Winners of the 2017 International Aluminum Extrusion Student Design Competition were announced by the Aluminum Extruders Council. The top three winners of the competition realized many of the advantages that aluminum extrusions have to offer with their designs for an improved bike rack, electrical fencing, and stand for transporting medical equipment. Industrial lighting figured large […]
Cover Finished hollow extrusion dies manufactured by Thumb Tool & Engineering in Bad Axe, MI. The veteran die maker is celebrating its 45th year anniversary. (See story beginning page 22.) Articles AACOA Expands to Meet Growing Demand from Automotive and Specialty Markets By Andrea Svendsen Page 6 Purchase Article Sapa’s High Speed Rail Vision: Wide […]
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Cover The new compact remelt plant (CRP) with horizontal billet casting lines is now in operation at Service Center Metals (SCM) in Prince George, VA. This is the second CRP for the extruder. Photos show the continuous process from aluminum melting furnace to solidified billet strands. With Phase 1 and now Phase 2 line completed, […]
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Cover Environmental safety measurements being carried out on the new RA-550 electrolytic cells installed at UC Rusal’s Sayanogorsk smelter in Eastern Siberia. Find out more about the new pilot pot cell technology beginning on page 22. Articles Table/Primary Aluminum Industry in the Year 2016 By Rudolf P. Pawlek Page 6 RA-550: The New Generation of […]
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Cover The new CALP (continuous annealing line with pretreatment) line installed in Neuf-Brisach, France, is one of two new investments Constellium has made this year to meet the growing demand for finished aluminum sheet for the automotive industry. A greenfield facility was also constructed in Bowling Green, KY, as part of a joint venture project […]
Aluminum extruders from around the world have formed an alliance designed to promote and defend fair trade practices. The International Fair Trade Alliance (IFTA) is a non-profit organization created to bring together aluminum extrusion manufacturers and suppliers from across the globe for the purpose of promoting free and fair trade. The Alliance, which began forming […]
While at the ALUMINIUM 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. The eighth interview in the series—conducted by Ann Marie Fellom, publisher—presents Nigel Blackmore, sales manager for Hatch IAS (Industrial Automation Services) in Aliquippa, PA office. […]
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Cover Novelis China is supplying aluminum sheet for the all-new, aluminum-intensive Jaguar XFL, which was developed exclusively for the Chinese market. The vehicle will be assembled by Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Co. at its Changshu Plant, China’s first purpose-built aluminum body shop (pictured). See news item on page 84. Articles New Aluminum R&D Initiative […]
