By Kevin Widlic, Contributing Editor. Hangarbrua, a pedestrian and cycle bridge built with aluminum from a decommissioned offshore oil platform, has been lifted into place in Trondheim, Norway, and will open this fall. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration expects the bridge to be maintenance free for 100 years, and a life cycle analysis shows that […]
Extruded Aluminum Company (EAC), Profile Custom Extrusions, and Metra Canada — three premier U.S. and Canadian aluminum extrusion companies — are combining their businesses to launch Metra North America. United, the company will be able to redefine aluminum extrusion quality, reliability and worth. “Simply put, we’re raising the bar to make our customers’ jobs more rewarding […]
The Extrusion Technology for Aluminum Profiles Foundation (ET Foundation) and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) have issued the Call for Abstracts for ET ’27 – the Fourteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar and Exposition, which will take place April 27 through April 29, 2027 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida. The event […]
Metra Group, headquartered in Rodengo Saiano, Italy, is a global manufacturer of complex extruded aluminum profiles, supporting the needs of industrial, building and construction, and other markets. A key strategic sector for the company for decades has been the railroad industry, which is seeing growing demand for aluminum as the industry focuses on improving the […]
HAI Materials Korea, the joint venture between Hammerer Aluminum Industries (HAI) and LS Cable & System, officially opened its new extrusion facility in Gumi, South Korea. The new facility plans to manufacture high-strength aluminum components for electric vehicles for the Korean market. “Both LS Cable & System and the HAI Group stand for innovation, quality […]
Hydro Extrusion North America placed an order for a complete 8 inch, 25 MN extrusion line from SMS group and OMAV, a specialist in the field of aluminum extrusion systems. Engineered to Hydro’s high operational standards, the new line features an innovative HybrEx® press and a patented electric scrap shear will be installed at the […]
By Andrew Halonen, Mayflower Consulting LLC. The automotive industry landscape is shifting once again. For the past decade, the industry has seen heavy interest in electric vehicles (EVs), with automotive OEMs making significant investments to convert their vehicle lineup to EVs. However, OEMs are now taking a step back and reconsidering their electrification strategy.1 The […]
General Extrusions International (GEI), which came under new ownership at the end of 2023, operates a 225,000 sq ft extrusion plant in Youngstown, OH. The plant houses two press lines, including a 1,675 ton, 7 inch Youngstown press and a new 25 MN, 8 inch SMS press (installed in 2022). The 7 inch press line […]
