Instituto Mexicano del Aluminio, A.C. (IMEDAL) is hosting the AluMexico 2019 Summit and Expo on August 21-23, 2019 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The event invites industry executives, academics, researchers, and industrial and educational institutions to attend and participate in presentations focussed on understanding the practical and theoretical innovations, processes, and products developed in the aluminum […]
During its fourth quarter and full year 2018 results presentation, Arconic Inc. announced plans to restructure its business into two separate businesses. “As part of [the company’s] strategy and portfolio review, we have determined to separate the portfolio into Engineered Products & Forgings and Global Rolled Products,” said John C. Plant, who was recently named chief […]
By Michael Niedzinski, Constellium. During the past 60 years the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) charted the western world’s course for the exploration of outer space. NASA managed and funded programs such as Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and the International Space Station, which is supported by Space Shuttle missions and more recently by the Space […]
Under the “Horizon 2020” program, the European Commission is funding new research and innovation projects that will strive to create and consolidate science-to-technology breakthroughs, establish multidisciplinary research communities, and help establish innovation around them. Among these is the European Magnesium Interactive Battery Community (E-MAGIC) project, which is receiving EUR 6.5 million in order to pool the relevant […]
Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering developed a method for welding AA7075 alloy. Developed in the 1940s for the automotive industry, the alloy that is nearly as strong and one-third its weight, but traditionally has been almost impossible to weld together using the techniques commonly used by auto makers for the assembly of […]
Damco Aluminum Delfzijl Coöperatie U.A. (ALDEL), located in Delfzijl, Netherlands, reopened potline one, six years after it had been closed. Potline one has a total of 120 pot cells, of which 44 have been started up with the expectation that full operation will be achieved by the end of 2019. In combination with the smelters […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) issued final decisions in three scope proceedings, confirming that door thresholds are covered by the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on aluminum extrusions from China. The proceedings followed requests for scope rulings from Columbia Aluminum Products, LLC, Worldwide Door Components, Inc., and MJB Wood Group, […]
CMS Window Systems invested £500,000 (~US$645,000) in next generation fabrication machinery at its factory in Castlecary, Scotland, more than doubling its production capacity for aluminum windows, doors, and curtain walling. The investment has also increased workforce at the site. The investment project includes the commissioning of a state-of-the-art Emmegi Quadra L2 18-axis CNC machining centre for milling, […]
