Alcoa and Rio Tinto develop world’s first carbon-free aluminium smelting process
Alcoa Corp. and Rio Tinto have announced a revolutionary process to make aluminium that produces oxygen and eliminates all...
Shiloh Industries opens Nantong plant to manufacture aluminium castings
Shiloh Industries, Inc., a global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions, recently opened a new aluminium casting plant...
Mario Allet takes over as head of Cindal
On 1 February 2018, Mario Allet was appointed as director of Aludium’s Cindal R&D centre. Mario Allet. Foto Aludium In addition...
Hydro acquires 100% of Eugen Notter GmbH
Norsk Hydro has completed the acquisition of the hardware company Eugen Notter GmbH, a German aluminium window hardware manufacturer...
Amag renews multi-year supply contract with Boeing
Amag of Ranshofen in Austria has renewed its multi-year contract with Boeing for the supply of aluminium flat rolled...
Automotive supplier SET orders laser blanking line from Schuler
SET Enterprises has awarded Schuler the order for a highly versatile laser blanking line for its facility in Chicago,...
Alcoa expects global aluminium deficit of up to 1m tonnes in 2018
In its Q1 announcement, Alcoa is projecting a global deficit for both aluminium and alumina in 2018. Due to...
Strong demand for flexible packaging in Europe
Flexible packaging consumption in Europe grew by 2% to around €14bn in 2017, according to research by PCI Wood...
Constellium supplies body sheet for Mercedes-Benz CLS model
Constellium is the primary supplier of aluminium body sheet for the new Mercedes-Benz CLS model. The four-door coupé entered...
Hydro completes acquisition of Arconic’s extrusion plants in Brazil
Hydro recently announced that the acquisition of Arconic’s two extrusion plants in Brazil was completed. The two extrusion plants...