Germany’s aluminium scrap exports rebound 4.58% in H1 2026: Which countries are buying the most?
Germany’s aluminium scrap trade showed signs of recovery in the first half of 2026, with exports to the world reaching 616,000 tonnes, up 4.58 per cent from 589,000 tonnes in H1 2025. The increase was even more pronounced against the second half of 2025, with H1 2026 shipments rising 7.50 per cent...
Canada’s H1’26 aluminium exports dip 12.57% amid US tariffs: What does H2 hold?
The first half (H1) of 2026 witnessed Canada’s exports of unwrought aluminium taking a deep plunge. The country supplied a total of 1.33 million tonnes of aluminium products to the world including unwrought aluminium, bars, rods and profiles, aluminium foil, pipes and tubes, plates, sheets and...
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Madrid to host International Recycled Aluminium Conference
The 'well established' global gathering of aluminium recycling executives known as the International Recycled Aluminium Conference will take place in Madrid from 16-18 November. The Spanish city will thus be the backdrop of an in-depth analysis of the latest trends and challenges facing industry...
Programme set, registration begins for European Aluminium Congress 2015
The official programme for the European Aluminium Congress 2015 (EAC) is set. The Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V., Düsseldorf, (GDA) is holding the congress on 23 and 24 November 2015 in Düsseldorf on the subject of "Aluminium - Building the Future". The EAC 2015 is organised within the...
Sapa assists DAF Trucks in transport breakthrough
DAF Trucks has created a prototype distribution truck with significantly reduced weight, resulting in lower fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Sapa played an integral role in this development toward improved transport efficiency. Alongside lead partner Leyland Trucks, and C.S.A Group,...
Rexam first to produce commercial beverage cans with ‘Metal Recycles Forever’ logo in UK
Rexam is proud to announce the first commercial use of the Metal Recycles Forever logo in the UK market, printed on cans produced for micro-brewing customer Concrete Cow. The logo, endorsed by all members of Metal Packaging Europe, provides a definitive symbol for the metal packaging industry. Its...
Jaguar to build lightweight aluminium Land Rovers in its new Slovakia plant
Jaguar Land Rover has announced the location of its new production facility in central Europe. It is to come up near Nitra in western Slovakia. There were speculations regarding the location of the company’s latest plant, with Poland being considered as the preferred site in eastern Europe....
Sapa sells automotive components company Autocar
Sapa has sold its 100-percent-owned company Autocar Tecnologie Srl to the Italian firm Il Telone. Autocar produces components, mainly in steel for roofs, doors and side pillars, for trailer OEMs and distributors in Europe. Acquired by Sapa in 2010, Autocar has annual turnover of approximately EUR 9...
Rexam creates personalised cans for Coca-Cola Italia’s ‘Share a Kiss’ campaign
Rexam, a leading global can maker, has partnered with Coca-Cola HBC Italia to create a range of limited edition cans for the Coca-Cola Italia ‘Share a Kiss’ summer campaign. The standard 330ml cans, created specifically for distribution in vending channels, use Rexam’s innovative first-to-market,...
ELVAL Hellenic Aluminium Industry announces commencement of spin-off
ELVAL Hellenic Aluminium Industry S.A. announces to the investment community, that on July 30, 2015, the Boards of Directors of ELVAL S.A. and its wholly owned subsidiary, non-listed company, Symetal Aluminium Foil Industry S.A. decided the commencement of a spin-off procedure concerning the...
Ball runs into antitrust wall over Rexam purchase
The ball is in the European Union's court. The $6.8 billion merger between the world's two biggest can and bottle manufacturers looks like it is running afoul of European antitrust concens. Earlier this year, the top can maker, Ball, offered to buy No. 2 manufacturer Rexam in a cash and stock deal...
Rexam PLC announces its Half Year results 2015
Rexam PLC, a leading global beverage can maker, and business partners to some of the world’s most famous and successful consumer brands announced its results for the first half of 2015. Key Highlights: • Beverage can volumes including UAC up 3% (2% organic) • Organic2 underlying operating profit...
Aluminum foil imports from Russia to the EU to be subjected to anti-dumping tax
Aluminum foil, imported from Russia to countries in the EU, will be subject to a provisional anti-dumping duty, according to the Official Journal of the European Union. The 34% tax will cover imports of foil rolls, originating in Russia, of a weight exceeding 10kg, with a thickness of the sheets of...
Amtek confirms acquisition of Rege Holding GmbH using subsidiary JMT Auto
Amtek Auto Ltd, the Arvind Dham-led automotive component supplier is routing the acquisition of Germany-based Rege Holding GmbH (Rege) through its public listed subsidiary JMT Auto. Jamshedpur-based JMT Auto through its Singapore-based special purpose vehicle (SPV) has acquired Rege for an...
Aluminium foil statistics second quarter 2015: Alufoil deliveries pick up in Europe
The European domestic market for aluminium foil made a welcome return to growth in Q2. It improved by 0.3% compared with the same period in 2014. This means that the shortfall on total deliveries has narrowed to just 0.7%, down markedly from the 2.5% seen in the first three months of 2015,...
Laminazione Sottile Group to acquire Lamp Ariflex
Laminazione Sottile Group, based in Naples, announces the agreement for the acquisition of Lamp Ariflex, company located in Spinetta Marengo (AL) and specialised in the production of flexible packaging. The company’s new name is IPS Ariflex (Industrial Packaging Solutions Ariflex). Laminazione...
UC RUSAL appoints Bob Katsiouleris as Director, European Sales
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the appointment of Bob Katsiouleris as Director of European Sales. Bob Katsiouleris will join RUSAL on 1st August 2015 following a successful period as Senior Vice President for Marketing, Sourcing and Sales at Nyrstar, where he was...
Production at Audi’s Münchsmünster components plant picks up pace
The new Audi production site in Münchsmünster, 30km east of the main production facility in Ingolstadt, Germany, is where hot and cold formed pressed parts, high tech chassis components and lightweight aluminum structural components, among others, are produced for the new Q7 SUV. By 2017, a total...
Primary aluminum market in deficit during Jan - May 2015, reveals WBMS
The latest report published by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) indicates that global primary aluminum market has recorded a deficit during the initial five months of the year. As per the report, the market turned into a deficit of 261,000 tons when matched with the deficit of 723,000...
Anglesey Aluminium plant considers workforce reduction
Aluminium Powder Company (Alpoco), Holyhead has been reported to be making around 10 redundancies. This led to fears of more than a quarter of workforce reduction in its Anglesey aluminium plant. The GMB union said it was dealing with a redundancy issue at the company. Holyhead mayor JV Owen said...
