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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Equistone to acquire aluminium roofing manufacturer BOAL Group
Equistone , one of Europe's leading mid-market private equity investors, announced it will acquire a majority stake in BOAL Group, a manufacturer of high-performance aluminium greenhouse roof and side-wall systems for glass and poly greenhouses in the Netherlands. No financial transactions were...
Hungary’s exports of aluminium stranded wire fluctuates YoY
Hungary’s exports of aluminium stranded wire declined in 2017. The figures showed a decrease in volume last year. The country’s exports of this product will see an increase in volume in 2018. Aluminium stranded wires and cables are used in overhead power transmission and distribution applications...
Data shows upward pattern for Malaysia’s imports of aluminium wire in last three years
Malaysia imported MYR 73.2 billion worth of products around the world in January 2018, an increase of 11.6 per cent year-on-year. Imports of aluminium wire by Malaysia have been growing with each passing year. The automotive and construction sector is driving the market for aluminium wire...
Romania’s aluminium tubes and pipes export to register a decrease in 2018
The continuous expenditure in building, construction and transportation sector is driving the demand for aluminium tubes and pipes globally. The demand for luminium tubes and pipes will continue to increase in the years ahead. Aluminium pipes are the 683rd most traded product and the 422nd most...
New tariffs will negatively impact construction industries, says AIA
Trump’s proposed tariffs on aluminium and steel imports will have negative impact on U.S. design and construction industries, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) President Carl Elefante, FAIA, and EVP/Chief Executive Officer Robert Ivy, FAIA. The action will increase the prices...
Spain’s aluminium stranded wire export grows in last three years
Aluminium stranded wire export by Spain grew in 2017. The figures showed a significant surge in volume and value last year. Aluminium stranded wires and cables are mostly used in overhead power transmission and distribution applications in modern residential and industrial constructions. The...
Sporadical designs domed school hall aesthetically covering it with reflective aluminium panels
Aluminium is adorning more and more innovative building structures around the world primarily for it formability and lightweight advantage. The rounded shell of a school sports hall near Prague is aesthetically covered and disguised with reflective aluminium panels. The sports hall is designed by a...
Canada infra roadmap creates investment opportunities; reduces import dependence of aluminium extruded products
Canadian Minister for Infrastructure and Communities, Amarjeet Sohi who is accompanying Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau on his 8-day tour in India, said yesterday in Kolkata that there is ample opportunity for Indians to participate in the North American nation’s ambitious 10-year infrastructure...
3D hexagonal aluminium panels on car park to make a big impact on Salford skyline
Car park areas are no longer going to be the same monochromatic, sci-fi lab like architectures as they used to be. Maple and Morgan Sindall along with architects AHR are working on a façade made of aluminium panels for a new multi-storey car park in Manchester’s Salford. The façade with the...
Construction of Braidy’s new aluminium rolling mill on track
Braidy Industries has updated construction schedule of its new aluminium rolling mill in Kentucky. Senior vice president of government relations Nathan Haney said on Tuesday that the construction of mill is on track. The company expects to break the ground on the mill in the next couple of months....
Conservatory and Window Company doubles its turnover by focusing on aluminium
The Conservatory and Window Company, an architectural installer has taken advantage of REAL Aluminium’s comprehensive aluminium package and boosted aluminium installations orders and turnover by at least 20% in less than two years. Aluminium products now accounts for around 40% of the Bristol-based...
South Korean artist Wonmin Park exhibits his aluminium furniture series in Manhattan
South Korean furniture artist Wonmin Park presents his first solo show, Plain Cuts, at The Carpenter’s Workshop Gallery in Manhattan. The exhibition highlights new iterations from his 2013 Haze resin series marked by its textured and geometric designs. The collection was Park’s first exploration of...
Union Budget 2018 brings hopes galore for Indian aluminium industry, but zero promises
Judging by the somewhat stoic reaction of the Indian aluminium industry after the unveiling of Budget 2018 last Thursday, February 1, it is not hard to tell that the announcements have failed its expectations. Not a single demand or wish from the list of many has been addressed in the last budget...
Vivocom unit bags RM27.57m contract for aluminium and glazing works in Melaka
Vivocom Intl Holdings Berhad’s subsidiary Neata Aluminium (M) Sdn Bhd has secured a contract worth RM27.57 million for aluminium and glazing works in Pulau Melaka. Neata Aluminium had accepted the Letter of Award (LOA) from China Construction Third Engineering Group (M) Sdn Bhd. The project will...
UK aluminium frame maker receives 12,000 Pound funding for capital investments
DPI UK Ltd, a Midlands based business manufacturing aluminium frames and light boxes, has won a 12,000 Pound financing boost through a scheme devised to help MSMEs in Leicester and Leicestershire. The grant from Collaborate will help the aluminium frame maker to buy new automated saw and enhance...
EGA signs deal with VITO to assess use of bauxite residue
Emirates Global Aluminium announced a partnership with VITO, the European research and technology organisation, to assess use of bauxite residue, a by-product of alumina refining, in construction materials. Abdalla Alzarooni, EGA’s Vice President of Technology Development & Transfer said: “Using...
India will continue to import aluminium bar rods and profiles in 2018, though in lesser quantity
India’s aluminium bar rods and profiles import will continue over the medium term till a significant percentage of the large downstream processing projects get completed. The imports will be necessary to support the massive construction work going on across the grids of the country. According to a...
Good Sense Factory for aluminium panels launches with investments worth EGP 200m
Ahmed Abdelrazek, chairperson of the Industrial Development Authority (IDA), has laid the foundation stone of a factory of Egyptian company Good Sense Egypt for aluminium panels, with Egyptian and Saudi investments in Ataqa, Suez worth nearly EGP 200m. Abdelrazek said that the new factory is very...
