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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Tesla tumbles but stands to reshape global metals market and aluminium demand
Electric car maker Tesla's shares have tumbled after the company lost two executives and nearly doubled its first-quarter loss, but some analysts are turning their attention to the company’s potential effect on the global metals market, especially lithium, aluminium, and copper. The company...
Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S gets an aluminium subframe on front axle
The Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S has shed weight thanks to the use of aluminium in many of its core components. At 306bhp and with 280lb ft of torque, the most powerful GTI ever produced has set a new front-wheel drive Nürburgring lap record, with a time of 7:49:21. The all new Clubsport S is...
EconCore develops composites panels with thermoplastic honeycomb core and aluminium skin
EconCore, a technology provider for continuous production of honeycomb sandwich materials has developed new generation of aluminium composites panels. Within the conventional process, a relatively thick layer of polymer is extruded in between two layers of aluminium sheet. EconCore technology...
HP launches anodised aluminium body Chromebook 13 G1
HP in collaboration with Google on Thursday, April 28, launched its latest Chromebook 13 laptop, the Chromebook 13 G1, priced at $499 (roughly INR 33,200) for the base model. It is said to go on sale this month. Looking at the Chromebook 13 G1's design, which boasts of a brushed anodised aluminium...
New dry recycling system for aluminium salt cake from BHS-Sonthofen
A simplified dry recycling process to recover the 5-10 per cent of aluminium which remains in the aluminium salt cake produced in the smelting process of secondary aluminium, has been developed by German recycling equipment manufacturer, BHS-Sonthofen. According to the company, to date the recovery...
Researchers develop process for inexpensive solar desalinization using aluminium
Solar desalinization, once considered to be too costly to implement in an economic manner, may be achievable in the near future thanks to a process that utilizes aluminium. Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Nanjing University have developed a process for solar desalinization...
Satechi launches Aluminum Mini Docking Station for Windows and Mac
Popular peripheral maker Satechi is launching a new compact hub for Macs called Aluminum Mini Docking Station. The new hub expands one USB 3 port into four USB 3 ports plus adds access other networking and audio/video ports. Like a lot of other Satechi hardware, Aluminum Mini Docking Station is...
Aluminium-bodied Jaguar XF L unveiled at Beijing Motor Show
Jaguar took the wraps off an extended version of the aluminium-bodied XF at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show, with 140mm added to the wheelbase giving rear passengers 157mm more legroom and 116mm more kneeroom. According to Jaguar, 90 per cent of executive saloon cars are bought in China in long...
MWSD launches forged aluminium wheel option for Euro 6 tractor units
Motor Wheel Service Distribution (MWSD) has unveiled the latest Xlite and Xbrite+ forged aluminium wheels, designed predominantly for DAF vehicles and petrol and powder tractor units with a weight saving axle. The official UK distributor of Wheels India’s Xlite range has made two eight stud...
Second-generation Audi TT RS gets an aluminium engine block
Audi TT RS enters the second generation. The newly launched offering from the luxury car brand which is all set to make its world premiere at the Beijing motor show in both Coupe and Roadster forms, sees the same 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo engine concept, but with a revamped engine block now...
New York designer unveils aluminium bottles for Pepsi
Noted New York based designer Karim Rashid has created a set of aluminium bottles for drinks brand Pepsi, one of a series of megabrands that presented in Milan this year. Working in collaboration with parent brand PepsiCo, Rashid has created three aluminium containers for the carbonated soft...
NCKU researchers invent aluminium bonding wires
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) researchers’ latest invention, of aluminium bonding wires used in semiconductor packaging, is poised to revolutionize the industry by providing a cheaper alternative to gold, silver and copper, materials science professors Hung Fei-yi and Lui Truan-sheng said....
B&O Play introduces smallest Bluetooth speaker using aluminium cone mid-woofer
B&O Play has taken the wraps off its smallest Bluetooth speaker to date, adding the BeoPlay A1 to its line-up, which it states provides up to 24 hours portable playtime during everyday use. Fitting “comfortably in the palm of your hand”, the BeoPlay A1 measures in at 5.2” x 1.9” and weighs 600 g –...
Global automotive lightweight material market to grow at 14% CAGR during 2016 - 2022
According to a recently published market research report, the global automotive lightweight material market (includes components made from downstream aluminium and high-grade aluminium alloy) was estimated at $77.1 billion in 2015, and it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.0 per cent during 2016 -...
BMW Exec Mr. Zangerle to speak at Asia Automotive Lightweight Supply-Chain Symposium
The 4th Automotive Lightweight Supply-Chain Symposium will be kicked off on the 11th of July 2016 at the Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel in Shanghai, China. The AluMag Symposium, which was held the first time in Düsseldorf (Germany) back in 2014, has experienced a steady growth of attendance from...
Die casting foundry MRT wins queen's award for international trade
Staff at world class foundry MRT Castings is celebrating after winning a Queen’s Award For International Trade on Her Majesty’s 90thbirthday. Family-owned and managed MRT joined the prestigious list of UK achievers after growing export turnover by 330 per cent over the last three years. Overseas...
Continuing innovation yields technology improvements at EGA
The Technology Development & Transfer department at Emirates Global Aluminium (“EGA”), the largest primary aluminium producer in the GCC region and among the top five producers in the world, continues to focus its efforts on improving the operating performance of the proprietary reduction cell...
SAF installs cut-to-length aluminium coil processing line
SAF (Southern Aluminium Finishing Co.) recently installed a Cut-To-Length (CTL) aluminium coil processing line in their SAF-West, Redding, CA plant. The heart of the line is a Herr-Voss 6 hi corrective leveler to enhance processing of non-ferrous coil for surface critical sheet with the flatness...
