Constellium To Provide Aluminium To Mercedes-Benz For C-Class Line
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced this week it has been chosen to provide auto body sheet to Mercedes-Benz...
Mercedes Benz
Norsk Hydro Teams Up With Mercedes-Benz On Low-Carbon Technology Roadmap
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA has been chosen by Mercedes-Benz to collaborate on a common low-carbon technology roadmap beginning next year and running through the end of this decade. Hydro said the two firms will work on a joint-technology roadmap to...
Constellium To Provide Crash Management Systems For Mercedes-Benz A-Class
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. announced yesterday that it has been chosen to be the supplier of...
Constellium to Provide Aluminium for Redesigned Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class Luxury Sedan
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. will be the supplier of aluminium auto body sheet to Mercedes-Benz for...
Events
Zhongwang Acquires German Alumnium Extrusion Firm ALUnna
The world’s second largest aluminium extrusion firm China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd announced yesterday that it now holds a controlling interest in German aluminium extrusion firm Aluminiumwerk Unna AG (ALUnna). Although no price for the purchase was given, the deal gives wholly owned German subsidiary Zhongwang Aluminium Deutschland GmbH a 99.72-percent equity interest in ALUnna. According […]
Auto Parts Manufacturer Magna Opens US$60 Million Aluminium Casting Expansion in Alabama Plant
Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International Inc. cut the ribbon on a US$60-million expansion of its plant in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday, debuting a new high-pressure aluminium casting process. The plant, operated by Kamtek, a division of Magna, will see the addition of over 100 new positions thanks to the expansion. Already running at full […]
Significant investmensts in U.S. and Mexico signal bright future for aluminium demand
The new U.S. administration, precisely president Donald Trump, is preparing to implement a set of measures aimed at bringing back production and jobs on US soil in the automotive industry, among others. Trump has made it quite clear: he will not allow automakers to build cars in Mexico and export them to the U.S. Moreover, […]
Novelis Receives State Innovation Award
The state of Georgia’s Department of Economic Development recently recognized Novelis’ research facility in Kennesaw with a statewide award “for supplying its technologically sophisticated fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards by reducing the weight of the vehicle without compromising safety and strength.” The department’s director for automotive, aerospace and advanced manufacturing Mike Grundmann explained […]
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 ...
