Pries Enterprises opened their new aluminum anodizing line in Independence, Iowa. The new line shapes the company into a vertically integrated one stop shop for aluminum extrusions, anodizing and fabrication, thus opening several new doors for the company and its customers. “Our new anodizing line will allow us to dramatically reduce our lead times for our […]
Gränges AB signed an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the company Impexmetal S.A., which includes Polish flat rolled aluminum producer Aluminium Konin and certain other assets, from the Boryszew Group. The SEK 2.3 billion (US$245 million) acquisition will strengthen Gränges’ product offering and presence in Europe and provide a strong position in new attractive niche markets. […]
Latem Aluminium started operation of a new rotary furnace for recycling of aluminum scrap at its new facility in Villadangos, Spain. The new 30 ton furnace replaces an existing 12 ton furnace, enabling the company to produce 30,000 tons per year of secondary aluminum. The new 30 ton tilting rotary furnace from GHI Smart Furnaces […]
By V. Mann, A. Krokhin, D. Ryabov, and A. Startsev, UC Rusal. The quality and properties of rolled aluminum products directly depend on the quality of the slab production, which determines the desirable structure, geometric dimensions, and purity of the metal. These factors are crucial for reducing costs during the rolling process, as well as […]
FABTECH 2019, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing, was held on November 11-14 in Chicago, Illinois. The event achieved record attendance, with a total of 48,278 attendees from 95 countries over the course of four days. During FABTECH, Light Metal Age spoke with Prof. Xiaochun Li, founder of MetaLi, about the company’s groundbreaking […]
The ET Seminar Committee is now accepting nominations for the Maurice H. Roberts Award of Excellence. The namesake of this high honor, Maurice Roberts, was a pioneer in the aluminum extrusion industry and one of the founders of the International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminars. Established by the ET Seminar Committee in 1984, the Maurice H. […]
Nippon Light Metal Georgia (NLMGA), a joint venture between Nippon Light Metal North America, Inc. and ITOCHU Metals Corporation, broke ground on a $50 million project to construct a new aluminum forging plant in Adairsville, Georgia, for the production of automotive suspension parts. As tighter environment regulations are implemented around the world and the need for lighter-weight vehicles […]
Elysis, the joint venture between Alcoa and Rio Tinto, announced that is has successfully produced the first commercial batch of aluminum without any direct carbon dioxide emissions at the Alcoa Technical Center (ATC) in Pittsburgh, PA — using a breakthrough, carbon-free smelting technology. The first purchase of the aluminum was made by Apple — a major […]
