ILJIN, a leading automotive and industrial bearings and chassis manufacturer, is investing nearly $100 million in a new forging operation in Auburn, Alabama — expanding its capabilities into the aluminum forging market for the first time. Headquartered in South Korea, ILJIN supplies control arms, stabilizer links, ball joints and other components to major auto manufacturers. […]
By Rose Eaton, Associate Publisher. Architectural & Metal Systems (AMS) based in Little Island, Cork, Ireland, is the country’s sole producer of aluminum façade systems and bespoke extrusions for a variety of end users (Figure 1). Ireland is AMS’s biggest market, however, the company and their customers collectively ship fully finished aluminum extrusion profiles and […]
Novelis successfully recovered and restarted its plant in Sierre, Switzerland, which had been severely impacted by a devastating flood at the end of June. Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of both the extended Novelis team and external specialists, the major assets are expected to resume full production by the end of October. “In addition to […]
Henan Yirui New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Henan Mingtai group, signed a final acceptance certificate for its new four-stand aluminum hot finishing mill installed and commissioned at its site in Gongyi, Henan Province, China. As part of the installation of the new mill, an existing single-stand hot rolling mill (consisting of […]
Alusort LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Hydro and PADNOS, started up operation of its new aluminum scrap sorting line using advanced HySort technology at PADNOS’ existing facility in Grandville, Michigan. The new facility will supply Hydro’s Cassopolis and Henderson recycling plants with raw post-consumer scrap material for large-scale production of low-carbon Hydro CIRCAL, a […]
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) signed a non-binding agreement to acquire 20.62% share in Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), which operates one of the world’s largest single-site smelters in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The purchase is in line with Ma’aden’s continued growth plans, with the aim of expanding its business ten times by 2040, with its aluminum […]
Constellium celebrated the grand opening of its new advanced recycling center at its facility in Neuf-Brisach, France. This €130 million investment, supported by a grant from the France Relance investment program, will contribute to the company’s continued growth in the automotive and packaging industries, while promoting a circular, sustainable economy. “I am very proud to […]
Hydro started up the operation of its new aluminum recycling plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. The plant will process recycling scrap into advanced alloys for extrusions, mainly serving the automotive market. In addition, it will provide automotive customers with a closed-loop recycling system, taking back both both production scrap and post-consumer scrap to be made into […]
