Capral Aluminium secured up to $3.45 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the upgrade of a log furnace at its Bremer Park extrusion facility in Queensland, Australia. The project is inline with the company’s ongoing focus on lower-emissions manufacturing. “Support from ARENA helps make projects like this possible,” said Tony […]
Hydro is supplying low-carbon, recycled aluminum profiles to Mercedes-Benz Trucks for their reECONIC project. The reECONIC is an electric battery powered waste collection truck, developed with more than 30 partners to demonstrate circular vehicle manufacturing. Based on the Mercedes‑Benz eEconic, the project applies circular thinking from material sourcing to end of life recyclability. Recycled aluminum […]
By Kevin Widlic, Editor. Right in the center of Hydro’s 350,000 sq ft extrusion plant in Georgia is a sign that the aluminum extrusion industry in the U.S. is taking a fresh step forward. It is the facility’s hybrid electric extrusion press, and it is something to see. The new press in Gainesville started operation […]
TOMRA Recycling opened its new Test & Training Center at its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was attended by recycling customers and partners, who received a first-hand tour of the expanded facilities, including a testing circuit complete with the latest sorting technologies, warehouse for critical parts storage, and training facilities. “Today, we celebrate much […]
Century Aluminum Company is expanding its worldwide capacity. The company restarted production at two of its aluminum smelting facilities in the U.S. and Iceland. Expanded U.S. Capacity Century produced the first hot metal at its plant in Mt. Holly, S.C., following its recent expansion project. This major expansion will increase total U.S. primary aluminum production […]
Keymark Corporation is the first Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) member company to complete and publish an environmental product declaration (EPD) using the AEC’s new EPD/Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Generator Tool. The EPD/PCF Generator Tool is a member resource that was developed by SCS Global Services for the AEC Sustainability Team. Traditionally, an aluminum extruder facing customer […]
Horizon Aluminium 2026 will take place May 12–15, 2026, at the Delta Saguenay in Québec, Canada, bringing together aluminum producers, processors, researchers, equipment suppliers, manufacturers, and other industry stakeholders for four days of activities in the heart of the Aluminum Valley. Organized by the Aluminium Valley Society (SVA), the inaugural international congress is designed to […]
Novelis has extended its partnership with Infinitum, Norway’s deposit return system for beverage containers. The renewed long-term agreement reinforces a shared commitment to ensuring that all aluminum beverage cans used in Norway are efficiently collected, recycled, and returned into the production loop. “This partnership demonstrates how circular systems can work at scale,” said Alexandre Gellert, […]
