over the aluminium extrusion factory under BR Properties Group LLC on December 1 with an investment of US$3.6 million, as was stated in the reports by the Trumbull County Auditor’s office. The facility functioned for BRT Extrusions Inc., an aluminium extruder that...
