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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Bosch Rexroth gives a lift to aerospace manufacturers at MRO Europe
One of the world’s leading engineering companies, Bosch Rexroth, revealed how it has been working with global aerospace manufacturers to help them meet the challenges of working at height. The company gave a live demonstration of its latest aluminium staging technology, which is already being used...
Perodua to introduce aluminium engine in Next Model
Perodua plans to introduce an aluminium engine in its next model to be launched in the third quarter of next year. President and Chief Executive Officer Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said the engine would be produced at the RM1.3 billion plant expected to be completed in the third quarter of next...
President Obama taps Alcoa Chairman and CEO to help advance US manufacturing
President Barack Obama has tapped Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld to join the President's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee 2.0, part of a continuing effort to maintain US leadership in the emerging technologies that will create high-quality manufacturing jobs and enhance...
INFINIUM demonstrates new clean, low cost aluminum production technology
INFINIUM announced today a breakthrough in aluminum production using its patented Pure Oxygen Anode technology, providing dramatic advantages over century-old technology used throughout the world. The company has successfully and repeatedly demonstrated its process for primary production of...
Rising Demand for ROLEC aluFACE and aluTWIN aluminium enclosures
Increased use of electronics in harsh industrial environments has been boosting demand recently for ROLEC’s aluFACE and aluTWIN enclosures. These two popular ranges of standard aluminium housings are perfect for a wide range of industrial electronics and electrical applications, including process...
ALUEXPO 2013 “3rd Aluminium Technology, Machinery and Products Trade Fair” commences in Istanbul Expo Center on October 3-6, 2013
ALUEXPO 2013 “3rd Aluminium Technology, Machinery and Products Trade Fair” will be organized in Istanbul Expo Center on October 3-6, 2013. Supported by TALSAD-Turkish Aluminium Industrialists Association, which is the preeminent association of the Turkish Aluminium industry, ALUEXPO 2013 brings...
Samsung Galaxy S5 tipped for aluminum design
The argument between plastic or aluminum for smartphone designs is ongoing, and we all know Samsung’s been criticized for it in the past, but that could soon be changing. A company by the name Catcher Technology is reportedly looking to secure a large deal with Samsung electronics to manufacture...
Jaguar invests $2.3bn in new vehicle design
Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it has invested GBP1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) to introduce an all-new technically-advanced aluminium vehicle architecture in forthcoming models. To support this strengthening of the Jaguar product portfolio, 1,700 new jobs will be created in the UK at the...
Alcoa's breakthrough automotive bonding technology named aluminum industry's best
Alcoa was awarded Metal Bulletin's top innovation prize for the company's breakthrough technology enabling the production of more aluminum-intensive vehicles. Alcoa's invention, an aluminum bonding technology, won "Best Product Innovation" of 2013 at the publication's Global Awards for Aluminium...
Aluminum E-Tipper offers lightweight efficiency
Crysteel’s aluminum E-Tipper dump body offers contractors durability and lightweight efficiency, weighing up to 50 percent less than traditional carbon steel dump bodies. This results in fuel cost savings, as well as less wear on tires and brakes. Lightweight aluminum also offers increased payload...
Jaguar’s all-new C-X17 to sport advanced aluminium monocoque chassis architecture
The C-X17 has been created as a design study to introduce Jaguar’s all-new advanced aluminium monocoque chassis architecture, codenamed iQ[Al], in which an exciting range of future Jaguars will be built. This new philosophy underpins the entire innovative future of the Jaguar brand. A modular and...
Novelis named aluminium fabricator of the year by Metal Bulletin
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, was named Aluminium Fabricator of the Year, one of the top prizes at the Metal Bulletin Global Awards for Aluminium Excellence held today at a ceremony in Geneva. The company's Yeongju, South Korea, Recycling Center was also honored as...
Rockwell Automation delivers TÜV Rheinland functional safety program across Australia
Rockwell Automation is committed to providing specialised TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Program training to machinery engineers throughout Australia in the coming months. The TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Program is the only global vocational training program in this area where knowledge and...
The aluminum airship of the future has finally flown
There was once a time when man looked to the skies and expected to see giant balloons rather than airplanes drifting above. The Hindenburg Disaster promptly put an end to those dreams. But nearly a century later, one company may have finally figured out how to build a dirigible suitable for the...
Hydro seeks support for pilot aluminium plant
Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has asked Enova for support in connection with a project to test next-generation aluminium electrolysis technology at a pilot plant in Karmøy, Norway. The plant will have annual production capacity of 70,000 metric tons with the aim of testing the world’s most...
International Aluminium Institute : Launch of Recycling Curriculum in Schools
A new curriculum, being developed by JASON Learning and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), will educate America's school children on the importance of recycling and the physics, chemistry and engineering behind it. "This partnership will show students how a career in science,...
Interview: China experiences a surge in aluminium power cable capacity building
China is experiencing an investment wave in aluminium power cables with overcapacity looming in the sector, a top executive from Shanghai Shenghua Cable Group told Shanghai Metals Market in an interview this week. Such investment wave ``should reduce China’s copper consumption in the long run,’’ Hu...
With announcement of new iPhone, Poll finds questions abound about recycling old cell phones
As plans for the new iPhone 5S and 5C are expected to be announced today at Apple’s Media Day, a new online poll conducted by Earth911 for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) finds that nearly 60 percent of the people who do not recycle old cell phones fail to do so because they...
