Stricter fines, greater scope for innovation: Hungary targets cleaner practices in battery manufacturing
Hungary will raise the maximum fine for serious environmental violations by large manufacturers to 5 billion forints (USD 16 million) under new measures to strengthen environmental oversight across industries, including EV battery manufacturing, recycling, and decommissioning. The changes come as...
Germany aluminium extrusion imports from Italy fall 41.83% in 4 years, with automotive & construction playing a major role - know why
Germany and Italy have long been closely linked in Europe’s aluminium extrusion trade. Italy remains a significant source of extruded aluminium for the German market, but the flow has changed considerably over the past few years. The latest numbers raise an interesting question: is Germany simply...
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Leading producer of lightweight aluminium parts Rheinmetall bags a new order of €42 million
Rheinmetall, along with KPSNC, its Chinese joint venture, has bagged a new order for chassis parts destined for an electric SUV made by a new player in the mobility sector. The order value for this is expected to be around €42 million. One of the top manufacturers of lightweight aluminium...
End-user weekly recap: Aluminium can demand drives Ball Corporation to land in Peru; Ev Dynamics to build Hong Kong’s first electric bus featuring aluminium alloy body frame
The aluminium end-user sector showed great progress this week. Ball Corporation announced the opening of a new plant in Peru, a South American nation, where consumption of canned drinks has been increasing considerably in the last few years and now with this investment, Ball will respond to the...
HPA producer Altech signs final agreement for battery plant construction
Altech Chemicals has signed an agreement of contract with the German developer Kuttner GmbH aiming to constitute high purity alumina or ‘HPA’ coating pilot plant in Saxony, a German state. The glazing method by the company utilises graphite and silicone particles to condition anode materials,...
Ev Dynamics to build Hong Kong’s first electric bus featuring aluminium alloy body frame
Ev Dynamics (Holdings) Limited, China’s primary supplier of new energy commercial vehicles, has bagged another purchase order from the Hong Kong Productivity Council to provide a fully electric bus for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Hong Kong. This agreement succeeds two prior...
GMG introduces the pouch cell format of G+AI batteries
The clean-technology developing company Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. has publicized that the company has commissioned its graphene aluminium-ion batteries ("G+AI Batteries") in pouch cell format and that the first G+Al battery pouch cells have been produced. GMG's existing pilot production and...
Kawasaki reveals all-electric vehicle Elektrode featuring aluminium frame
Kawasaki has revealed its aluminium frame all-electric vehicle, the Elektrode, to consumers worldwide. It is a balancing bike for kids between the ages of three to eight years. One can pedal the bike for at least 2.5 hours after charging just once. The Kawasaki Elektrode showcases an aluminium...
Serbia's exports of aluminium scrap during 2019-21 experienced enterprising growth; 9% upswing estimated for 2022
The exponential growth in global demand for aluminium has made sustainable management of the metal critical. Aluminium usage in the transportation sector has increased due to the transition to a sustainable society with lightweight electric vehicles. Aluminium recycling is therefore essential to...
Australia: Sustainable bus companies ally to manufacture a new fleet, deploying modern technologies
Loop Energy, the industry-leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of hydrogen fuel cell systems for vehicle OEMs has publicized that it is all set to step into the Australian bus market as a supplier of fuel modules. The Vancouver-Canada headquartered, Loop further stated that it will supply...
Aluminium-coated fibre from FibreCoat bags the Start-up-Booster award at JEC World 2022 in Paris
FibreCoat, a start-up business, demonstrated its success in coating individual basalt fibres with aluminium, making them versatile and cost-friendly. AluCoat from FibreCoat has reduced the cost of manufacture by a tenth when compared to other aluminium fibres already in use. With this feature, the...
Shape Corp. to utilize Hydro CIRCAL for the production of aluminium automotive components
A worldwide provider of multi-material impact energy management and lightweight body structures to the automobile industry, Shape Corp. has collaborated with the global leader in aluminium production, Hydro for the first time in the US market will be manufacturing automotive components applying...
South Korea’s DongShin Motech will supply LG Energy Solutions and Stellantis with aluminium battery casings to boost the EV market in Windsor
Previously this month, DongShin Motech Ltd, a South-Korean vehicular component provider, signed a letter of intent with the Windsor-Essex authorities declaring an investment of $60 million (expandable to $90 million) for the construction of a 170,000 square-feet battery casing factory that will...
Loop Energy collaborates with Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company to enter the Australian bus market
Loop Energy, a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell solutions, has reported that it will supply fuel cell modules to Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company (ARCC), the developer and manufacturer of Australia's first lightweight bolted aluminium city bus chassis, in the promising...
Vedanta’s Jharsuguda aluminium smelter receives 27 electric forklifts
In partnership with GEAR India (Gemini Equipment and Rentals Private Limited), Vedanta Aluminium, one of the largest producers of aluminium in India, stated that it has put in place India’s largest electric fleet of 27 forklifts at its Jharsuguda aluminium smelter in Odisha, which is the world's...
Nordische Technologies and CIPET develops Aluminium-Graphene battery for gadgets and EV technologies
On Saturday, May 28, Nordische Technologies announced the development of the world’s first Aluminium-Graphene pouch cell battery in collaboration with the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technologies (CIPET). The Aluminium-Graphene cell battery will be used for consumer...
Ford associates with ‘First Movers Coalition’ to promote zero-carbon technologies
The American automobile megacorporation, Ford Motor Company has joined hands with First Movers Coalition, a worldwide initiative to yield buyable power and create supply chains to initiate early markets for ingenious clean energy innovations, like green aluminium. The company is responsible for...
Hydro’s Commerce aluminium plant first in US to achieve Hydro CIRCAL production certificate
Hydro’s aluminium plant in Commerce, Texas, is now certified to produce Hydro CIRCAL, a low-carbon recycled aluminium product containing at least 75 per cent post-consumer, end of life scrap. The plant is Hydro’s first in the United States certified to produce Hydro CIRCAL. The news came after the...
Indonesia’s decision to ban bauxite export won’t create any panic situation in China: Industry experts
According to the aluminium industry experts, Indonesia's decision to ban sending out bauxite, an essential input for aluminium, will have no genuine effect on the Chinese aluminium sector, as aluminium producers have expanded their sources and fortified the utilization of aluminium recycling....
Rheinmetall and its Chinese JV KPSNC win major order for transmission housings
The renowned development partner and direct supplier to the global automotive industry and a leading international systems provider for security technology, Rheinmetall jointly with its Chinese joint venture KPSNC, has bagged a major order for transmission housings from a world-leading producer of...
