The Aluminum Association has updated three of its registration records commonly known as the Teal, Pink and Light Green Sheets, which are available in the Association Bookstore. The Teal Sheets: International Alloy Designations and Chemical Composition Limits for Wrought Aluminum and Wrought Aluminum Alloys — This registration record is the defining source for the designations […]
By Curt Wells and Paul O’Connor, The Aluminum Association. Aluminum recycling provides significant societal environmental benefit in terms of landfilled waste reduction and the energy consumption/emissions avoided as compared to aluminum produced from virgin ore. However, aluminum recycling also generates waste products and these are referred to as secondary aluminum processing wastes, which are comprised […]
Cortizo group, headquartered in Padrón, Galicia, Poland, installed a new vertical powder coating line at their manufacturing facility in Radomsko, Poland. The 32,000 m² facility has two extrusion presses with a production of around 14,500 tonnes per year, along with powder coating, anodizing, and machining capabilities. The new vertical powder coating line was supplied from SAT Surface Aluminium Technologies […]
Futura Industries, a subsidiary of Bonnell Aluminum, installed two new CNC machines due to increased demand for fabrication and precision milling. The new machines will enable the extrusion company to continue to deliver reliable service and to improve lead times. “These newer machines have the latest technology giving us better fabrication speed and reliability,” said […]
TOMRA Sorting Recycling installed multiple scrap sorting technologies in the new metal sorting plant at Wendt Corporation’s Technology Center in Buffalo, NY. The new Wendt plant provides demonstrations of the company’s latest technologies and processes for cleaning, sorting, and upgrading shredded non-ferrous metals, such as zorba and zurik. The center also supports the company’s research […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) trade cases regarding common alloy aluminum sheet. The DOC has determined that imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from China are being sold at less than fair value (or “dumped”) in the U.S. and that aluminum sheet […]
Apple Inc. introduced all-new MacBook Air and Mac mini computers, both of which are manufactured with enclosures made from 100% recycled aluminum for the first time. “Every Mac enclosure is made from aluminum,” explained stated Laura Grove, vice president of hardware engineering at Apple during the company October 2018 event. “We use aluminum because it has incredible strength, durability, […]
JW Aluminum is investing $8.5 million to install a new tension leveling and slitting line at its Goose Creek, South Carolina, facility. The new coil processing equipment is designed to maximize output and increase efficiency, as well as ensuring optimum material flatness. The 84 inch wide line will be custom built by Red Bud Industries and […]
