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Norsk Hydro Plans US$15 MM Expansion To Aluminium Remelting Plant In NW Kentucky

Norsk Hydro Plans US$15 MM Expansion To Aluminium Remelting Plant In NW Kentucky

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced a planned US$15 million expansion of its aluminium remelting facility in Henderson, Kentucky last week. Hydro said in a press release that the capital expenditure would allow the plant to produce advanced aluminium alloys intended...

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Constellium And Novelis Form Organization To Promote Automotive Aluminium

Value-added aluminium firms Constellium N.V. and Novelis announced yesterday their partnership to form a non-profit organization to promote and improve aluminium auto body sheet called Alumobility. According to the firms, this new organization will act as a facilitator for automotive aluminium makers to share technological innovation and market strategies. Alumobility’s ultimate goal is to help […]

Audi Awarded ASI Chain of Custody Certification For Pair Of Automotive Plants

German automaker Audi AG announced yesterday that it has received the Chain of Custody certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) for sustainable aluminium. Audi is the first automaker to be certified by the ASI under its Chain of Custody standard. Dirk Gross-Loheide, Board Member for Procurement and IT at AUDI AG, elaborated upon the […]

Novelis Inks Partnership With Impression Technologies To Develop Aluminium HFQ Hot Stamping Technique

Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. yesterday announced a new partnership with Impression Technologies to collaborate on research into new and innovative uses of hot stamping aluminium, especially through use of Impression’s proprietary Hot Form Quench (HFQ) process. Novelis says HFQ is a one-of-a-kind technology that is used to design and manufacture components […]

EGA Garners Latest Automotive Aluminium Certification

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced over the weekend its receipt of certification for IATF 16949:2016, the automotive industry’s latest and greatest supply chain standard certification. The new standard, which replaces ISO/TS 16949, is the brainchild of the International Automotive Task Force, which is a group of automotive trade associations as well as several prominent […]