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08.03.10 espite a slight decline in volumes in 2009, the producers of aluminium packaging managed to cope relatively well with the economic crisis. Overall, the production of packaging made from or using aluminium recorded a slight fall in 2009. “In 2010 our sector is expecting a slight upward trend similar to that of the general economic forecasts" explains Stefan Glimm, managing director of GDA in Düsseldorf.
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08.03.10 American carmaker Fisker Automotive is demonstrating the technology behind its Karma hybrid model for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show 2010. Fisker has developed an extremely rigid but nevertheless lightweight aluminium space frame for its hybrid luxury limousine with its electric drive.
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01.03.10 The Borbecker Halblang Project is one of the many projects for the European Culture Capital Ruhr 2010 programme. There are 21 schools and over 400 schoolchildren from the Borbeck area of Essen participating in this interactive project. Some 100 aluminium figures will be colourfully painted by the children and then erected at events in the area.
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01.03.10 Who wouldn’t like to drive though a town without causing pollution? The Italian Tazzari Group, which specialises in mechanical engineering and aluminium fabrication, is now making this possible in Germany. The brash and colourful Tazzari ZERO is the first Italian electrical sports car to enter the German market.
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Latest news about aluminium
15.02.10 Aluminium industry pleads for a sustainable loop economy +++ The epithet “100% recycled metal content” is not a yardstick for ecological common sense +++
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26.09.08 Aluminium is enjoying growing popularity in the field of mould and die making. It is being increasingly used for higher stressed tooling for series production thanks to newly developed alloys and coatings. Mould makers and material suppliers report here about their experiences – and offer some useful practical tips.
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21.09.07 Machining processes are used to produce final-shape components that are ready to install; the starting material can be a cast or forged blank or a semi-finished product, for example a length of bar or a shape cut out of plate. One differentiates between five technologies to machine components: turning, milling, sawing, drilling and grinding.
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08.02.07 It only seems like yesterday that the last chocolate Santas and Christmas tree decorations disappeared from the supermarket shelves, now their place has been taken by the first Easter bunnies hopping along with small chicks at their sides. Chocolate is always in season and colourfully wrapped hollow shapes are now available almost all the year round.
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