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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Alba’s Spent Pot Lining Treatment Plant construction is progressing as per schedule: CEO Ali Al Baqali
In early June 2020, Alba’s executives, along with the Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali, visited the company’s Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant construction site. Upon the visit, the CEO reported that the construction is progressing as per schedule. In line with Bahrain’s National Waste...
China Aluminium Processing Summit 2020: Domestic aluminium demand to remain robust till mid-June
Shanghai Metals Market chief aluminium analyst Frank Liu estimates strong domestic demand for aluminium to likely sustain till mid-June in China. Speaking at the China International Aluminium Processing Industry Summit in Yantai on June 11, Liu pointed out that although the global demand for...
The steep fall of Estonia’s export of Aluminium structures during 2017-20
Estonia, a country in Northern Europe, formerly part of the Soviet Union, borders the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland. Including more than 1,500 islands, its diverse terrain spans rocky beaches, old-growth forest and many lakes. The economy of Estonia is an advanced economy and the country is a...
Aluminerie De Bécancour Inc.: The “Corona” crisis created challenging markets
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the restart of the Bécancour Smelter. However, 90% is complete now and more than 200 people have been hired since January’20. Nicole Coutu, General Manager, who also became CEO of Alcoa Canada, admitted that the markets are very difficult. On 11 th June’20,...
Aluminium du Maroc to expand the number of its Board of Directors
The Moroccan aluminium company, Aluminium du Maroc, specializing in the manufacture of aluminium alloy profiles, mostly gets consumed in the building market (85%), but also covers the multiple needs of the industrial sector. The Ordinary General Assembly of Aluminum du Maroc scheduled to meet on 29...
Aluminium frame manufactures Aluzare S.A. in Luxembourg declared bankrupt
Luxembourg based aluminium frames and metal constructions company Aluzare S.A. has been announced as bankrupt. The aluminium frame company with its head office in Ehlerange, in the South-West of Luxembourg, has been in operations for more than 25 years in the field of aluminium joinery. The...
Taiwanese design studio creates prototype modular ward for hospitals using recycled aluminium
Design studio Miniwiz, together with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, has built a prototype modular ward for hospitals using recycled aluminium panels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Named Modular...
"COVID-19" lock-down: Altech Chemical’s Johor HPA plant site construction activities resume
Altech Chemicals Limited has publicized an update on the status of activities at the Company’s high purity alumina (HPA) site in Johor Bahru, Malaysia that construction activities have now resumed. In response to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Malaysian government enforced a...
COVID-19 Impact: Sri Lanka’s aluminium extrusions market to drop 40% due to lower demand and sales
The aluminium extrusions market in Sri Lanka is anticipated to drop 40 per cent, owing to the hit on the property sector by the COVID-19 pandemic, said Lanka Aluminium Industries Plc in a stock exchange filing. “We expect the market size for aluminium extrusions by approximately 40 percent and...
Royal Huisman reveals new lightweight aluminium 46-metre cruiser sloop
Dutch shipyard Royal Huisman has reportedly revealed a new lightweight aluminium 46-metre high-performance cruiser sloop – Nauta Reichel Pugh 151. As per the report, Nauta Design has produced the exterior and interior styling of the yacht, while Reichel/Plugh has designed the yacht’s naval...
Operating rates at China's aluminium processors remained stable last week on strong domestic demand
Shanghai Metals Market, after surveying 41 major aluminium processors in 12 provinces revealed that the average operating rates increased 1.3 percentage points on weekly basis to 78.8 per cent last week. This growth was primarily driven by sustained strong consumption from the construction and...
Reynaers Aluminium appoints Steve Hubbard as new operations director
Reynaers Aluminium has reportedly appointed Mr Steve Hubbard as a new operations director. Hubbard comes with more than 30 years of experience in driving operations through process efficiency and best practice implementation. On being appointed by the Reynaers Aluminium, Hubbard said, “These...
The “Corona” crisis: British Aluminium Scaffolding firm George Roberts ensures £1 million loan to survive lockdown
The British company based in Liverpool scaffolding supplier George Roberts ensured a £1m loan from Barclays bank to support cash flow issues during the lockdown. The £38m-turnover firm used the government-backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), which was announced by...
Kempsey Showground to be renovated with new portable aluminium seating arrangement
Kempsey Showground is reportedly undergoing a renovation getting some new portable aluminium seating. The Central North Coast National Agricultural Society, one of 122 rural show societies nationally, is sharing $20 million worth of grants to deliver renovation projects to local showgrounds after...
HVG Facades adds new ZINTL cladding profiles to non-combustible premium interlocking aluminium cladding range
According to a recent report, HVG Facades has extended the range of their non-combustible premium interlocking aluminium cladding system by adding new profiles called ZINTL. The new ZINTL range of profiles will lend flexibility to the architects to mix and match profiles on a single elevation,...
Aluminium du Maroc: Net profit for 2019 rises by 4.7%; dividends proposal gets delayed by the next General Meeting due to “COVID-19”
Aluminium du Maroc, specializing in the design and manufacturer of aluminium alloy profiles for building and industry in Morocco, stated in their financial result that its net profit in 2019 stood at MDH 60.1 million, an increase by 4.7% compared to 2018. This change is explained by the 2019...
Vestre to use Hydro’s low-carbon recycled aluminium in its furniture
Hydro has announced that Norway-based outdoor furniture manufacturer Vestre will use Hydro CIRCAL in their sought-after furniture series, Folk. CIRCAL is a certified alloy with a minimum content of 75 percent post-consumer recycled aluminium. Using advanced sorting technology, aluminium from...
Backlog orders shield aluminium processors operating rates in China last week
On surveying 41 major aluminium processors in 12 provinces across China last week, Shanghai Metals Market found their average operating rate dropped marginally by 0.6 percentage point on a weekly basis to 74.4 per cent. Backlog orders could be a reason behind this overall steady operating rate, in...
