The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) has announced that entries for the 2017 Alufoil Trophy competition are now open and will be accepted until November 18, 2016. The Alufoil Trophy is widely regarded as the most prestigious award in the sector and offers foil rollers, foil converters, foil container manufacturers, packaging designers, brand owners, closure […]
While at the ALUMINUM USA trade show in Detroit, Michigan, in November 2015, Light Metal Age had the opportunity to interview a number of notable members of the aluminum industry. This fourth interview in the series conducted by Ann Marie Fellom, publisher, presents Jon Gillespie, president of Gillespie & Powers (G&P), a well-known industrial engineering company […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly finalized a new rule that requires medium and heavy-duty trucks to improve fuel efficiency up to 25% by 2027 in an effort to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the nation’s freight transportation activities. The final standards are expected to lower CO2 […]
Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. (KPEX), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel, broke ground on its new production facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky (announced in May), officially marking the start of construction. The new facility will manufacture and sell aluminum bumper beam material and car frame material for the automotive industry in the U.S. KPEX represents a […]
STORM Eindhoven, a group of Dutch university students from Eindhoven University of Technology, has developed the world’s first electric touring motorcycle and is now preparing to take its STORM Pulse across the world in 80 days. “Building a zero-emission vehicle without compromising on design, safety, and pleasure,” noted STORM Eindhoven. “This is what STORM Eindhoven means to realize […]
Light Metal Age (LMA) has updated its invaluable Aluminum Extrusion Article Archive. Available on a USB drive, the updated archive adds material from 2012 to 2016, so that it now includes over 1,500 extrusion-focused articles, editorial, news items, and content from the pages of LMA magazine from July 1943-June 2016. The easily searchable database presents an encyclopedic look at […]
According to a new study, “Analysis of the Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Implications of Distributing and Refrigerating Beverages,” conducted for the Aluminum Association by ICF International, the combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the transportation and refrigeration of beverages in aluminum cans are lower than those associated with that of beverages in glass or […]
While at the ALUMINUM USA trade show in Detroit, Michigan in November 2015, Light Metal Age had the opportunity to interview a number of notable members of the aluminum industry. This third interview in the series conducted by Ann Marie Fellom, publisher, presents Ravi Tilak, president and ceo of Almex USA, headquartered in Buena Park, […]
