Bosch SDS, Dassault Systèmes collaborate to advance AI-led manufacturing in India
Bosch Software and Digital Solutions (Bosch SDS) and Dassault Systèmes today announced a collaboration in India to help manufacturing enterprises accelerate digital transformation across product engineering, manufacturing operations and industrial value chains. The collaboration brings together...
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...
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Tesla's new all-electric car uses Aluminum to maximize efficiency
As Tesla launches its new Model S sedan today, the Aluminum Association's Aluminum Transportation Group (ATG) applauds its intensive use of aluminum to help the all-electric vehicle save weight, allowing it to go farther while producing zero emissions and offering rapid acceleration and nimble...
Advanced Thermal Solutions offers high performance aluminum heat sink profiles
Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. now provides nearly 100 high performance heat sink profiles available in standard and bulk lengths. ATS will also provide these heat sinks in customer-designated lengths. Each of these sink profiles is made from a single extrusion, offering the most cost-effective...
Orbite confirms a 23% increase in the recovery rate of REO and RMO
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is proud to announce that an independent analysis of samples of individual rare earth oxides (REO) and rare metal oxides (RMO) has confirmed a 23% increase in recovery rates over the figures published in the Revised Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report dated May 31,...
New Alumina Adsorbent to Remove Formaldehyde from Water
Iranian researchers succeeded in the production of a new type of nano-adsorbent which is capable of removing formaldehyde from water resources. Taking into account the need for the production of materials able to eliminate formaldehyde, researchers studied the effective parameters on the reactivity...
BMW to use the latest high performance aluminium pistons by Federal-Mogul
Federal-Mogul Corporation (NASDAQ: FDML) has developed an aluminium piston that meets the higher strength and thermal performance demands of very high-power diesel engines. BMW is the first to use the piston in its triple-turbo 3.0-litre diesel (N57D30S1) engine, which with a specific power output...
Novelis launches R&D center for aluminium
Novelis has opened a research and technology center that it hopes will help it improve sustainability and innovation of aluminium for use in the beverage market. The 160,000 square foot Global Research Center will focus on solutions for the company’s can business and will be the central point for...
PSI China bags contract from the Alnan Aluminium Fabrication Company
PSI subsidiary PSI China has been awarded by the Chinese Guangxi Alnan Aluminium Fabrication Company Limited with the implementation of the production management solution PSImetals for all four Alnan plants such as cast house, extrusion plant, hot rolling mill and cold rolling mill. The project...
MIT researchers analyse contamination in aluminum recycling
Aluminum recycling continues to expand as it saves so much energy and money. But a new MIT analysis finds that this expansion could run into problems unless measures are taken to reduce impurities that can build up as aluminum is recycled over and over again: everything from paint and labels on...
SBG3I pressure die-cast aluminium sensor housing from Control Devices (Aust)
Control Devices presents the SBG3I pressure die-cast aluminium sensor housing featuring two integrated sensors for measuring accelerations and/or inclinations along three-axis acceleration and/or two-axis inclination. The SBG3I aluminium sensor housing is suitable for applications requiring precise...
Novelis Opens New Global Research & Technology Center
Novelis, the world's leading producer of rolled aluminum and largest recycler of aluminum beverage cans, today officially opened its new Global Research & Technology Center outside of Atlanta, Ga. The 160,000-square-foot facility serves as the global hub of the company's extensive research and...
Harbor Aluminum Outlook offers US Non-Ferrous Scrap Metal Price Outlook
Garey Rittenhouse, PSC Metals’ VP of Non-Ferrous Trading has put up a presentation on aluminum scrap prices at the Harbor Aluminum Outlook conference. “Dependency between ferrous and non-ferrous scrap is very real,” Rittenhouse said, pointing out that when ferrous scrap markets see price...
Alcoa Receives Two Awards for Aluminum Excellence
Alcoa (AA) was recognized with two awards for aluminum excellence yesterday at the American Metal Market 2nd Annual Aluminum Summit held in New York. Alcoa was the recipient of an Innovation Award for its next-generation of aluminum-lithium alloys for the aerospace industry. The award was accepted...
DUBAL and GE won top honors at the Aluminum Summit for their System Modernization Project
GE showcased the power generation and energy management system modernization project the company recently completed for Dubai Aluminum (DUBAL). The success of this initiative won DUBAL and GE top honors in the “Best Brownfield Technology” category of American Metal Market’s Awards for Aluminum...
Constellium introduces armor aluminum solutions at Eurosatory 2012
Today, at Eurosatory 2012, the leading defense trade event, Constellium announced its global 'Armor' offering including a set of targeted innovative solutions building on aluminum exceptional properties. These new products will be used for vehicle and turret hulls, appliqué armor kits for ballistic...
ANF Develops Alumina Nano Fibers(Nafen): A unique nanomaterial
ANF Development, a pioneer in the production of alumina nanofibers, have launched their new product called Alumina Nano Fibers (Nafen™), a new revolutionary type of fibers of regular ordered structure with controllable diameter of 7 to 40 nm and the unmatched record fiber length of up to 15+cm. The...
Alba Upgrades its Calcining Plant for better efficiency
Alba's position as one of the world's leading aluminium smelters was bolstered with the recent replacement and upgrade of the indirect coke cooler at the Alba Petroleum Coke calciner. A ceremony was held at the Alba Petroleum Coke to mark this accomplishment which is expected to generate greater...
Energy from Aluminum Grains to Power Electric Cars
If powering cars with ‘electric powder’ may sound like a scam, think again. Israeli company Alchemy Research offers a new method to power electric cars by using energy stored in aluminum grains. Alchemy Research has developed a method of storage and conversion of energy. Their Alydro technology –...
Targray to launch new aluminium paste for solar cells
Targray Technology has chosen Intersolar Europe as the platform upon which to launch its new aluminium pastes, the M7 range, which is designed for rear-side passivated and locally contacted solar cells. The paste, suited to PERC- and PERL-based manufacturing technologies, is designed for use on...
