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04/18/2019
Aluminium Rheinfelden announced the death of its founder and partner Dr. Alois Franke who passed away a few days ago at the age of 78 following a prolonged illness. Dr. Franke had entrusted the management of the company to his daughter Erika Zender. „We all, family and company, […]
04/10/2019
Austrian packaging manufacturer Conseal followed in the footsteps of the aluminium processing company Alufix and entered insolvency this week. The companies cited difficulties in production and the fluctuating price of the raw material behind these developments. Conseal requested reorganisation procedures at the Graz Civil Enforcement Tribunal and said to […]
04/09/2019
STEP-G – ST Extruded Products Group – acquired two facilities in Germany, expanding its business in distributing high-quality semi-finished aluminium products. The company took over the aluminium foundry business of Aluwerk Hettstedt GmbH and the entire business of RMG Metallfachhandel GmbH. The two production facilities specialise in the […]
04/05/2019
Chinese automotive supplier Minth Automotive Europa has started work on a new aluminium car parts factory in Lozinca, western Serbia. The investment is worth €100 million and is scheduled to begin production as early as October. The groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of the construction of Minth’s facility […]
04/04/2019
Aludium – a leading European manufacturer of flat rolled aluminium products – announced changes in its organisational structure effective from April 1st. Markus Plakolm is promoted from Director of Aludium’s plant in Amorebieta (Spain) to Vice President of Manufacturing reporting directly to the CEO of Aludium – Arnaud […]
03/29/2019
Romanian aluminium company ALRO published its consolidated and separate financial full-year results for 2018 showing a net profit decrease of 29 per cent. Meanwhile, the company’s turnover saw a slight increase thanks to favourable market conditions and sales mix. The company – one of the biggest vertically integrated […]
03/26/2019
Montenegrin company Uniprom will invest 26 million euros to overhaul and modernise the aluminium smelter KAP, according to the company’s owner Veselin Pejović. Uniprom is readying to open an 11-million euro production unit for aluminium alloys in the coming months with an annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes. In […]
03/14/2019
Amsterdam-based aluminium semi-products producer Constellium N.V. announced this Monday the expansion of its plant in Singen, Germany. The firm will install an additional aluminium extrusion press to meet the demand of its automotive customers in Europe. Constellium plans to dedicate 8,000 square metres for a new plant hall […]
03/01/2019
Switzerland’s Sider Alloys will relaunch the Italian Portovesme aluminium plant in the coming year, according to a S&P Global Platts source. The Swiss company acquired the Portovesme smelter – Italy’s last remaining aluminium production plant – from Alcoa in February 2018 when it fell victim to Alcoa’s cost-cutting campaign. […]