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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dmg events announces the launch of Aluminium Expo in Dubai
dmg events today, March 26, announced the launch of Aluminium Expo that is going to take place at Dubai World Trade Centre on 24-26 September 2019. The show will welcome traders and suppliers from the entire aluminium value chain, whether they provide raw materials, finished products, or the...
Illinois-based aluminium remelter Jupiter Aluminum to invest in expanding its Beech Bottom facility
Jupiter Aluminum, an Illinois-based company that melts aluminium scrap and produce aluminium coils for building and construction industry is expanding its plant Jupiter Coil Coat Beech Bottom West Virginia. Jupiter Aluminum operates its lines in the former Wheeling Corrugating Plant along W.Va. 2....
Hydro acquires aluminium building solutions company in the Middle East
Hydro announced that the company has acquired remaining 50 per cent of Technal Middle East (TME). Based in Bahrain, Technal Middle East supplies tailor-made aluminium building solutions in the Middle East. Egil Hogna, Head of the Extruded Solutions business in Hydro said: “This acquisition will...
ExtrudaSeal to showcase gaskets and extrusions range at Fit Show 2019
ExtrudaSeal will showcase its new products and gaskets and extrusions range at Fit Show 2019. The company will display new flush e-gasket and wedge on the 21-23rd May 2019 at the NEC, Birmingham. ExtrudaSeal launched new flush low-line e-gasket and wedge for aluminium bi-folding and inline sliding...
Haas Door adds new impact resistant glazing to its RA360 Aluminum Garage Door Series
Haas Door, a manufacturer of steel and aluminium garage doors for commercial and residential purpose, based at Ohio, has added four new impact resistant glazing to its Residential Aluminum 360 range (RA360), specially designed for high-wind areas. They are available in clear, bronze, dark gray and...
Court of Appeals rules that curtain wall units are subject to import duties on Chinese extrusion
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an order on March 21 in the latest appeal regarding whether curtain wall units are included in the scope of the trade case against the Chinese aluminium extrusion industry. The case filed by Aluminum Extruders Council demanded a collection of...
Canada’s aluminium structures export estimated to drop in 2019 after three consecutive years of growth
Owing to several advantages like low weight, unlimited choice of cross sections, corrosion resistant, and toughness at low temperature, the use and demand of aluminium structures for major end-uses such as construction, transportation, electrical, and packaging is incessantly increasing across the...
French craft designer develops aesthetic architectural shelves using laser-cut sheets of aluminium
The possibilities of aluminium are not limited to its obvious uses like automotive, construction, packaging and electrical. The white metal is opening up more and more avenues for the artists and designers to experiment with and come up with art pieces with both utility and aesthetic value. French...
Alunorf rolling & casting facility in Neuss, Germany gets ASI’s Performance Standard certification
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certifies Aluminium Norf GmbH (“Alunorf”) against ASI’s Performance Standard for environmental, social and governance performance. Alunorf is the world’s largest aluminium rolling and casting facility in Neuss, Germany with more than 2,200 employees producing more...
Germany’s aluminium wire import estimated to drop in 2019 after a YoY rise last year
Many automobile and power companies across the world are reportedly abandoning copper wires for its lighter and cheaper rival aluminium after a decade of technological innovation. European countries, like Germany, are also increasingly relying on aluminium wires for the past few years for...
Aparna Enterprises announces JV with Craft Holding for aluminium exterior solutions
Aparna Enterprises Limited, part of Hyderabad-based Aparna Group, has announced a joint venture with Hong Kong-based Craft Holding Ltd to manufacture and retail aluminium exterior products and solutions. Aparna Enterprises and Craft Holding’s joint venture will operate under the name Aparna-Craft...
Construction damage partially affects aluminium production at Hydro’s Neuss plant
Hydro announced a pipe connecting fume treatment centers fell on the roof of one of the electrolysis halls of the aluminium plant in Neuss leading to damages to the building and reduced production. “There was no immediate impact on the electrolysis production following the accident. However, to...
Hazlemere Commercial receives aluminium fenestration contract
Hazlemere Commercial, manufacturer of aluminium windows, doors, and curtain walling for the commercial sector, announced that it has received a contract to manufacture and install aluminium windows and doors for one of the new mixed use blocks next to the Eden Centre in High Wycombe. “Local...
Altech’s HPA plant is gradually progressing from establishment phase to construction phase
Following the news last week that Altech Chemicals officially mandated Macquarie Bank as the preferred mezzanine lender for the HPA, the update comes that the stage one construction work of Altech’s high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant in Johor, Malaysia, is progressing as planned. The...
Birmingham-based aluminium windows and doors maker appoints new Managing Director
Fusion Windows and Doors has announced the appointment of Stuart Judge as a new Managing Director. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the construction products market. A Birmingham-based manufacturer of aluminium windows and doors Fusion was recently acquired in a deal by Key Land Capital’s...
EGA and VITO to intensify research on the potential use of bauxite residue for construction applications
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced that it will intensify research partnership with VITO NV, the European research and technology organisation, to find uses of bauxite residue for the UAE construction industry by further developing two of the potential applications identified in the first...
SHoP Architects designs the first tower of the Essex Crossing clad in anodized aluminium curtainwall modules
Aluminium is opening up more avenues for the architects to experiment with design and utility performance. SHoP Architects completed the first tower of the Essex Crossing mega-development located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, clad in anodized aluminium curtainwall modules. An architectural...
UK’s aluminium structures import estimated to lower in 2019 after subdued growth in construction sector
Aluminium is the second most widely specified metal in building after steel, and is used in all sectors from commercial building to domestic dwelling. 25 per cent of all aluminium produced worldwide is used in construction. Window frames, panels, domed roofs and other wide-span constructions and...
