Every two years, the European Aluminium Awards are given to products or projects in which aluminum has been applied in an innovative manner. Industrial designers, manufactures, importers, architects, builders, and artists can enter the competition in various categories.Judging criteria includes originality and functionality of the use of materials, functionality of the product, design, durability (in […]
The ALUMINIUM 2014 trade show and exhibition at the Messe Düsseldorf in Germany, held October 7-9, 2014 was a great success. Bustling with activity, the event set new records in both exhibitor and visitor attendance. A total of 935 companies from 50 nations exhibited, with the share of international exhibitors climbing to 63%. Nearly one […]
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The London Gateway Port Terminal in Essex, U.K., utilizes an external frameless aluminum curtainwall system that allows sunlight within the building, reducing reliance on interior lights during the daylight hours. Daylighting is just one of the ways aluminum windows can improve the environmental performance of a structure in the aim to construct zero energy buildings. See article beginning on page 6. (Photo: Sapa Group.)
ALUMINIUM, the world’s leading trade fair of the aluminum industry, will expand its global activities to include a North American presence in response to the booming aluminum market in the U.S. ALUMINUM USA will be held November 11-12, 2015 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, MI. The U.S. market is the aluminum industry’s third-largest global […]
This roundup covers the time period of December 10 through January 6. December 10 – “Aluminum Leaving LME Seen by Jefferies Increasing Volatility,” Bloomburg December 15 – “COLUMN-Glencore’s Pacorini entrenches LME warehousing position,” By Andy Home, Reuters All good news, it appears, for the LME, which has been lambasted by industrial users for its dysfunctional […]
The December 2014 issue of Light Metal Age is now available. The digital edition has been released to subscribers and the print edition will be shipped next week. The cover features as-rolled aluminum foil produced by Hydro’s Grevenbroich rolling mill in Germany. The foil is only 15 μm thick but completely free from grease. […]
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This roundup covers the time period of October 18 through December 10. October 23 – “Natixis predicts a positive future for aluminium,” Al Circle Nic Brown, the head of commodities research at Natixis announced at the LME Metals Seminar in London that aluminium prices will average above $2000 per tonne in 2015. October 27 – […]
West Michigan artist Alla Dickson’s painting, This Enigmatic World, was inspired by a macro image of aluminum, which Alla had seen in the laboratory of the Technical Support Center at Hydro Aluminum in Holland, MI, where her husband works.
