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Norsk Hydro Smelts First Recycled Aluminium Using Carbon-Free Hydrogen

Norsk Hydro Smelts First Recycled Aluminium Using Carbon-Free Hydrogen

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week the smelting of the first batch of recycled aluminium using green hydrogen in history. The test, which was carried out at Hydro’s plant in Navarra, Spain, utilized carbon-free green hydrogen instead of natural...

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Constellium To Head Up Project To Produce Aluminium Battery Enclosures For Electric Vehicles

Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. announced yesterday that it will head a £15-million project with a consortium of automakers and suppliers to build aluminium battery enclosures for electric vehicles. The project, christened Aluminium Intensive Vehicle Enclosures (ALIVE) will be carried out in the United Kingdom as a research project partially funded by […]

Constellium To Add New Automotive Extrusion Press To Singen Plant

Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. revealed plans earlier this week to expand its extrusion operations at a plant in southern Germany. Per the firm, the plant in Singen will see a new 8,000 m2 hall containing a new extrusion press dedicated to automotive aluminium production. Constellium says the new line will employ […]

Constellium Debuts New R&D Capabilities At Brunel University

Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. revealed yesterday the opening of an expansion to the University Technology Center (UTC) at London’s Brunel University as well as the debut of a new on-campus research and development center, the Advanced Metals Processing Centre (AMPC). Per Constellium, the AMPC’s newest capabilities include freeform 3D bending, electromagnetic […]

Constellium Expands Automotive Aluminium Offerings At Czech Republic Plant

Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. announced to the world yesterday its plans to expand operations at its plant in Decin, Czech Republic in an effort at meeting the ever-rising demand for aluminium profiles the firm’s customers continue to present it. Constellium’s plans for the site include a new casthouse and extrusion press, […]

Constellium Inaugurates New Automotive Aluminium Plant in North-Central Mexico

Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. has opened an Automotive Structures Plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico that will make aluminium Crash Management Systems and structural components to supply automotive production operations in the country. According to the company’s press release, the 54,000 ft2 facility is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery for forming, machining, […]