The Blue Planet National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet (the Blue Planet), is Northern Europe’s largest aquarium with more than 20,000 animals and seven million litres of water. Inspired by the circulating currents of a whirlpool, the10,000-square meter building’s architecture is clad with Novelis aluminum. More than 27,000 square meters of coated aluminum were processed into […]
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 April 2014 annual aluminum extrusion issue of Light Metal Age is now available. The digital edition has been released to subscribers and the print edition will be shipped next week. The cover features a 39 hollow aluminum extrusion for a heat exchanger that was made by Almag Aluminum in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, an […]
March 11 – “Antitrust suits vs. LME, banks to go on,” American Metal Market “A federal judge is allowing three groups of plaintiffs to pursue separate lawsuits against Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., their warehousing businesses and the London Metal Exchange. The suits, filed late last year on behalf of dozens of […]
In 2013, two incidents occurred in which Tesla Model S cars struck debris in the road, which resulted in underbody damage that caused car fires. “In both cases, the occupants walked away unharmed, thanks to the car’s safety features,” said Elon Musk, chariman, product architect, and ceo of Tesla in a press release online. “The […]
The YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando, Florida houses one of the largest Olympic-size pools in the Southeast and is a favorite training facility for U.S. divers and swimmers looking to compete in Olympic events. The center recently completed the replacement of its old steel 3, 5, 7, and 10-meter diving platforms, as well as the […]
The Power of Aluminium is an initiative to raise the awareness and understanding of designers regarding the benefits and possibilities of design using extruded aluminum sections. The competition is sponsored by the Aluminium Extruders Association and managed by the Aluminium Federation (ALFED). All U.K. universities are encouraged to participate in the Power of Aluminium program. […]
Following the introduction of the aluminum-bodied Ford F-150, GM announced that it plans to introduce a largely aluminum-bodied truck by 2018, reports the Wallstreet Journal (WSJ). “The push to develop what the industry calls an ‘aluminum intensive’ large pickup marks an apparent change of direction for GM, which has pursued smaller and lighter weight steel-bodied […]
The Reynolds Aluminum “House of Ease” features aluminum shingles, siding, duct work, and foil insulation.
