In the heart of London’s Covent Garden, a 19th-century Grade II-listed townhouse has undergone a remarkable transformation. Designed by local architecture studio, Carmody Groarke, the Covent Garden Apartment seamlessly blends historic preservation with modern ingenuity, culminating in a striking new rooftop aluminum pavilion. The success of the pavilion as a piece of architectural engineering was […]
Waiting For Ideas, a Paris, France-based creative studio, introduced the PP-1 turntable, a beautifully crafted system carved out of aluminum. This design combines excellent sound quality with a visually stunning monolithic structure. “In a world where music has become an endless stream, where tracks flow seamlessly without pause, PP-1 redefines the listening experience,” stated Waiting […]
Dee Zee is a manufacturer of components and accessories for the automotive market. In line with its focus on continuous improvement, innovation, and technology, the company expanded its operation with a new vertical powder coating line at its Broadway campus in Iowa. The line was installed in February 2025, with commissioning currently in progress and […]
Hydro plans to invest NOK 15 billion in the construction of a new wire rod casthouse at its aluminum smelter in Karmøy, Norway. This is the company’s largest investment in Norway in ten years. “This investment will expand the capacity of wire rod to supply our customers with low-carbon solutions needed to develop and expand […]
Century Aluminum is a global metals and mining company with primary aluminum production operations in the U.S. and Iceland. The company’s smelting facility in Mt. Holly, South Carolina, houses casting equipment capable of processing nearly 230,000 tonnes of aluminum, producing standard-grade ingot, extrusion billet, and other products. As the first primary aluminum plant in the […]
By J.P. Weiler, Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Inc. Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of articles highlighting developments in the magnesium industry, with the aim of addressing common misconceptions. The first five articles focused on primary production of magnesium, automotive and other applications, magnesium’s effect on aluminum alloys, and magnesium myths. This sixth […]
Novelis introduced a new pilot material — an aluminum alloy coil made from 100% recycled end-of-life automotive aluminum scrap. The innovative material is suitable for car body outer skin applications, meeting the automotive industry’s strict requirements for surface quality and formability. “Automotive customers are constantly looking for ways to decarbonize their products while keeping them light, […]
Gordon Murray Group (GMG), along with project partners Constellium, Carbon ThreeSixty, and Brunel University London, is leading Project M-LightEn, an initiative to develop vehicle chassis structures that are 25% lighter and reduce carbon intensity by 50%. The project is supported by Innovate UK and the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). “The potential for this project is […]
