aerospace industry

AMAG Inks €100 MM Deal With Ruag For Supply Of Aluminium Parts For Airbus A320

AMAG Inks €100 MM Deal With Ruag For Supply Of Aluminium Parts For Airbus A320

Austrian aluminium firm AMAG Austria Metall AG announced last week a multi-year agreement with Swiss aeronautical supply firm Ruag Aerostructures to supply aluminium parts and components for the Airbus A320 Single-Aisle-Programme. AMAG will supply the aluminium components via its subsidiary in Germany....

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Events

Arconic Lands Long-Term Aluminium Sheet Supply Contract With Boeing

Arconic Lands Long-Term Aluminium Sheet Supply Contract With Boeing

Value-added aluminium firm Arconic announced Monday a new, long-term contract with The Boeing Company to supply the aerospace firm with aluminium sheet and plate for the entirety of its offerings from Boeing Commercial Airplanes. This latest contract is the biggest to date, and it builds upon a deal signed by Arconic’s predecessor-in-interest with Boeing four […]

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Aleris Lands New Multi-Year Aluminium Deal with Boeing

Aleris Lands New Multi-Year Aluminium Deal with Boeing

Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. revealed yesterday that it has come to a multi-year agreement with The Boeing Company to supply the aerospace firm with aluminium plate and sheet for a variety of its aircraft models. Specifics of the deal, including the term and financial details, were not released. However, Aleris confirmed that […]

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Russian Researchers Design World’s First All-Aluminium Aircraft Engine

Russian Researchers Design World’s First All-Aluminium Aircraft Engine

Researchers at a university in the Russian Federation have developed the world’s first all-aluminium aircraft engine. Russian news agency TASS reported last week that the breakthrough at Novosibirsk State Technical University in southwest Siberia. According to the Novosibirsk Region Ministry of Education, this design is the first to utilize aluminium in even heavily-stressed components. “The […]

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Purdue Scientist Develop Aluminium Alloy with Strength Rivaling Stainless Steel

Purdue Scientist Develop Aluminium Alloy with Strength Rivaling Stainless Steel

Scientists at Purdue University say they have developed a new aluminium alloy with strength comparable to stainless steel. According to researchers at the university’s School of Materials Engineering, altering the metal’s crystal lattice by introducing distortions known as “stacking faults,” or omitting a layer in the crystal’s atomic structure, can add strength to the metal […]

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Aleris Lands Aluminium Supply Deal with Embraer

Aleris Lands Aluminium Supply Deal with Embraer

Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has come to terms with Brazilian aerospace conglomerate Embraer S.A. on a multi-year deal to supply aluminium flat-rolled products for use across the entire spectrum of Embraer’s winged offerings. Few details were made public, but the deal in question is a renewal of […]

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