By Andrea Svendsen, Managing Editor. Service Center Metals (SCM), an aluminum extrusion manufacturing company headquartered in Prince George, VA, is celebrating 20 years of continuous operation this year. As the company moves into its third decade, it is completing a $127 million investment in a new remelt and casting plant and new extrusion plant near […]
ASEN Metal, an aluminum extruder based in Kocaeli, Turkey, is expanding its operations with the order of a new extrusion press line. The investment will target the production of hard alloys for automotive applications. Established in the Gebze Industrial Zone, ASEN Metal manufactures high quality standard and customized profiles for local and international markets, with […]
Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti S.p.A., an extruder of brass products in Italy, is moving back into the aluminum extrusion market. The company is revamping its existing 60 MN direct extrusion press in order to produce extruded aluminum profiles for the automotive, aircraft, pneumatics, and oil and gas sectors. Founded in 1947, Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti began with the production of semi-finished […]
Spectra Aluminum ordered a 28-MN, front-loading direct extrusion press and a high-efficiency gas billet oven for its greenfield operation in Bradford, Ontario, Canada. The facility features hundreds of thousands of square feet of manufacturing space dedicated to aluminum extrusion, fabrication, anodizing, and other capabilities. Using state-of-the-art technologies, the site is designed for versatility, material flow, and quick response. […]
Pennex Aluminum held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the completion of the $23 million expansion of its facility in Leetonia, Ohio. The event also marks the 40th anniversary of Pennex being purchased by the Metal Exchange Corporation. The Leetonia facility specializes in aluminum extrusions and fabricated components for the automotive, construction, HVAC, landscaping, and off-road vehicle markets. […]
Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow (LIFT), a U.S. government enterprise and part of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), has established a facility in Detroit, MI, to direct the development of advanced lightweight material manufacturing technologies. The facility ordered a new 12 MN, 5 inch aluminum extrusion press from Danieli Breda for its thermomechanical processing section. […]
Fineiral Alumina Group in Sainte-Hermine, France installed and started up a new 23 MN, 8 inch T-Win extrusion press from Danieli Breda. The company operates Reinal, its branch specializing in powder coating, and Algis, its branch for logistics and distribution. Now, Fineiral Alumina has expanded its business into the extrusion market in order to provide integrated production with […]
Indalum S.A. ordered a complete extrusion plant with a 3,100 ton, 9 inch front-loading press from Danieli Breda for its Monterrey, Mexico, facility. The modern extrusion line will include log storage and pusher, log heating furnace, log saw, billet loader, profile quenching unit, roller table and fly-cut saw system, stretcher, cut-to-length saw, and aging furnace. […]
