Aleris Corporation reported fourth quarter and full year results ending on December 31, 2015, which reflect the divested recycling and extrusions businesses as discontinued operations. “A better than projected fourth quarter caps off a strong 2015, during which we completed the transformation of Aleris into a global rolled products company,”said Sean Stack, Aleris president and CEO, “a strategy […]
Champagne Metals recently commissioned a new state-of-the-art 111 inch wide cut-to-length line from Butech Bliss at its newly constructed Middlebury, Indiana facility. The new line is part of an expansion project, called “The 111 Line,” which will include the installation of a leveling line. The expansion adds approximately 79,000 sq ft, bringing the total facility in Indiana […]
Ball Corporation is moving forward in it plans to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Rexam in a cash and stock transaction, first announced in February 2015. The two companies have complementary metal beverage packaging product offerings and strong cultural compatibility. The combined company will have pro forma 2014 revenue of approximately $15 billion and approximately […]
Novelis is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its plant in Kingston, Ontario, Canada with a number of public events taking place the week of Sept. 12-19, featuring past and present employees, local residents, and government officials. As an integral facility in Novelis’ North American operations, the plant produces aluminum for automotive, transportation, and other industrial […]
Constellium created of an International Scientific Council in July 2013 The Council’s mandate is to nurture and broaden Constellium’s global scientific vision and perspective on relevant emerging domains, key drivers, and technological trends related to its strategic activities. The Scientific Council aims to deliver high level advisory support and recommendations to Constellium on its R&D […]
Pop parody artist “Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album Mandatory Fun includes punny takes on the latest hit music — from Pharrell’s “Happy” (“Tacky”) to Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (“Word Crimes”). The parodies are taking the internet by storm, including Al’s ode to aluminum foil — “Foil” – a parody of Lorde’s 2013 smash hit “Royals”. […]
Novelis announced at the 2014 Craft Brewers Conference in Denver that Red Hare Brewing Company will launch the world’s first commercial use of evercan, the company’s independently certified high-recycled content (90%) aluminum sheet for beverage cans (certified by by SCS Global Services). Red Hare craft beer packaged exclusively in cans made of evercan sheet is […]
The globalization of the aluminum industry has made it imperative that universal alloy and temper designations be adopted worldwide. Already, there is an international accord regarding the designation and composition of aluminum and aluminum alloys, published by The Aluminum Association in TEAL SHEETS 2009. However, there still is no international accord on designation and registration […]
