AL Circle Analysis: Import rise meets demand growth on aluminium extrusion chessboard
Aluminium’s downstream trade network is getting more fragmented as import dependence, changing end-use demand and trade-policy interventions reshape regional markets. From North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, the aluminium industry is navigating a market where access to supply, competitive...
US industrial policy needs to be systematic, not just ad hoc – Part 2
Our current approach can win economic skirmishes, but not the geopolitical conflict. – Part 2 Impact #5 of ad hoc industrial policy: Failing to use all required tools Industrial policy is often caricatured as just tariffs and subsidies. Mis-framed debates that evaluate the merits of tariffs in...
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Finch’s Beer Co. goes local with move to Rexam cans
Finch’s Beer Co. is going local. The Chicago-based craft brewer has teamed up with Rexam, choosing the company’s 16 oz. cans as the ideal packaging choice for its lineup of beers. Rexam is a leading global beverage can maker with North American headquarters in Chicago. Finch’s has already launched...
Novelis commissions $48 million automotive closed-loop recycling investment in Oswego plant
Novelis, the global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced the completion of a $48 million investment in its automotive scrap aluminum recycling facility in Oswego, N.Y. It expands upon the company's recent growth in Oswego to meet the increased demand for aluminum automotive...
Ford contract, aluminum truck parts discussed
A Ford Motor Co. executive on Friday carefully skirted high-stakes questions about how the resurging automaker will handle labor contract negotiations this year with its hourly workers. Instead, John Fleming, Ford's executive vice president of global manufacturing and labor affairs, echoed recent...
Sapa is pushing copper substitution in Chicago, at AHR 2015
Sapa is bringing new and revolutionary to Chicago at the world’s largest HVAC&R marketplace, the 2015 AHR Expo. Its aluminium tubing innovations include the WebMPE. The AHR Expo is held annually for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry. Sapa’s Precision...
Metro Alloys joins ISRI’s Circle of Safety Excellence
The metals recycling company Metro Alloys Inc., East Point, Georgia, has been added to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Circle of Safety Excellence, an industry initiative focused on improving operational safety for recycling companies. ISRI says the key to the new initiative is...
EGA targets future global aluminium demand at US symposium
The strength of Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") in being able to meet future primary global aluminium demand was highlighted during the Platts Aluminium Symposium 2015, which was staged in Scottsdale, Arizona from 18 to 20 January. Speaking at the symposium, of which EGA was one of the sponsors,...
Aluminum Extruders Council to discuss emerging markets and market defense at 2015 Annual Meeting
Members of the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), will hear insights from prominent industry leaders and motivational speakers at the 2015 Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference, Thursday, March 5 through Saturday, March 7. The Leadership Conference in Palm Desert, California, will feature a...
Rexam teams up with Tin Man Brewing Co. to package craft beer
Rexam Beverage Can North America (Rexam BCNA), largest manufacturer of beverage cans in the world, has teamed up with Tin Man Brewing Co., based in Evansville, to develop aluminium cans for the brewery's craft beer. Tin Man Brewing is passionate about aluminium packaging and says the same on its...
Ford F-150 enters Tucson, receives warm reception
The Ford F-150 is slowly but surely making way to the dealers and the latest roll-out has been to Tucson where it has apparently received a warm reception. Although no one is quite sure about what the final verdict on the all-aluminium pick up truck will be, the general manager of the area’s...
Logan Aluminium to start production ahead of schedule
The repairing work at Logan Aluminium Inc is running six days ahead of schedule with the repaired reversing motor ready to be installed at the company’s hot mill at Russellville, Kentucky. Novelis, who is a part-owner of the plant, along with Tri-Arrows Aluminium Inc. is happy that the repaired...
Honda presents ‘world’s first all-aluminum supercar’ at North American Auto Show 2015
Honda introduced Honda NSX a mid-engined, hybrid powered and supercar at the 2015 North American International Auto Show that it took centre stage. It is the literal and importantly spiritual successor to the 1990 NSX that had its chassis tuned by Formula 1 legend, Ayrton Senna. Honda says it has...
Novelis plant slows production due to equipment break down
An important aluminium sheet manufacturer that catered to Coca-Cola Co. (KO) and MillerCoors LLC has been forced to slow down production after the 6,000-horsepower motor that drives the hot roller broke down last month on 29th December. The hot roller was capable of flattening 25-ton blocks of...
Constellium supplies high-strength aluminium structural parts for the new lightweight Ford F-150 pickup truck
Constellium N.V. today announced that it provides Ford Motor Co. with aluminium structural parts for the all-new Ford F-150 pickup truck that extensively uses high-strength, military-grade, aluminium alloy as a build material. Constellium, a global leader in the development and manufacturing of...
Low fuel prices not deterring production of high-mileage cars
While the world faces low fuel prices, automakers fear that the time, effort and money spent to make cars more fuel efficient, like the much talked-about aluminium F-150, could be a complete waste, analysts paint a different picture for the future of liquid fuels. The North American International...
ALUMINUM USA to launch in Detroit in 2015
ALUMINIUM, the world’s leading trade fair partner of the aluminium industry, continues to expand its global activities. With the launch of ALUMINUM USA, this commitment will include a North American presence. With ALUMINUM USA, scheduled to take place from 11 to 12 November 2015 at the Cobo Center...
Alcoa projects positive growth in the downstream aluminium market
Alcoa declared its Q4 2014 results on Monday revealing a leap in the profits ending the year on a positive note amidst a major transformation in the company portfolio. The company is shifting its focus from the upstream aluminium market to the downstream value-add market, with a special focus on...
Alcoa broadens its tech, capacity, for auto industry
Alcoa has been in the automotive aluminum business since Ford's Model T, but the company's 2015 F-150 and plans by other automakers to increase use of the lighter-weight material gave the supplier high hopes for the future and prompted an expansion. The global company with an operational base in...
Constellium shifts focus to the booming auto aluminium industry in U.S.
The wider use of aluminum in mass-produced American cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. ’s F-150, is a “transformational” event that has led Constellium NV, one of the world’s biggest aluminum companies, to shift its focus to the U.S. from Europe, Chief Executive Pierre Vareille said in an...
