
Fun Kids, the UK’s leading radio station for children, families and parents, released the final episode of the Amazing Aluminium podcast series on 2nd September. Co-created by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), Amazing Aluminium touches on the metal’s composition, its...
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED) has issued an urgent briefing to government setting out key concerns from the UK aluminium industry around the implementation of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) ahead of its planned introduction in January 2027. The briefing has been shared with...
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<p>The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) which represents the leading aluminium packaging producers and reprocessors in the UK, urges people in UK to recycle their festive aluminium packaging after the Christmas and New Year celebrations.<br /> <br />Aluminium is the mostly...

<p>Burgess Marines, Britain’s largest independent ship repairer and marine engineering services has secured third party accreditation to CE Mark structural steel and aluminium fabrications after signing contract with design firm Houlder.<br /><br />It is compulsory to use CE Marking...

<p>On a further update on Lochabar aluminium smelter acquisition, Liberty House and SIMEC, the new owners of the smelter, are set to invest 120 million pounds ($149.76 million) in the project to make aluminium wheels for the car industry. <br /><br />“Liberty aims to protect the existing 170...

<p>Sustainability in aluminium industry gained paramount importance in 2016. While in Malaysia, we saw the government coming down heavily on unregulated bauxite mining that caused irreparable damage to the water bodies in Pahang, environmental tightening in China forced China Hongqiao, the...

<p>The historic Lochabar aluminium smelter by Rio Tinto which was sold to Liberty House Group will soon see the new owner taking over its operations. The new owners plan to produce car parts in the plant and create new job opportunities in Lochaber. The Press and Journal states that the Liberty...

<p>The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) is frustrated that the proposed options within the consultation on new packaging recycling business targets do not reflect the ambition of the aluminium sector to maximise recovery and recycling of this valuable material. Although the...

<p>The popularity of Japanese paper-folding art origami is going beyond paper to wrap aluminium in its wings creating three-dimensional novel objects for interior designing. The superior formability of aluminium is inspiring new-age designers to craft 3D structures unseen before from 2D metal...

<p>Rick Hindley, Executive Director of the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) in an interview to Resource magazine says, figures published on the National Packaging Waste Database by the Environment Agency show the that UK is on track to meet or exceed annual recycling targets for...

<p>Midland Pressure Diecasting (MPD) is a small die casting company in Ashmore Lake Way in West Midlands that offers aluminium and zinc high pressure die casting services. The company has been operating since 2000 across two of its sites with about 65 employees. With clients from the...

<p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is consulting on new business packaging recycling targets for paper, wood, aluminium and steel for 2018-20. The department has published three options with each option indicating different degrees of ambition.<br /><br />According to...

<p>Alumasc Rainwater, the leading manufacturer of aluminium rainwater systems in the UK, has significantly improved its lead time across its entire range of services which includes product installation, fitting, and repair. Customers can now benefit from faster service on all of the company's...

<p>Robert McClymont, a man in Lochaber plans to start-up an aluminium recycling business amid ongoing uncertainty over the future of a local smelter. Lochaber, an area in the west of the Scottish Highlands used to be the operating location for Rio Tinto-owned Alcan aluminium smelter for 90 years....

<p>FIT Show- the UK's only exhibition for the window, door, conservatory, and double glazing industry, will be held at the NEC Birmingham from 23-25 May 2017. With many of the UK’s major aluminium window and door systems manufacturers coupled with trade fabricators and supporting service...

<p>Kestrel Aluminium Systems, the UK based fenestration industry supplier is working with Adams Rite, of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions to secure properties with specially designed doorsets tested as per the UK security standard PAS24.<br /><br />Under the recent contract signed between the two...

<p>TWR Bifolds has recently added new premium aluminium systems to its product range. Currently, the company is a manufacturer of Synseal Stratus, an aluminium lantern roof system in its factory in Sunderland, UK.<br /><br />Commenting on the product expansion, Terry Richardson, Managing Director...

<p>Leading UK manufacturer of designer glazing systems Kawneer has launched the architect’s guide to aluminium in building. The 380-page comprehensive specification guide is presented in a ring binder housed within a durable slip case that makes it an item of architect's collection. It...

<p>Adrian Bailey MP, who represents the West Bromwich West constituency, was elected at a meeting of the Group on 19 October.<br /><br />The vacancy as Chair arose because David Mowat MP, the previous Chair of the Group, has been appointed the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Community...

<p>Provisional third quarter recycling data of the current financial year has been release this year by the National Packaging Waste Database of the Environment Agency, United Kingdom. The results showed strong performance across all materials including aluminium.<br /><br />Although many...