Talum d.d., based in Kidričevo, Slovenia, is expanding its aluminum billet production with the order of a new continuous homogenizing furnace and a helical ultrasonic testing unit. The new plant will almost double the homogenizing capacity of the group. Company Profile Founded in 1942, Talum started operating a newly built aluminum electrolysis facility in 1954. […]
The global beverage cans market size is expected to reach US$60.92 billion by 2024, according to Grand View Research, Inc. This is due to increasing demand for carbonated soft drinks and other flavored soda drinks in North America and for energy drinks and canned cold coffee and iced tea in Europe and Latin America. Three aluminum […]
Matalco Inc., part of Giampaolo Group, is adding aluminum slab casting capabilities at its Canton, Ohio, facility. This $15-20 million investment will enable to Matalco to grow beyond its existing extrusion billet business into the flat rolled products market for automotive and other applications. “While opportunities for light weighting and innovation in the auto supply chain will […]
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is expanding its closed-loop recycling programs by implementing a new project to further develop its closed-loop recycling of aluminum from end-of-life vehicles back into new, high-performance products for its vehicles. The £2 million project, called REALITY, will consider advanced sorting technologies and evaluate the next generation aluminum alloys for greater recyclability. […]
The Rolls Royce Phantom has been an icon of luxury vehicles since it was introduced in 1925. The company is continuing this tradition of luxury with the introduction of the 2018 Phantom VII (first announced in January 2016), which features an all-new aluminum architecture. Dubbed “The Architecture of Luxury,” the space frame has been designed and […]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Rice University have developed a new manufacturing method that combines 3D printing with traditional casting in order to produce damage-tolerant components composed of multiple materials. The A356/316L composite components have showed a significantly greater damage tolerance than aluminum alone. “This scalable processing strategy can be used to fulfill specific component functions, giving […]
By Joseph C. Benedyk, Editor. With the startup of its new greenfield casthouse in South Korea, which began operations in 2017, AK Corporation is able to cast aerospace grade aluminum alloys at an annual capacity of 50,000 tons. This new casthouse (plant 3) enables the company to open its doors to global markets for the […]
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Hydro along with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg inaugurated its primary aluminum pilot plant in Karmøy, Norway. The technology pilot at Karmøy is an industrial-scale test plant, which Hydro’s will use to verify its new technology for aluminum electrolysis — which the company believes is the world’s most climate and energy efficient. The ambition of […]
