The June 2014 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 the new runnout system at take-charge extruder Bonnell Aluminum in Newnan, GA, which installed a new start-of-the-art extrusion line engineered to automotive specifications. […]
The February 2014 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 the Aluminicaste team. Aluminicaste is an aluminum greenfield remelt facility located in Central Mexico now close to full production capacity. The plant casts mainly […]
The November 1944 issue of Light Metal Age presented an image of “Tomorrow’s light metal car.” In the associated article, the writers talk about the use of aluminum and magnesium in the sleek-lined, spaced-aged cars of the future. From the article: Many projected or possible applications of light metals are now being “imaginered” by both […]
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TMS 2014 will be held on February 16-20 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Among the special symposia, the event will feature “Innovation in the Aluminum Industry Supply Chain – How Will We Move on to the Next S Curve?” The scope of the session looks at how the aluminum industry […]
Light Metal Age (LMA) magazine is proud to announce that the Aluminum Extrusion Article Archive, a new searchable DVD covering the aluminum extrusion industry, is now available. This comprehensive database includes over 1,000 aluminum extrusion-focused articles, editorial, and news items that appeared in the pages of LMA from July 1943 to June 2012. The archive […]
ET ’12, the Tenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar & Exposition, will be held May 15-18, 2012 in Miami, FL. Occurring only every four years, ET is the definitive seminar series for the aluminum extrusion industry. The four-day educational event attracts upwards of 1,300 industry professionals from all over the world. Light Metal Age (LMA) […]
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Light Metal Age (LMA) is pleased to announce its 70th anniversary of continuous publication. The technical trade publication was inaugurated in May 1943 by Roy Fellom, Jr., combining his personal interests and educational background as a mining engineer with the family publishing business started by his father. With its first issue (cover pictured), Roy printed […]
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For 68 years, a subscription to Light Metal Age has been an excellent way to keep up to date on the news and technical innovations taking place in the light metal world. Now Light Metal Age offers digital subscriptions, making this knowledge available faster than ever. Digital subscriptions are delivered 6 times a year directly […]
Due to the popularity of the list of Secondary Aluminum Smelters of the World, Light Metal Age has decided to make available online our list of Primary Aluminum Smelters of the World (previously available only in our February print edition of the magazine). This list provides current capacities and shut down capacities for primary aluminum […]
