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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Bulgarian real estate firm Interlink Group to invest in Aluminium profiles production
On 30 th March 2021, Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ) reported that Bulgarian real estate firm Interlink Grup revolutionised towards the development of an aluminium profiles production facility near the city of Plovdiv. Followed by the investment of €20.3 million for the aluminium profiles production...
Aluminium a metal of strategic importance to the nation and vital raw material for key industries, says BALCO Chief
Mr Abhijit Pati, CEO and Director of BALCO explained how India’s iconic Aluminium & Power producer countered the unconventional situation which occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic and forced to shape the business more sturdily and pursue the momentum of growth. Mr Pati, a person to reckon with...
ALFED teams up with 'The Bartlett School of Architecture’ to drive sustainability deeper into the construction industry
The trade association for Britain’s aluminium industry has teamed with the second-best place in the world to study architecture globally, according to QS world university rankings, ‘The Bartlett School of Architecture’ to drive sustainability deeper into the construction industry. ALFED already has...
Industrial space developer Panattoni to build Reynaers Aluminium plant outside Warsaw
The greenest industrial developer of Europe in 2020, Panattoni, has secured the contract from Reynaers Aluminium to develop a 31,000 sqm warehouse and production plant on a site chosen by Reynaers in Urzut, which is located around 30 km southwest of Warsaw in Poland. The producer of innovative and...
Dudley’s Aluminium in UK bags £2.4 million contracts at Finzels Reach
The UK based firm, Dudley's Aluminium has bagged a multimillion-pound project at Finzels Reach, Bristol’s mixed-use development. The Cardiff based aluminium fabricator has won the £2.4 million contract with Willmott Dixon to work on the Halo project. Halo is a short walk from Castle Park, Cabot...
Office development at LUSEP uses low carbon Hydro CIRCAL
Hydro announced that first office development at Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP) in Leicestershire has chosen low carbon Hydro CIRCAL. The aluminium alloy has minimized the building’s carbon footprint and contributed to its BREEAM Very Good rating. The £22 million...
Aluminium demand to rise in India on growing urbanisation and housing projects: IIFT Survey
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has indicated in its recent survey that demand for aluminium will grow as a result of urbanisation, development of industrial corridors, rural electrification, Smart City projects, housing projects, and so on and so forth. “We have used secondary data...
Fight against unemployment-Ghana: In men dominated sector, Iddrisu Kande, a woman running Marouf Aluminum Fabrications
The West African nation Ghana, where women are still counted minority in the construction sector. Despite all the odds, Iddrisu Kande opted to venture into aluminium fabrication and her firm Marouf Aluminum Fabrications, participates in the fight against unemployment. In Ashaiman, a large town in...
Hydro’s four aluminium manufacturing plants receive ASI certifications in DACH region
Hydro announced that four aluminium manufacturing plants in the DACH region of Europe are now certified against the ASI Performance Standard and ASI Chain of Custody Standard. Hydro’s extrusion plants in the DACH region, offers products in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The facility manufactures...
ASI certifies Assan Alüminyum’s flat-rolled production facilities against Provisional Performance Standard Certification
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has certified Assan Alüminyum against Provisional Performance Standard Certification for remelting and rolling activities at the Tuzla and Dilovasi production facilities in Turkey. The facilities, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes of flat-rolled...
Indian Aluminium Industry following the Government’s footsteps to Self-Reliant Nation: Abhijit Pati
At the 58th National Metallurgists’ Day (NMD) International Conference and 74th Annual Technical Meeting (ATM), Mr Abhijit Pati, CEO & Director of Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), led the panel discussion on ‘Enhancing global competitiveness of Indian metals industries’, whereby he said Indian...
Capral Aluminium reports FY2020 annual turnover at $432 million; Sales volumes record 7.6% growth
Australia-based aluminium extruded product manufacturing company Capral Aluminium has reported its annual turnover for the 12 months of 2020 ended on December 31 at $432 million. Trading EBITDA stood at $19.7 million compared to $11 million in FY2019. For the second half of FY2020, Capral reported...
Hydro receives new project for its low-carbon aluminium alloy Hydro CIRCAL
Hydro has received new building project for the innovative House of Choice in Sweden. The company will supply low-carbon aluminium alloy Hydro CIRCAL for the project. House of Choice will become Scandinavia’s first zero-energy hotel. “SAPA, a Hydro building systems brand, was chosen as solution...
Hydro’s Underlying EBIT in Q42020 increases to NOK 1,449 million on improved downstream aluminium market
Hydro’s underlying EBIT in the fourth quarter of 2020 increased to NOK 1,449 million from NOK 560 million during the same period last year, driven by improved margins and volumes in downstream business and lower raw material costs in upstream but slightly offset by additional maintenance-related...
2020: Cameroon exports aluminium for 54 billion CFA franc, only in CEMAC region
The Bank of Central African States reported that while presenting the evolution of prices of the main commodities exported to CEMAC region - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad to the Q4’20, only Cameroon exports aluminium. According to the 2020 monetary...
Expansion plans at GFG Alliance’s Locabher Aluminium smelter boost employment opportunities
In November’20, the £94 million investment and expansion plans announced by Alvance British Aluminium’s owners GFG Alliance, at its Locabher aluminium smelter in Fort William, which is encouraging up to 70 new jobs, while 20-25 jobs already created in the first three years of its acquisition. In...
Japan’s aluminium extruded and rolled products output declines by 10% in 2020 on slower demand
Slowdown in demand due to the global manufacturing downturn amid the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decline in Japan’s aluminium products output for 2020, found the Japan Aluminium Association. Data shows production of rolled and extruded aluminium products decreased by 10 per cent from a year...
Aluminium glazing specialist Norwich Aluminium growing at top speed
The Norwich-based glazing manufacturer Norwich Aluminium Limited has moved to new 80% larger premises and recruited additional five new staffs as it pursues to hold its market share in the UK construction sector. Norwich Aluminium began its journey six years ago by Alex Warren. He was working in...
