Hydro places an order with Danieli for the supply, installation, and commissioning of a state-of-the-art wire rod casting and rolling line as part of the NOK 15 billion expansion project at its Karmøy aluminum smelter in Norway. The project is in response to growing demand for aluminum wire rod. An aluminum conductor with the same […]
Jupiter Aluminum Industries (JUPALCO), part of the Jupiter Group, placed an order for two additional Vortex furnaces for aluminum coil annealing from SECO/Warwick. The company was established in 2023, with the first three coil annealing systems supplied at that time. “Two years ago, we chose three Vortex 2.0 systems, which at the time fully met […]
Tahweel Metal Industry Corporation (TMIC) plans to construct a fully integrated, state-of-the-art aluminum foil plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The announcement ceremony, which took place in Riyadh, was attended by government officials, as well as company and supplier representatives. Established in 2022, TMIC is the first integrated aluminum foil producer in the Middle East and […]
Lotte Aluminium USA LLC issued a final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the high-bay store installed at its new foil production facility in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The facility is dedicated to producing aluminum cathode foils, which will be integral to manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. For Lotte Aluminium, the innovative high-bay store is a milestone in […]
Constellium successfully started up and inaugurated the new foil finishing lines at its Singen plant in Germany. This milestone marks the completion of the €30 million investment in partnership with Lotte Infracell, a subsidiary of Lotte Aluminium, to supply high-quality aluminum foil stock for battery applications in Europe. “The start-up of the new finishing lines […]
Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (GARMCO), a leading aluminum producer based in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, upgraded its 1-stand hot rolling mill. Successfully completed by SMS group, the project enhanced the mill’s operational efficiency and reliability, while ensuring it will be able to meet future demands in the aluminum processing sector. “The completion of this […]
Golden Aluminum Inc. achieved commercial start-up of a new continuous aluminum strip caster at its Fort Lupton facility in Colorado. Collaboratively developed by Golden Aluminum and SMS group, the Nexcast® machine is the centerpiece of a compact, fully integrated continuous production line that transforms molten metal directly into 36-inch-wide hot-rolled coils for subsequent cold rolling […]
Compañía Valenciana de Aluminio Baux, part of Jupiter Aluminum Group, installed a new 4-high cold rolling mill in Segorbe, Spain. The new mill increases production of cold rolled aluminum, which will be used as a raw material in the company’s nearby Bancolor plant in Elche de la Sierra, Spain, where it will be processed into […]
