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    Rio Tinto Expands Its Sustainability Strategy with New Recycling Capabilities

    Rio Tinto is a global, vertically integrated aluminum manufacturer, with bauxite mines, alumina refineries, and smelters, enabling the company to manage the entire value chain and ensure the efficient production of its aluminum products. Sustainability is a key aspect of Rio Tinto’s strategy, and the company has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]

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    Outdated Electrical Standard Needs to Be Revised to Reflect Aluminum’s Value as a Conductor

    By Peter Pollak, The Aluminum Association (Retired). In 1914, the National Bureau of Standards and 14 copper wire manufacturers developed an electrical conductivity standard for copper.1 This International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) enabled the development of uniform resistance tables that became the foundation for electrical engineering, codes, and standards. Back then, the possibility of another […]

  • Figure 3. The Stedelijk Chair is made out of only aluminum, providing a beautiful and functional design. (Source: Studio Sabine Marcelis.)

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    Aluminum Shows Up Big at Milan Design Week 2024

    By Kevin Widlic, Contributing Editor. At Milan Design Week 2024, aluminum reinforced its case as a feature material among designers and aesthetes from across the world. The various designs presented at the show demonstrate that aluminum can be a powerful material for more than just furniture. Milan Design Week, or Salone del Mobile, originated in […]

  • Figure 2. A formed and machined extrusion for a body structure component, which has been designed to integrate well within the vehicle. (Source: UACJ Whitehall.)

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    Extrusions for Automotive – From the Voice of the Customer

    By Andrew Halonen, Mayflower Consulting LLC. Every business owner would like to have a better understanding of their customer to be sure they are meeting customer needs and are remaining competitive. So, how do they get this insight and feedback? The process is referred to as the voice of the customer (VOC). While this sounds […]

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    Diverting Aluminum Scrap Away from Recycling Disrupts Circularity

    By Melissa Zirps, Magrathea. The past decade has seen a significant global shift towards sustainability and decarbonization. To meet this era of decarbonization, the industrial sector, responsible for a quarter of all global emissions, has had to reevaluate processes and resource utilization.1 Within this sector, the aluminum industry is a significant contributor, responsible for 3% […]

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    Supporting the Integration of Aluminum in the Automotive Industry

    Alumobility is a global ecosystem that was founded in 2021 to foster collaboration between leading aluminum manufacturers, downstream technology partners, and OEMs, with the aim of supporting the adoption of aluminum in the automotive industry. The three primary members are Constellium, Novelis, and Speira, which work with technology partners on various project studies to develop […]

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    Hydro Starts Producing High Quality Automotive Forging Stock in Germany

    With the automotive industry putting emphasis on lightweighting and sustainability for several decades, there has been continuous growth in the use of aluminum. This is due to the material’s light weight, excellent mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and processing possibilities. In response to this demand from the automotive market, Hydro has been working to increase the […]

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    Supporting Extruders in Navigating the Environmental Landscape

    By Lynn Brown, Long Point Associates, and Shane Tredup, Custom Aluminum Products and the AEC Sustainability Team Over the past 6-12 months, aluminum extruders have reported substantial growth in the number and frequency of requests for environmental data from customers, including the carbon footprint of their products, the extruders GHG Protocol Scope 1, Scope 2 […]