Editor’s Note: Driven by the demand for lightweight materials in the automotive industry, the transport segment remains the largest market segment in the global aluminum market. In 2024, this segment accounted for a market share of some 28% (Figure 1)—a figure that is expected to increase annually over the next decade.1 Not surprisingly, China’s transportation […]
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October 2025
Cover Steven Doiron (left) and Serge Chayer (right) overlook the stretcher on the new 9 inch, 28.5 MN extrusion press line installed at MAGNA Aluminum Profile, the first extrusion plant opened by Canadian Specialty Metals. The line is highly automated and eliminates the use of natural gas—making it the first extrusion line in North America […]
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Aluminum Association statistics show that primary production accounts for only about 15% of the aluminum the U.S. produces on an annual basis. This means domestic recycling represents the lion’s share of aluminum production, with recycling production reaching a record high of 3.6 million tonnes in 2024—numbers that will surely increase moving forward.1 And in employment, […]
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August 2025
Cover The Gyda oil platform as it was being decommissioned. Aluminum scrap was recovered from this platform and recycled by Hydro into extrusions used in the new Hangarbrua pedestrian and cycle bridge in Trondheim, Norway. See article on page 18. Articles Secondary Aluminum Smelting and Recycling Annual Review By Rudolf P. Pawlek Page 6 The […]
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Editor’s Note: As daily reported in worldwide news media, business activity in automotive aluminum is facing big challenges with yoyo-like tariffs that threaten aluminum producers, parts manufacturers, and eventual customers. Markets as well as jobs are at risk, not to mention rising product costs, with car and truck buyers most likely to pay for the […]
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Cover Assembly of a rail car body comprised of large, complex aluminum extrusions. Metra Rail, the newly created rail industry brand of Metra Group, manufactures and fabricates extrusions for rail car bodies at its two plants in Rodengo Saiano and Montale, Italy. With its new brand, the company will be able to better support the […]
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Editor’s Note: What a difference in business perspective for U.S. aluminum in general and the aluminum extrusion market in particular that a few months make! From April to May last year, during ET ’24 when all signs pointed up, with the global and U.S. aluminum extrusion market expected to grow significantly in the future and […]
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April 2025
Cover COVER: Zach Fulton, coating manager at Dee Zee, is using a film thickness checker to measure the thickness of the coating just before the profiles are unloaded from the new powder coating line at Dee Zee’s plant in Iowa. This type of quality control is performed randomly to check if production parameters have been […]