Capral Aluminium, Australia’s largest extruder and distributor of aluminum, successfully trialed recycled-content billet supplied by Rio Tinto at Boyne Smelters Limited. Around 50–100 tonnes of post-production aluminum scrap at Capral’s Bremer Park extrusion plant in Southeast Queensland was remelted and cast into billets at the smelter, resulting in a new product with a minimum of […]
Sloanebuilt, a leading manufacturer of custom rigid bodies and truck trailers in Australia, is moving toward more sustainable aluminum trailer construction by switching to LocAl® lower carbon aluminum from Capral Aluminium. This includes the extruded and rolled products used extensively in their aluminum trailer builds. “We view this as an exciting and important move for […]
Sculpture by the Sea recently concluded its Bondi to Tamarama Beach coastal walk, which was held from October 20 to November 6 in Sydney, Australia. The internationally acclaimed event transforms the coastal walk into the world’s largest free public sculpture exhibition — featuring more than 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and across the world. […]
Capral Aluminium, the largest extruder and distributor of aluminum products in Australia, installed a new vertical powder coating line at its distribution facility in Huntingwood, New South Wales. The new CUBE Plus vertical powder coating line, supplied by SAT, is a compact line that optimizes space and ensures low operating costs. The line features advanced […]
Capral Aluminium, Australia’s largest extruder, and Tomago Aluminium, a major aluminum smelter in Australia, signed an agreement for a closed-loop recycling program. Under the agreement, Capral will supply approximately 550 tonnes of annual production scrap to Tomago for remelting, paving the way toward access to low carbon aluminum for Australian manufacturers. “As far as we are […]
