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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Kazakhstan’s first electrolysis plant to be commissioned next year
Kazakhstan's first electrolysis plant may soon be able to completely give up on imported raw materials as the country is expected to launch the production of anodes required for obtaining pure aluminium. The implementation of this economically important project is going ahead of schedule with over...
LTB wins fume treatment system order from SGL
German group Lufttechnik Bayreuth (LTB) has received order for a RTO fume treatment system from SGL Carbon Polska. SGL is spending €3M at its Raciborz plant in Poland to improve health and safety conditions and to optimise the environmental performance of the baking furnaces. LTB is a supplier of...
Aluminium cladding cleans itself, and the air
Alcoa Architectural Products of France has launched a new aluminium cladding panel that cleans both itself and the surrounding air. “These cladding features mean the building is no longer just a structure,” explained Guy Scheidecker, marketing and distribution manager for Alcoa Architectural...
Orbite alumina process has global appeal
Exploration Orbite VSPA Inc. says its patented process to convert the Grande Vallée aluminous clays in the Gaspé Peninsula into alumina may have a much wider potential than expected. Orbite has already produced high-grade alumina - the intermediate material for smelting primary aluminum - in its...
Anode Stub Graphite Coating Systemsfor Aluminium Smelters from VHE
Velaverkstaedi Hjalta Einarssonar ehf. - VHE of Iceland - manufactures a range of Anode Stub Graphite Coating Systems. In the past, rodding plants often used an organic solvent and graphite mixture which quickly dried at ambient temperatures. Environmental considerations have largely eliminated...
Alcoa Architectural Products Delivers the First Aluminium Cladding to Clean Both Itself and the Surrounding Air
In July, with its Reynobond®|Reynolux® with EcoClean™, Alcoa Architectural Products is launching an aluminium cladding panel that cleans both itself and the surrounding air. This means that for the first time there is aluminium cladding that actively generates sustainability and is both economic...
Business heats up for Modern Equipment in Port Washington
The company this week is preparing a 75-ton melting furnace for shipment to an automotive manufacturer. It takes a day just to set up the trailer - it has 13 axles - that will haul the machine to the plant where it will be put into service. The system, which took six months to engineer and build,...
Alcoa: New Products to Drive Revenues
Alcoa announced on June 9 the development of new aluminum-based solutions for the aerospace market, reducing the weight and an increase in fuel economy on top of the savings from new engines. Maintenance and manufacturing costs make the new material much cheaper over the life cycle when compared...
Rolec die-cast aluminium enclosures come custom-ready
Rolec’s die-cast aluminium enclosures have been designed to simplify customisation requirements. Typically, industry-standard die-cast enclosures would require additional machining and reworking in order to mount electronic or electrical components such as keypads, and accessories such as hinges,...
SEI’s Aluminum-Celmet To Make Electric Vehicles 300% More Efficient
Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) is a Japanese company that has developed porous aluminum which can potentially boost the efficiency of electric vehicles (EVs) by over 300%. SEI manufactures electric cables, wires and optic-fiber cable. The porous aluminum developed by SEI can be combined with...
Kryron Terminator Aluminum Alloy Multi-Hit Ballistic Armor Plate Technology by Bourque Industries: Is Nanotech Body Armor and Vehicle Armor a Reality?
Back in May (2011), Dan Power ran a couple of blurbs on Armor Report about Kryron Terminator aluminum alloy ballistic armor (body armor and vehicle armor), which was developed by Bourque Industries. Kryron reportedly recently “showed major improvement over earlier test results with the ability to...
ARMENAL foil-rolling plant to increase output by 7% this year
The Armenian-Russian ARMENAL foil-rolling plant in Yerevan said today it plans to increase output of foil by 7% this year to more than 26,000 tons. ArmenAl, part of RUSAL, the world's largest aluminium and alumina producer, said in a statement it has committed to achieve new goals as its staff...
Alcoa Makes DFMA Case for Aluminum's Sustainability
Green design is a pretty fuzzy concept. Everybody defines it differently. And if you can find a set of definitions you like, how do you efficiently include the concept of green into your design process? The Alcoa Technical Center in southwestern Pennsylvania launched an investigation to find out....
Outotec to deliver alumina calcination technology to Ma'aden Alcoa joint venture in Saudi Arabia
Outotec to deliver alumina calcination technology to Ma'aden Alcoa joint venture in Saudi Arabia Outotec has agreed with Ma'aden Bauxite Alumina Company, a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) and Alcoa in Saudi Arabia, on the delivery of two calciners to the joint venture's...
MIC Aluminum Keyboard Case Transforms Apple iPad 2
The lightweight Apple iPad 2 alongside a physical QWERTY keyboard definitely increases productivity but reduces overall portability, which is not the case when you have a super thin keyboard case to increase wpm (words per minute) and deliver a chic accessory. MIC has released the Aluminum Keyboard...
New Aluminum Channels from Elemental LED Add the Finishing Touch to LED Strip Lighting
Elemental LED Introduces Three Aluminum Channels, Creating New Aesthetic Options for LED Lighting Design Elemental LED, a San Francisco Bay Area-based LED lighting company, introduced a new line of products aimed at satisfying demand for stylish LED strip light installation options. The addition of...
Orbite Added to Russell Global Index
Exploration Orbite (TSX VENTURE:ORT.A) was added to the Russell Global Index when Russell Investments reconstituted its comprehensive set of global equity indexes on June 24. The new membership lists are available at www.russell.com/indexes/tools-resources/reconstitution.asp. Membership in the...
Alba pledges to make waves with quality improvement
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba)'s commitment to achieve an improvement target of $250m came one step closer as the company marked the successful completion of the fifth working group of the Alba SmartWay in June 2011. The Alba SmartWay - part of the AlbaStar Programme - was formulated in early 2010 as...
