Ball Corporation Plans New Aluminium Beverage Can Plant For Bowling Green, Kentucky
Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced earlier this week its plans to construct a new aluminum end manufacturing facility in Kentucky. The...
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Constellium To Supply Structural Aluminium Components For New All-Electric Ford F-150
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday that it has been chosen to be the supplier of aluminium structural components for the new all-electric 2022 Ford F-150. Constellium will supply the new model with parts to include the windshield header, rocker,...
Constellium’s Bowling Green Rolled Aluminium Plant Recognized As Environmental Steward By TVA
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. said yesterday its plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has been named an...
Kobelco Opens Expansion At Kentucky Extruded Aluminium Automotive Parts Plant
Kobe Steel, Ltd’s U.S. subsidiary Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. (KPEX) inaugurated a new aluminium extrusions plant in Bowling...
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Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products Announces US$51.3MM Expansion at Bowling Green Plant
Japan’s Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, LLC (KAAP) announced the commencement of a US$51.3 million expansion of its operations in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The move is the first of several phases of a project that is expected to enhance the local economy by US$280 million over the next decade. The project involves the addition of two […]
Constellium-UACJ US$150MM Joint Venture Plant Opens in Kentucky
Constellium-UACJ opened its new auto body sheeting plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky this week. The 225,000-ft2 plant, built at a cost of US$150 million, will produce finished auto body sheet for sale to major American auto manufacturers. Construction of the plant began in 2014 in the Kentucky Transpark. The plant will employ 65 workers and […]
Consteillium’s Q1 Numbers Down Slightly, But Automotive Sector Offers Hope
Amsterdam’s Constellium N.V. released financials for the first quarter of 2016 yesterday. As with much of the rest of the market, shipments were down slightly for the quarter, and profits for the quarter were thinner due to lower overall aluminium prices. In Q1, the firm shipped 362,000 metric tons, which is down 5% from 381,000 […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
