Smaller grain sizes, smarter separation: At ALUMINIUM in Düsseldorf, STEINERT presents technological advances in LIBS and X-ray sorting
From October 6 to 8, 2026, STEINERT will provide a comprehensive insight into the future of aluminium sorting. Closing the aluminium loop requires both high throughput and melt-ready quality. As demand for high-grade recycled aluminium continues to grow, STEINERT is advancing its sorting systems on...
New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
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Sintavia develops end-to-end process for 3D printing F357 aluminium
<p>One of the leading Metal Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing Company Sintavia, LLC has announced that it has developed full end-to-end parameters for producing additively manufactured parts in F357 aluminium, as well as other Al-Si alloys to be used in precision manufacturing.<br /><br...
StrikoWestofen's dosing furnace Westomat Plus+ wins Good Design Award
<p>The dosing furnace “Westomat Plus+” designed by StrikoWestofen of Gummersbach, Germany, recently won the renowned “Good Design Award” of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design – putting it in line with lifestyle products such as Apple’s...
China’s first aluminium body shop commences operations for Jaguar models
<p>Chery Jaguar Land Rover, an automo­tive Sino-British joint venture for China’s auto market, has started dual branding operation with Jaguar and Land Rover after the successful launch of new Jaguar XFL in August 2016. The company commenced China’s first alu­minium body shop...
Arconic reveals plan for 3D printed concept skyscraper that can absorb pollution
<p>Arconic, the newly formed engineering materials and solutions company after Alcoa’s spinoff in November 2016, has announced its plans to build a smog-eating skyscraper using 3D printing by 2062. 3D printing is forecasted to have a revolutionary change to the material processing technology...
Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter produced over 235,000 tons of primary aluminium in 2016
<p>Eurasian Resources Group said on Monday January 9 that its Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter JSC (KAS) has produced more than 235,000 tons of primary aluminium in 2016, exceeding the annual production target. Since the inception of plant, this was plant’s highest production volumes in the...
Outlook 2017: A sneak peek into a few swanky aluminium bodied smartphones
<p>Aluminium has already forayed into the world of smartphones as a preferred chassis material. The year 2016 saw some of the biggest brands in the mobile phone market using aluminium alloy in their construction.</p> <p>{newsStudioGallery}</p> <p>The year 2017 is going to offer different designs of...
Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro expected to hit stores with an aluminium unibody by January end
<p>Samsung has been working hard on a couple of handsets in its Galaxy C series throughout 2016 as the company is gearing up to launch the same outside China. Market is abuzz with speculations about Samsung’s swanky new Galaxy C7 Pro which is one of the most awaited smartphone from...
Nalco signs multiple R&D agreements, commercializes 5 registered patents
<p>Indian Navaratna PSU National Aluminium Company (Nalco) announced commercialization of five out of its 29 registered patents, in Odisha on Sunday. The aluminium producer said that it intends to put its nano-based Emrion Technology for de-fluoridisation to use in endemic fluoride contaminated...
Leipold Group manufactures turned parts for the aviation industry
<p>The Leipold Group has started producing turned parts for the aviation industry which has allowed the Wolfach based manufacturer to expand its portfolio into a new sector. Behind this decision lies a new partnership with the aviation industry supplier GMT. Although Leipold is a newcomer to this...
Rochester Institute of Technology to lead REMADE Institute for recycling aluminium
<p>The Rochester Institute of Technology has launched a new initiative under Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute for recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of aluminium.</p> <p>The REMADE Institute, worth US$150 million, is financed by the United States federal...
HMD Global brings back Nokia's first android smartphone crafted out of aluminium
<p>HMD Global, Finnish company that secured Nokia branding rights in late 2016, has announced on Sunday in a press note its first android smartphone Nokia 6 with aluminium body for China market.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
Skoda inaugurates its first aluminium press line in Mladá Boleslav
<p>Skoda has officially installed its new PXL II servo press line at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, in the presence of Michael Oeljeklaus, Skoda Board Member for Production and Logistics, and Jaroslav Povšík, Chairman of the trade union KOVO MB. Skoda's first press line for...
Huawei unveils Mate 9 smartphone with an all-aluminium unibody chassis at CES 2017
<p>Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has unveiled its Mate 9 smartphone featuring an all-aluminium unibody chassis at the CES 2017 press event in Las Vegas, US. Huawei’s Mate 9 is the world’s first smartphone that comes with Amazon’s Alexa AI Assistant. <br /><br />Alexa, the voice...
Jindal Aluminium plans to fund AI focused start-ups
<p>Jindal Aluminium Ltd (JAL), the leading manufacturer of aluminium extruded profiles in India, announced that the company plans to invest upto INR 30 crores in AI focused start-ups for first-rate investment prospects. With the emergence of AI based technology start-ups in the last two...
Bombardier delivers seven CSeries aircrafts with titanium-aluminium fan blades in 2016
<p>Bombardier completed its annual target of delivering seven CSeries aircraft in 2016 by supplying two aircrafts in the last two days of the year, the company confirms.<br /><br />Bombardier delivered a CS100 to Swiss International Airlines on December 30 and a CS300 to Air Baltic departed...
ZF Friedrichshafen to showcase aluminium car parts manufacturing solutions at SIAT 2017
<p>Leading German car parts manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen AG will be participating at the Symposium of International Automotive Technology (SIAT) 2017, to be held at Pune's ARAI Campus next month, announced the company's Indian business unit last week. The company apart from showcasing its...
Lenovo unveils new ‘Legion’ brand of gaming laptops made of brushed aluminium
<p>Lenovo has introduced a sub-brand Lenovo Legion with two new gaming series of laptop - the Legion Y720 and Y520 this week. The Legion Y720 and Y520 laptops are the first two new members in the Legion gaming laptop line-up. The Legion laptops are made out of brushed aluminium.<br /><br /><img...
EGA applies for patent in relation to their preheating frame for anode assemblies
<p>EGA has announced that they have applied for patent for the preheating frame for anode assemblies by their in-house experts which enables safe and rapid preparation of cells for preheating and allows achieving low energy consumption after start-up.<br /> <br />For leading primary aluminium...
